mine was ghouls and ghosts ;p;p;p only used 3 lives btw, didnt know u could change that feature... finally got to the end... n the princess tells you that I NEEDED SUM FRIGGEN TIARA THE WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!! and since I didnt have it I now had to START THE WHOLE THING, OVEEEERRR!!!!!!! ;p;p;p
its one of my favorite feelings to find a 15 year old video on a 30 y/o game that's exactly what I need in the present. Info conveyed efficiently in a relaxing and humorous way. Its funny to say this about youtube videos but they lowkey dont often make em like they used to :')
really what about game chasers angry videogame nerd irate gamer sleepyhead dree mike matei raddical reggie metal jesus rocks the immortal john hancock and 8bit eric stop acting like there isnt good retro gamer content creators on youtube
@@retrogaminginsanity7585 ? I consume a ton of newly released retro game content, and there's more of it than ever. I was just commenting on the casual quality this one has that was alot more common before youtube uploads were made to be monetized. Wasn't meant to be a negative comment in any way. I just found this one nostalgically charming
Dude, I'm late to the party (I notice it's been 7 years since you uploaded this) but; thank you so, so much!! I first played this game 25 years ago, and have never, ever, managed to get a megalopolis. I followed your guide and this afternoon; I finally crossed the 500k mark. Greatly enjoyed getting my Mario statue. You have become my personal hero.
+AS Andrew yeah it certainly helped, I was always using the donut block technique but to no avail, I guess I'll have to upgrade to Simply City 2000 now :/
SimCity 2000 requires a different strategy altogether. It's all about using roads (no rails), building a good mix of RCI instead of compartmentalizing each, etc.
My point of these messages is to make you understand how much you affected my life with this tiny video. The motivation, inspiration and tricks that I got from you allowed me to put the demons behind me. Thank you.
it is this game why I am a humanities major in college and partake in public service. this game was fun, and it instilled in me a big interest and a basic knowledge of how communities work in terms of population, economics, and industrial development. You have an excellent guide here too. I am still trying to build my first megalopolis (I've played this game off and on since 1992). Subbed.
Some game changers here for me. The no roads only rail explains a heck of a lot about what I was experiencing! Also, I was doing the "donut" method and also had the roads going everywhere around everything as well. Replacing the hospitals and schools is a top tier tip. And it's extremely helpful to know the 2-1-1 rule. That really tightens things up a lot. And only needing one single fire station is an eye-opener. I'm definitely gonna play around with these tips! The highest population I've ever achieved is over 200k previously.
My husband got this game on somehow on our PC and it brought back so much nostalgia. I am trying to figure it out and your video is definitely going to help I think
Woohoo, I just got my first megalopolis! Your trick about replacing the hospitals and schools was one of the differences. Thanks! I uploaded it to my channel.
I only built the cities like I wanted it, like a real city would look like. After listening to Sim City music on TH-cam, I came across this video. I don't know why, but I felt really, really inspired and motivated. I decided to make one, only one, attempt at 500,000. I tried using every trick I've ever learnt about Sim City (mostly from an old magazine, but also from this video). When I had used perhaps 50% of the land I understood that this will be it, I'm going to make it. cont...
My brother reminded me that this game exists and I have been glued to it. It was the first ever game I had an obsession with before even owning it. It was also the last one lol. I wish I could find this on an SNES classic or on the Switch
After taking these tips, I managed to make a Metropolis last night in about an hour and a half :D Can't wait to get off work and go build, build build!!!
Thank you so much for this video! I just built 2 Megalopolis on different maps using your strategy! This was my favorite game on SNES as a kid! Thank you for helping me complete my youth Haha! 😁
The guide back in day had us building blocks of 8 res/com with parks and rewards dead center. The way you're doing it seems efficient for shore lines only😊
@ArchnemesisX - just wanted to followup: I got more aggressive with zoning industrials and wasting no space, and with approx 250 industrial, 250 commercial and 500 residential I was able to achieve a megalopolis with 650k population! I planned carefully, built to about 250k slowly (allowing several TOPs to form), then froze time and built the rest all at once. I unfroze time and the pop. grew steadily to 650k. Success!! Thanks for your tips.
Good idea, I will take Map 137 as your decision, lad. I make my city Mortville named after the Problem Child 2 movie. Michael Oliver won't freak out or complain over a Mortville Megalopolis.
It's definitely a great game. Saving and re-loading a city is an issue known to cause some slumming (electricity is not connected for a short time every time you rel-load the city) and that can definitely slow things down. If possible, never save and turn off the game.
Thanks for the Pro-tips Andrew. Loved this game too as a kid. However as a goofy kid, didn't really figure out all the dynamics of how its supposed to be played until I was much older. I knew about the whole putting industrial to the edge strategy too, also the using parks to decrease pollution and crime, raise land value so people wanna live there, and the nuclear, but I hadn't considered the Pro-Tip of be careful which landmass you choose to use. I've always built on maps that are aesthetically pleasing insomuch as the water adds character. I guess in Sims's 2D graphics it doesn't matter that much lol. That is a hardcore tip lol demo-ing schools and hospitals lol, never thought of that; might just keep 1 or 2 around just for posterity =) . I just recently watch AVGN's review of SNES Simcity and his analysis at the end was pretty funny (turned into dark humor).
Hey man! Today I got my first Megalopolis! Got 521k and counting! Thanks for your guide! The one tip I got from you was that the pollution does not mean crap. So I went ahead and built it two columns down, and then ignored the pollution. And holy shit... I'm glad I did. The good thing is now that I got the Mario statue, but the bad thing is that I have potential 500.000+ cancer patients and since I demolished hospitals to get even more people in, they are out of luck! But thanks a million. Can finally (after 25 years) put this game to rest.
You are most welcome! When you build your city to population 600,000 there is a special message from Dr. Wright that you don't get otherwise (you can see it at about 1:02 on my Sim City - Population 675,000 video). Best to my knowledge, there are no special messages after that.
The fastest way to get there that I remember was building donut blocks. A total of 8 buildings of the same type; 3 on the top and bottom and 1 on each side with an empty space in the middle; just like a square donut. I'd then fill the empty space in the middle up with a special attraction or park land
Largest city I ever built got up to 300k citizens. Never got to the megalopolis level. Of course I was 10-12years old, but that’s beside the point. Nice video!
Sorry, I'm also late to the party - got stuck in traffic! I will try the layout design you have! Some of the maps I've seen have been totally maxed out with R's in order to reach the 500k. However, it looks like you can do it with parks e.g. too and some left overs. Very interesting! Thanks man
Thanks, Andrew. I never owned the game as a kid. Now as a 29 y/o I have limited time to play. One or two time a week - max. I did get a megalopolis after maybe 2 more two more attempts. Actually fixed my 465,000 pop city. It already bottomed out of course. I think I overdeveloped Industrial. But it did get me over the edge. Considering I am literally a beginner, I think I am alright!. It sure is a fun game. Next time I may try to leave whole areas undeveloped. To develop after 500K
Don't forget to wait until you get the related gifts before demolishing schools. Also, build 18 fire stations and 50 kms of road to get some gifts, then wipe them out after you have the gifts
@@y01221 for every 3 schools you get a library. You get up to 3 libraries. And between roads and hospitals you can get up to 5 amusement parks or casinos
This video helped and i managed to get 545,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!! Your vids were good to cover basic strategy. I'd love to see one more on advanced strategy if you do another video.
(PART TWO) the "donut" strategy wasted space. Also, I'd use the $999,999 cheat and build the whole thing at once, then unfreeze time - and looking back I can see that that hurt my city. You might advise people to build slowly, letting new zones develop fully before building more, in order to maximize each zone. Question - is it easier to reach megalopolis by using the Freedom scenario (and suffer from no gifts) or using a good landmap (and suffer from some water)? Thanks!
I admire how you were able to develop a megalopolis in a map that was not 061... usually everyone does it in 061.. what other map numbers have you develop megalopolis? I am curious
@@katherinekibbe4254 Yep. There are a lot of messages you can ignore in SimCity, and that's one of them actually. Congested roads mean a growing city. That's about it.
Great question. In practice there is no difference between the two types of stadiums (much like the two different types of parks). You only need to build one, but it does increase the land value of the surrounding area, and as such, should be built among R and C zones. There is an arbitrary limit to the size your city will grow without a stadium, so it's basically just a toll booth to get to the next level.
Wow, this video was uploaded 13 years ago. I wonder if AS Andrew is still alive? A lot can happen in 13 years. I remember the scenarios in the SNES Sim City were a lot of fun. Great game overall.
Loved this game as a kid. Never got close to that many people. Still super fun. Havent played it in years. I am currently trying to fix traffic problems in the current Simcity. UGH
Hehe, this was my favorite game as a kid, spent more hours than i like to admit playing it, still love it and have never put the same kind of time into it as a child but i want to get the megalopolis and sustain it once, had it for about ten minutes when i was a kid, got the mario statue and all but never crossed that 500k mark after my ten minutes of glory xD..... knew all the general info to do it but seen some minor differences in your layout vs mine (didnt have youtube back then lol) might be time to make another run at it and see if i can hold it above 500k Ill be playing on my ps3 this go around..... the wireless controller will be a nice addition :)
Played today one round with my wife and kids and totaly messed it up. I dont remembered what parks was for and i think even 20 years ago i was doing the wiring wrong. Thanks for help!
Eventually I didn't bother planning or building carefully, I just built alot of zones quickly, so I'd reach that elusive 500,000 more quickly. I had also used one of those land-presents and made an island, where I planned to build my statue. When I finally made it, it felt like a tremendous weight had been lifted off my shoulders, like I had redeemed myself and my childhood. I understand it might sound silly to put so much stock in a video game, but that's what it really felt like. cont...
What about building zones in a 3x3 pattern with a park in the center and surrounded by transit? If I substitute a gift in the middle, will it still be affective without a road touching it?
lol i know right, i finaly a few days ago got a megalopolis, ever since i use to play this game since grade school iv always tryed, id forget about the game for years try it again forget about it for years try it again, finaly i set my mind to it and in 2012 i got it!
I like this game and still play here and there. Usually name my cities QWERTY, lol I had to watch your vid to get tips on making the biggest population, thank you very much! Keep rocking the SNES games ;)
You should do a video on how to properly execute the debug menu cheat. Or does that not work on the snes version? Rookie issues. I have never been able to make that code work. I found the code at game winners site. Can you get that debug code to work on your snes? I am wondering if there is an issue with my controller port 2.
I took all of your advice, my city looks good but my population has been stuck at around 450,000 for a really long time. I have no room to build. Any general advice?
Note: Schools and hospitals do have some benefit. Once you get a good number of schools, you'll get a present building (I think it's a zoo), for hospitals it's casinos. Also, they don't have zero sims in them, but it's so low that demolishing them makes sense
can't help but notice that you didn't mention the tax stuff. Does this means it's irrelevant? I'm trying to follow your guide but after that most of the challenge is finding money to expand, which just becomes a game of managing taxes to build stuff that cost more like stadiums and ports etc
Jules SL Yeah, I wouldn't say it's the most comprehensive guide, and I probably could do a better job next time. With taxes, I generally don't touch it until I'm on the home stretch of Megalopolis, at which point I might reduce it to around 3%. Otherwise, it stays at 7%. The idea is to remain frugal with your infrastructure. Zones only need to have roads/rails on one side to grow. You do need a decent number of police stations, but you only need one fire station ever. This keeps costs down.
AS Andrew thanks for quick reply! I also noticed that there doesn't seem to be any roads or rails going up and down. Any reason for that? Do they not actually need to be connected?
Jules SL You're welcome! Yeah, they don't need to be connected at all! You can go from side to side or up and down, but there's no need to connect them both ways. You'll probably end up wasting space and make it harder for yourself to reach Megalopolis status.
The tax stuff is pretty irrelevant. You can bump it up to 8% but any higher and people will stop moving in. Once you've filled your map turn it down for a population explosion.
thanks for the video bud, really helpful, i have gotten mega once so far and trying to recreate also any pointers for reducing the effects of pollution?
+Spoogethat Use the corners of the map to build your industrial zones. Then, cushion them with 6x6 spaces of parks (as seen in the video), and then with commercial zones. Your main concern is protecting residential - I wouldn't worry about the rest. Finally, ignore any complaints related to pollution, unless your 3:1:1 ratio is way out of balance, or you're building industrial zones in the middle of the city. It seems counter-intuitive, but Sims complain about a lot of things that never need to be fixed to build a Mega.
appreciate it, i have been putting them to the outside, and seems to work, usually after i get to about 250000 growth slows down a lot, it sure is a fun game, i had tried a couple of different ways, one similar to how you have built yours, and took it to 1983 to finally get 150000, i had done a little bit at a time, but when i built it like yours but all at once i got up to about 250000ish or so in about 14 years which wasnt bad. Thanks for the help i appreciate it
i hear ya there, for my first one it took 58 years on there, but it was built this way as well, i have tried the doughnut zoning and that fails bad, can only get about maybe 300000 that way and doesnt get to much better
Are there any newer games that are similar to the SNES Simcity? I find that the newer versions of Simcity became too complicated. I’m looking to relax, not actually run a city.
@ArchnemesisX Yeah I think my problem is that I got a little overzealous with how fast I was building after I started making lots of money. Gonna try doing it from scratch only this time I'ma have some patience and build more slowly
Usually nuclear meltdowns don't happen in easy mode unless you're low on energy for a really long time or you've used a cheat. My advice would be start over. It can take a long time for that stuff to clear up and you have to do a lot of rebuilding.
When I was a kid I picked map 61 and designed what I thought was a perfect city..........It wouldn't go above 390,000. Just stuck. Eventually I realized my industrial zone across the river was inefficient and wasting a ton of space. I paused the game and bulldozed the entire industrial zone and rebuilt it. I lost 150,000 residents from doing that....but they started coming back. Then the population finally hit 400,000......then 450,000..............then I saw it hit 500,000, YES I literally jumped out of my gaming chair and started yelling. I was so happy.
(PART ONE) Cool vid. I've tried and tried and tried to hit megalopolis, and one time I hit 498,000 and then the population dropped and never recovered. SO frustrating. My wife and kids are out of town for a long weekend this July and I'm not turning the console off until I've succeeded! My problems always stemmed from putting too much parks in with the industrial (afraid of pollution) and not having enough industry to build more residential. I'd fill the map, but... (cont)
I'm stuck between 400,000 - 412,000 citizens in my city. My RCI meter keeps fluctuating and I cannot seem to proceed past that. Any ideas? Great video by the way, I've learned a lot from it.
@ArchnemesisX yeah the guide is cool. Only thing you maybe could have done better: Show the Start. The exact way how you have to build. I had problems with my start, i froze the video and tried to build exactly like your edge up left. The rest was cool.
I remember the one time I made a megalopolis. My dad was downstairs and decide he wanted to play resident evil 3. I was fairly young and I was still scared of horror games so I went into my brothers room and played this for a while and got really into it. I played for hours and somehow, as a 6 or 7 year old, I made a freaking megalopolis XD
hi, I followed your advices, now my city is almost a megalopolis. I'm stuck in 490K for years. is there a way of just going up 10K without available land?
+David RW The only thing you can do is drop your taxes. I don't recommend going too drastically at first, but try dropping it once every year until it's 2 or 3%. Your city should still be profitable. If that doesn't work, then you may have to start from scratch.
if the auto helicopter setting is turned off, you use the helicopter icon to center the camera onto the helicopter. i think you can only do this is a disaster is happening or if there's traffic.
Rather than building one fire station, would it not be better to build 18 to get the 3 Fire HQs, then demolish all the normal stations and use the HQs to promote residential and/or commercial growth?
I've never gotten a megalopolis. The best I've done is 427K, 408K on Freedom, and 470K, 414K on Map61. I'm thinking of starting a new game again. Is it easier to do it on Freedom, or a map? I'm thinking that if I can do it on Freedom, then I'll have accomplished two goals. One in beating all of the scenarios, and two in getting a megalopolis. I don't think I knew about destroying hospitals and schools, so maybe that would help me make that final push.
Actually, I've found schools aren't so bad in the beginning. They get you libraries, and I've seen zones around libraries go straight to top level. After you get all three libraries, then you can seek and destroy :) Still working on Megalopolis. I got pretty close last night.
I was told (I think in the SNES manual for this game) that bulldozing schools and hospitals DOES increase the chance of a disaster, also, if you don't let a certain number of schools develop you won't get the library.
Very helpful i do notice that you kinda build a lot in tge beggining, i like to build around 4 residential,2 commercial and 1-3 industrials every 2 years
Wow! Aug 1905 already capital! I must say really cool video. I'm gonna build a megalopolis with these advises (I never created one before because I've built wrong in the past and i was playing this game from child on and never got why it didnt work), they are really good. I will give you feedback when i made it. =) Destro
You're building too fast. It takes a lot of patience once you start getting up to that point. Instead of zoning every piece of land available, wait until each zone starts growing. Then, gradually add more.
When I was a kid in the 90s, I played alot of Sim City. My brother, my dad and I tried alot to get 500,00 citizens, and earn a Mario statue. We never made it. My personal best was 360,000 citizens. This had been such a huge goal for me, and I was pissed off at my inability to complete it. In high school I played some Sim City again, but this time I didn't even bother attempting to get 500,000, because I knew I wouldn't get it. cont...
My sister recently hit a population of 1,000,000 using the overlapping technique. The SNES couldn't cope with a digit number though so it displayed 200,000 instead. Weird.
I wasted an entire summer vacation playing this one year.. I miss those days.. :'(
How can you "waste" a summer on such a good game? It's educational!
AS Andrew Ok good point. I should've used the word "spent" instead, lol! ^^
Yep! :)
Me too
mine was ghouls and ghosts ;p;p;p only used 3 lives btw, didnt know u could change that feature... finally got to the end... n the princess tells you that I NEEDED SUM FRIGGEN TIARA THE WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!! and since I didnt have it I now had to START THE WHOLE THING, OVEEEERRR!!!!!!! ;p;p;p
its one of my favorite feelings to find a 15 year old video on a 30 y/o game that's exactly what I need in the present. Info conveyed efficiently in a relaxing and humorous way. Its funny to say this about youtube videos but they lowkey dont often make em like they used to :')
really what about game chasers angry videogame nerd irate gamer sleepyhead dree mike matei raddical reggie metal jesus rocks the immortal john hancock and 8bit eric stop acting like there isnt good retro gamer content creators on youtube
@@retrogaminginsanity7585
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I consume a ton of newly released retro game content, and there's more of it than ever. I was just commenting on the casual quality this one has that was alot more common before youtube uploads were made to be monetized. Wasn't meant to be a negative comment in any way. I just found this one nostalgically charming
Dude, I'm late to the party (I notice it's been 7 years since you uploaded this) but; thank you so, so much!! I first played this game 25 years ago, and have never, ever, managed to get a megalopolis. I followed your guide and this afternoon; I finally crossed the 500k mark. Greatly enjoyed getting my Mario statue. You have become my personal hero.
+The Deadlifting Geek congratulations! I think I could make it even better if I did it now. But I'm glad this helped.
+AS Andrew yeah it certainly helped, I was always using the donut block technique but to no avail, I guess I'll have to upgrade to Simply City 2000 now :/
SimCity 2000 requires a different strategy altogether. It's all about using roads (no rails), building a good mix of RCI instead of compartmentalizing each, etc.
My pleasure!
I vote for a remaster of this. This is great info :D
I built a megalopolis when I was in ten '93 on the SNES! The game is awesome!
My point of these messages is to make you understand how much you affected my life with this tiny video. The motivation, inspiration and tricks that I got from you allowed me to put the demons behind me.
Thank you.
it is this game why I am a humanities major in college and partake in public service. this game was fun, and it instilled in me a big interest and a basic knowledge of how communities work in terms of population, economics, and industrial development.
You have an excellent guide here too. I am still trying to build my first megalopolis (I've played this game off and on since 1992). Subbed.
Some game changers here for me. The no roads only rail explains a heck of a lot about what I was experiencing! Also, I was doing the "donut" method and also had the roads going everywhere around everything as well. Replacing the hospitals and schools is a top tier tip. And it's extremely helpful to know the 2-1-1 rule. That really tightens things up a lot. And only needing one single fire station is an eye-opener. I'm definitely gonna play around with these tips! The highest population I've ever achieved is over 200k previously.
I can whole-heartedly endorse this video. Took me 7+ days, but today, reached Megalopolis this afternoon!
Thank you, man. Im trying to learn to be successful in this game. I want to start a long lasting campaign on my SNES Classic.
will always love this game. still play it about once a month. map 61 was the best I could find.
My husband got this game on somehow on our PC and it brought back so much nostalgia. I am trying to figure it out and your video is definitely going to help I think
That's good! I'm glad to hear that!
Woohoo, I just got my first megalopolis! Your trick about replacing the hospitals and schools was one of the differences. Thanks!
I uploaded it to my channel.
I only built the cities like I wanted it, like a real city would look like.
After listening to Sim City music on TH-cam, I came across this video. I don't know why, but I felt really, really inspired and motivated. I decided to make one, only one, attempt at 500,000. I tried using every trick I've ever learnt about Sim City (mostly from an old magazine, but also from this video). When I had used perhaps 50% of the land I understood that this will be it, I'm going to make it.
cont...
I had several strategies for playing Sim City. Seeing what you are doing with the residential alternating with park area is interesting.
My brother reminded me that this game exists and I have been glued to it. It was the first ever game I had an obsession with before even owning it. It was also the last one lol. I wish I could find this on an SNES classic or on the Switch
After taking these tips, I managed to make a Metropolis last night in about an hour and a half :D
Can't wait to get off work and go build, build build!!!
Snes emulators on Android has taken me back to my childhood. Playing this on my phone along with super metroid
Thank you so much for this video! I just built 2 Megalopolis on different maps using your strategy! This was my favorite game on SNES as a kid! Thank you for helping me complete my youth Haha! 😁
The guide back in day had us building blocks of 8 res/com with parks and rewards dead center. The way you're doing it seems efficient for shore lines only😊
I was digging around and found this game, where was this when all this iso began lol didn't have youtube back in the day so this is a huge help, thx
you still answer comments even though the video is about 7 years old XD. btw awesome vid and good tips bro!!
11 years now
@ArchnemesisX - just wanted to followup: I got more aggressive with zoning industrials and wasting no space, and with approx 250 industrial, 250 commercial and 500 residential I was able to achieve a megalopolis with 650k population! I planned carefully, built to about 250k slowly (allowing several TOPs to form), then froze time and built the rest all at once. I unfroze time and the pop. grew steadily to 650k. Success!! Thanks for your tips.
I have been playing this game for 25+ years, found this video and am back to it :)
best I could ever manage was around 650,000 people
Those are some great numbers.
have you seen this guide? a bit hardcore, but says 800k is possible :) www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588657-simcity/faqs/69198
I'm a bit more of a purist and don't deal in cheats (even though I know how to do them).
That's great!
Good idea, I will take Map 137 as your decision, lad. I make my city Mortville named after the Problem Child 2 movie. Michael Oliver won't freak out or complain over a Mortville Megalopolis.
Love it!
Thanks Man :) For showing me this I finally got my Megalopolis. I used map 61 to build it your tips helped a lot.
It worked! Thanks! I have a Megalopolis now. 1964 March. No cheats used, only sometimes fast-mode (with emulator). Very nice guide :)
It's definitely a great game. Saving and re-loading a city is an issue known to cause some slumming (electricity is not connected for a short time every time you rel-load the city) and that can definitely slow things down. If possible, never save and turn off the game.
Thanks for the Pro-tips Andrew. Loved this game too as a kid. However as a goofy kid, didn't really figure out all the dynamics of how its supposed to be played until I was much older. I knew about the whole putting industrial to the edge strategy too, also the using parks to decrease pollution and crime, raise land value so people wanna live there, and the nuclear, but I hadn't considered the Pro-Tip of be careful which landmass you choose to use. I've always built on maps that are aesthetically pleasing insomuch as the water adds character. I guess in Sims's 2D graphics it doesn't matter that much lol. That is a hardcore tip lol demo-ing schools and hospitals lol, never thought of that; might just keep 1 or 2 around just for posterity =) . I just recently watch AVGN's review of SNES Simcity and his analysis at the end was pretty funny (turned into dark humor).
Hey man! Today I got my first Megalopolis! Got 521k and counting! Thanks for your guide! The one tip I got from you was that the pollution does not mean crap. So I went ahead and built it two columns down, and then ignored the pollution. And holy shit... I'm glad I did. The good thing is now that I got the Mario statue, but the bad thing is that I have potential 500.000+ cancer patients and since I demolished hospitals to get even more people in, they are out of luck! But thanks a million. Can finally (after 25 years) put this game to rest.
i played this years ago when it first released. great vid. very helpful mayor.
Thanks!
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.
You are most welcome!
When you build your city to population 600,000 there is a special message from Dr. Wright that you don't get otherwise (you can see it at about 1:02 on my Sim City - Population 675,000 video).
Best to my knowledge, there are no special messages after that.
The fastest way to get there that I remember was building donut blocks. A total of 8 buildings of the same type; 3 on the top and bottom and 1 on each side with an empty space in the middle; just like a square donut. I'd then fill the empty space in the middle up with a special attraction or park land
Largest city I ever built got up to 300k citizens. Never got to the megalopolis level. Of course I was 10-12years old, but that’s beside the point. Nice video!
Sorry, I'm also late to the party - got stuck in traffic! I will try the layout design you have! Some of the maps I've seen have been totally maxed out with R's in order to reach the 500k. However, it looks like you can do it with parks e.g. too and some left overs. Very interesting! Thanks man
Thanks, Andrew. I never owned the game as a kid. Now as a 29 y/o I have limited time to play. One or two time a week - max. I did get a megalopolis after maybe 2 more two more attempts. Actually fixed my 465,000 pop city. It already bottomed out of course. I think I overdeveloped Industrial. But it did get me over the edge. Considering I am literally a beginner, I think I am alright!. It sure is a fun game. Next time I may try to leave whole areas undeveloped. To develop after 500K
Don't forget to wait until you get the related gifts before demolishing schools. Also, build 18 fire stations and 50 kms of road to get some gifts, then wipe them out after you have the gifts
Good tips!
what are the gifts ?
@@y01221 for every 3 schools you get a library. You get up to 3 libraries. And between roads and hospitals you can get up to 5 amusement parks or casinos
This video helped and i managed to get 545,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!! Your vids were good to cover basic strategy. I'd love to see one more on advanced strategy if you do another video.
(PART TWO) the "donut" strategy wasted space. Also, I'd use the $999,999 cheat and build the whole thing at once, then unfreeze time - and looking back I can see that that hurt my city. You might advise people to build slowly, letting new zones develop fully before building more, in order to maximize each zone.
Question - is it easier to reach megalopolis by using the Freedom scenario (and suffer from no gifts) or using a good landmap (and suffer from some water)?
Thanks!
This guide was very well done, I got a metropolis on my first try using your strategy :D
Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you understood what I was saying. :)
I admire how you were able to develop a megalopolis in a map that was not 061... usually everyone does it in 061.. what other map numbers have you develop megalopolis? I am curious
4:04 are you saying that i can build industrial zones everywhere?
That is a very interesting layout. The only thing I want to achieve is a Megalopolis, I don't care about maxing out. Will try that!
You can do vertical or horizontal. Either way works. But you want it to be as spatially efficient as possible.
I might just be the only child playing this in 2024. My dad showed me this game not too long ago and I’ve just been grinding it
Hey I have a question. Why have roads at all then?
There are certain presents you can get for building roads (amusement park/casino). These raise land value and bring in money.
@@ASAndrew thank you! Seems like no matter what I do the roads get congested.
@@katherinekibbe4254 Yep. There are a lot of messages you can ignore in SimCity, and that's one of them actually. Congested roads mean a growing city. That's about it.
Parks reduce crime?!😂😂😂😂🎉❤ Oh snap that's one of the funniest things I've ever discovered!😂😂😂🎉❤
Great question. In practice there is no difference between the two types of stadiums (much like the two different types of parks). You only need to build one, but it does increase the land value of the surrounding area, and as such, should be built among R and C zones. There is an arbitrary limit to the size your city will grow without a stadium, so it's basically just a toll booth to get to the next level.
Wow, this video was uploaded 13 years ago. I wonder if AS Andrew is still alive? A lot can happen in 13 years. I remember the scenarios in the SNES Sim City were a lot of fun. Great game overall.
Loved this game as a kid. Never got close to that many people. Still super fun. Havent played it in years. I am currently trying to fix traffic problems in the current Simcity. UGH
Hehe, this was my favorite game as a kid, spent more hours than i like to admit playing it, still love it and have never put the same kind of time into it as a child but i want to get the megalopolis and sustain it once, had it for about ten minutes when i was a kid, got the mario statue and all but never crossed that 500k mark after my ten minutes of glory xD..... knew all the general info to do it but seen some minor differences in your layout vs mine (didnt have youtube back then lol) might be time to make another run at it and see if i can hold it above 500k
Ill be playing on my ps3 this go around..... the wireless controller will be a nice addition :)
Sounds like a blast! Yeah, the layout is super important, and even 600k is possible if you get it right.
Played today one round with my wife and kids and totaly messed it up. I dont remembered what parks was for and i think even 20 years ago i was doing the wiring wrong. Thanks for help!
Eventually I didn't bother planning or building carefully, I just built alot of zones quickly, so I'd reach that elusive 500,000 more quickly. I had also used one of those land-presents and made an island, where I planned to build my statue. When I finally made it, it felt like a tremendous weight had been lifted off my shoulders, like I had redeemed myself and my childhood. I understand it might sound silly to put so much stock in a video game, but that's what it really felt like.
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What about building zones in a 3x3 pattern with a park in the center and surrounded by transit? If I substitute a gift in the middle, will it still be affective without a road touching it?
lol i know right, i finaly a few days ago got a megalopolis, ever since i use to play this game since grade school iv always tryed, id forget about the game for years try it again forget about it for years try it again, finaly i set my mind to it and in 2012 i got it!
I like this game and still play here and there. Usually name my cities QWERTY, lol
I had to watch your vid to get tips on making the biggest population, thank you very much!
Keep rocking the SNES games ;)
Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Lately I've been giving my cities that name as well xD
You should do a video on how to properly execute the debug menu cheat. Or does that not work on the snes version? Rookie issues. I have never been able to make that code work. I found the code at game winners site.
Can you get that debug code to work on your snes? I am wondering if there is an issue with my controller port 2.
I took all of your advice, my city looks good but my population has been stuck at around 450,000 for a really long time. I have no room to build. Any general advice?
Note: Schools and hospitals do have some benefit. Once you get a good number of schools, you'll get a present building (I think it's a zoo), for hospitals it's casinos.
Also, they don't have zero sims in them, but it's so low that demolishing them makes sense
can't help but notice that you didn't mention the tax stuff. Does this means it's irrelevant? I'm trying to follow your guide but after that most of the challenge is finding money to expand, which just becomes a game of managing taxes to build stuff that cost more like stadiums and ports etc
Jules SL Yeah, I wouldn't say it's the most comprehensive guide, and I probably could do a better job next time. With taxes, I generally don't touch it until I'm on the home stretch of Megalopolis, at which point I might reduce it to around 3%. Otherwise, it stays at 7%. The idea is to remain frugal with your infrastructure. Zones only need to have roads/rails on one side to grow. You do need a decent number of police stations, but you only need one fire station ever. This keeps costs down.
AS Andrew thanks for quick reply! I also noticed that there doesn't seem to be any roads or rails going up and down. Any reason for that?
Do they not actually need to be connected?
Jules SL You're welcome! Yeah, they don't need to be connected at all! You can go from side to side or up and down, but there's no need to connect them both ways. You'll probably end up wasting space and make it harder for yourself to reach Megalopolis status.
The tax stuff is pretty irrelevant. You can bump it up to 8% but any higher and people will stop moving in. Once you've filled your map turn it down for a population explosion.
thanks for the video bud, really helpful, i have gotten mega once so far and trying to recreate also any pointers for reducing the effects of pollution?
+Spoogethat Use the corners of the map to build your industrial zones. Then, cushion them with 6x6 spaces of parks (as seen in the video), and then with commercial zones. Your main concern is protecting residential - I wouldn't worry about the rest. Finally, ignore any complaints related to pollution, unless your 3:1:1 ratio is way out of balance, or you're building industrial zones in the middle of the city. It seems counter-intuitive, but Sims complain about a lot of things that never need to be fixed to build a Mega.
appreciate it, i have been putting them to the outside, and seems to work, usually after i get to about 250000 growth slows down a lot, it sure is a fun game, i had tried a couple of different ways, one similar to how you have built yours, and took it to 1983 to finally get 150000, i had done a little bit at a time, but when i built it like yours but all at once i got up to about 250000ish or so in about 14 years which wasnt bad. Thanks for the help i appreciate it
No worries. Yes, you're exactly right. After a certain point, growth tends to slow down, and you can't build as fast. Patience is of the essence.
i hear ya there, for my first one it took 58 years on there, but it was built this way as well, i have tried the doughnut zoning and that fails bad, can only get about maybe 300000 that way and doesnt get to much better
The best way is to build vertically or horizontally, two zones with transportation on each side.
You say not to build gifts in industrial zones, but isnt the expo center gift designed to boost industrial zones?
Are there any newer games that are similar to the SNES Simcity? I find that the newer versions of Simcity became too complicated. I’m looking to relax, not actually run a city.
@ArchnemesisX Yeah I think my problem is that I got a little overzealous with how fast I was building after I started making lots of money. Gonna try doing it from scratch only this time I'ma have some patience and build more slowly
Two attempts and I plateaued around 460,000 both times, but realized I wasn't following your layout close enough. Maybe third time's a charm.
Let me know!
Aaaaand I achieved megalopolis! Now to get to 600K!
Yes!
Hello purist, thanks for the video. I don't know where you from but I easily understood what you said (french visitor).
Thank you for not cheating.
Glad to hear. I'm a Canadian that grew up in Japan.
Usually nuclear meltdowns don't happen in easy mode unless you're low on energy for a really long time or you've used a cheat.
My advice would be start over. It can take a long time for that stuff to clear up and you have to do a lot of rebuilding.
When I was a kid I picked map 61 and designed what I thought was a perfect city..........It wouldn't go above 390,000. Just stuck. Eventually I realized my industrial zone across the river was inefficient and wasting a ton of space. I paused the game and bulldozed the entire industrial zone and rebuilt it. I lost 150,000 residents from doing that....but they started coming back. Then the population finally hit 400,000......then 450,000..............then I saw it hit 500,000, YES I literally jumped out of my gaming chair and started yelling. I was so happy.
2021. Still holds up.
I could make a metropolis thanks to this tutorial, it was hard because i didn't choose a very good map, but i could make it anyway
Wow, that's rare. Map selection is essential
I selected a map similar to the one of the video, but with a little more of water.
Glad you managed somehow - couldn't have been easy.
I believe there is only one map that can contain 500,000?..
Thanks Brotha Awesome Tips👊 ps: how can I get a lot of Casino's? I wanna build Vegas
(PART ONE) Cool vid. I've tried and tried and tried to hit megalopolis, and one time I hit 498,000 and then the population dropped and never recovered. SO frustrating. My wife and kids are out of town for a long weekend this July and I'm not turning the console off until I've succeeded!
My problems always stemmed from putting too much parks in with the industrial (afraid of pollution) and not having enough industry to build more residential. I'd fill the map, but... (cont)
I'm stuck between 400,000 - 412,000 citizens in my city. My RCI meter keeps fluctuating and I cannot seem to proceed past that. Any ideas? Great video by the way, I've learned a lot from it.
@ArchnemesisX
yeah the guide is cool.
Only thing you maybe could have done better:
Show the Start. The exact way how you have to build. I had problems with my start, i froze the video and tried to build exactly like your edge up left. The rest was cool.
I remember the one time I made a megalopolis. My dad was downstairs and decide he wanted to play resident evil 3. I was fairly young and I was still scared of horror games so I went into my brothers room and played this for a while and got really into it. I played for hours and somehow, as a 6 or 7 year old, I made a freaking megalopolis XD
That's flipping amazing.
hi, I followed your advices, now my city is almost a megalopolis. I'm stuck in 490K for years. is there a way of just going up 10K without available land?
+David RW The only thing you can do is drop your taxes. I don't recommend going too drastically at first, but try dropping it once every year until it's 2 or 3%. Your city should still be profitable. If that doesn't work, then you may have to start from scratch.
+AS Andrew Thanks I'll do that and then let you know
Sure, let me know how it turns out.
Thanks it's a megalopolis now, FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE! I forgot to replace the schools and hospitals with Residentials!
Yep, that'll do it!
Lol I miss this game brings back good memories
Yeah, what a great game.
@@ASAndrew your alive!!!!!!
Haha thanks! Some of these things I would never have figured out.
So what is that helicopter icon for?
if the auto helicopter setting is turned off, you use the helicopter icon to center the camera onto the helicopter. i think you can only do this is a disaster is happening or if there's traffic.
10 years damn I feel old
@Totorohat Supposedly that was true in the PC version of the game but no so in the SNES version.
Thanks for the good video. I had this game since I was a kid. I still haven't got to Megalopolis.
How do you keep roads from being destroyed constantly?
Rather than building one fire station, would it not be better to build 18 to get the 3 Fire HQs, then demolish all the normal stations and use the HQs to promote residential and/or commercial growth?
I've never gotten a megalopolis. The best I've done is 427K, 408K on Freedom, and 470K, 414K on Map61.
I'm thinking of starting a new game again. Is it easier to do it on Freedom, or a map? I'm thinking that if I can do it on Freedom, then I'll have accomplished two goals. One in beating all of the scenarios, and two in getting a megalopolis.
I don't think I knew about destroying hospitals and schools, so maybe that would help me make that final push.
Awesome tips man!
Cheers!
Actually, I've found schools aren't so bad in the beginning. They get you libraries, and I've seen zones around libraries go straight to top level. After you get all three libraries, then you can seek and destroy :) Still working on Megalopolis. I got pretty close last night.
What's your opinion on zone stacking, is that considered cheating or just taking advantage of the game? Take care man.
my friend says to never build airports near water, is that true and why?
hehe fine! :) ...and the polution..is there some way to solve? ^^
and i was here 10 years ago...curious!
I was told (I think in the SNES manual for this game) that bulldozing schools and hospitals DOES increase the chance of a disaster, also, if you don't let a certain number of schools develop you won't get the library.
Very helpful i do notice that you kinda build a lot in tge beggining, i like to build around 4 residential,2 commercial and 1-3 industrials every 2 years
Wow! Aug 1905 already capital! I must say really cool video. I'm gonna build a megalopolis with these advises (I never created one before because I've built wrong in the past and i was playing this game from child on and never got why it didnt work), they are really good. I will give you feedback when i made it. =)
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14 years later, do you still like it?
I can't get Megalopolis no matter how hard I try. Been trying for 26 years. I always run out of space and the zones just stop developing.
You're building too fast. It takes a lot of patience once you start getting up to that point. Instead of zoning every piece of land available, wait until each zone starts growing. Then, gradually add more.
I did try the max funds cheat a few times, but I haven't really bothered with other exploits.
When I was a kid in the 90s, I played alot of Sim City. My brother, my dad and I tried alot to get 500,00 citizens, and earn a Mario statue. We never made it. My personal best was 360,000 citizens. This had been such a huge goal for me, and I was pissed off at my inability to complete it.
In high school I played some Sim City again, but this time I didn't even bother attempting to get 500,000, because I knew I wouldn't get it.
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AND WITH LAND TO SPARE TOO! damn!
anyways, I've always heard that the 3x3 + present/police station in the middle was the best strategy :/
My sister recently hit a population of 1,000,000 using the overlapping technique. The SNES couldn't cope with a digit number though so it displayed 200,000 instead.
Weird.
So, she basically built Dallas, then? XD
I made it! 500k thank u
Great job!
@@ASAndrew wow u are still here😱!
@@SERGIODEFJAM Hell yeah.