SimCity (SNES)

The game that inspired an entire generation of city planners, utility plant supervisors and other thankless bureaucrats.

Debug menu


Load or start a new city, then choose END from the Save/Load menu. When the "See you soon!" screen appears, press the following on controller 2: Left, A, Right, Y, Up, B, Down, X, Select, Start, Start, Select, R, R, L, L. Press Up or Down to scroll through the options, and press Left or Right to toggle them on or off. To activate the selected features, change MEMORY to SET and reset the SNES (they will remain active even if you power off). To deactivate everything, go back into the menu, change MEMORY to CLR, and press B. The "K. IS" indicates that it is from Kazuyuki Ishihama, who is listed as "Other Staff" in the credits.

The debug functions are as follows:


 * Sound Test: Exactly what it says on the tin. Press Left or Right to browse through the songs and B to play them.
 * No Disasters: Also self-explanatory. Turn this on to prevent any disasters from happening (may not work in the scenarios).
 * Needless Money: Turn this on to build anything you want without having to pay for it. Won't work on things you don't have enough money to build normally.
 * Valve (Value) Max: Turn this on to max out the demand for residential, commercial, and industrial zones.
 * Water Reclaim: Turn this on to enable the ability to bulldoze the map's water.