Bonus casinos and amusement parks
Choose a landscape that is not an island but has a large amount of water There should be a body of water towards the middle of the landscape Create roads in a way to form a cross near the middle of the landscape near the water The roads must continue until reaching the edge of the map Two to five casinos or amusement parks may now be built
Depression
When commercial zones start to go undeveloped your city is in a depression To fix this problem just build more industrial and residential zones The population will increase forcing the commercial zones to redevelop
Easy money
Start a new city Build a power plant 8 residential zones 4 commercial zones 4 industrial zones and preferably a police department You can build more than that if desired but keep your city small so the game will not slow down as a result of having a large number of buildings Leave the game running overnight then check the game You should have a lot of money and many years should have passed You will also have the fountain which raises land values
Home evolution
When you receive a house as a gift place it near the Residential Zones or any other desired location After the town grows into a city then to a capital metropolis and megalopolis your house will also grow with home extensions The town stage house is a small house which resembles an upside down quotLquot It also has a few bushes and trees in the front yard The city stage house is a two level red house It also has trees and bushes The capital stage house is completely different It turns gray and has two levels It is also larger has a patio table a pool in the front yard and a satellite dish The metropolis stage house is also gray and seems to have something resembling another pool on the roof It also still has trees and landscaping and is bordered by a fence
Loans with no bank
Get the bank and place it anywhere Wait a year then destroy it After you destroy it you will still be able to take out loans from the bank option in the menu
Maximum money
Turn off your auto budget and spend all of your money Set all of your tax and funding levels to 0 When the annual tax screen appears hold L select quotGo with figuresquot and the regular screen will return While continuing to hold L press X2 to skip to January Choose the tax option from the menu and raise all of your funding levels back to 100 Leave the tax level at 0 Select quotGo with figuresquot and proceed to the main screen Release L and your funds should now show all 9s
More maps
Start with a new city select any landscape and wait at least ten seconds Enter the total screen Exit the total screen enter the saveload menu then select the quotNoquot option Return to the main menu select the quotStart New Cityquot option and the landscape will change This effectively doubles the amount of maps