I remember pulling off this stunt too. Obviously, it took me at least three tries, since bulldozing only one or two plants left one available for the scheduled meltdown. Once you pull it off, though, I THINK it's a virtually guaranteed win, provided you don't get fired for some other reason.
I don't know; I never played this map for the full five years.
If anyone has actually had a meltdown in this game in a non-scenario city, please post your video of it, cause I want to see how and why it happened. I could never get them to happen, not even building a whole city of nuke plants, and doing every disaster.
I once did a similar thing in Sim City 2000 (monster scenario) - I kept covering the ground under the monster with cops and firemen, and as a result the monster couldn't destroy anything.
But then I failed the scenario - my goal was to reach a particular population, and it turned out that the city wasn't able to sustain itself (it didn't even have any pumps), so its population dropped to a half almost immediately. :-(
So what you're saying is that if we want to prevent a nuclear meltdown in Boston this year, we should blow up its nuclear power plants? I think Al-Qaeda is working on that. How nice of them to try and help us out! ^_^
Look at the month in the top left. If this were to happen in real life, the problem would have been already solved by this time. That was what I was trying to get at.
Another thing you can do is hold down the R button and place an ADDITIONAL nuke on the northern, uninhabited region. IT will explode instead of the eastern one. I never did anything with the city after that, though, but I imagine that would be another easy (cheatery) way to solve this scenario.
I've played simcity classic for windows, i built a ton of nukes in the dullsville scenario, and i unleashed a bunch of tornadoes an stuff on em. almost all of them melted down.
Earlier today, I was playing on map 738, I have about 8000 people and one nuclear plant (Using the money cheat, I was planning to built it up to much more than that within months) but then, just out of the blue, the nuke plant had a melt down! It wasn't even a year into the game! (I think it happened in August 1900??) Really took me by surprise.
If I remember correctly the game's manual states that every 40 years or so of gameplay you should 'replace' all nuclear plants. I've had the meltdown happen to me in regular play, but then again I've played cities that have lasted for over a hundred years without a meltdown on original nuclear plants - it really just depends.
The same rule also seems to apply to SimCity 2000 and its expansion packs, dsmspyder. I do not know what the rules are for SimCity 3000 and SimCity 4, though. It may also apply to them, too.
It happened to me once in a 234,000 people metropolis and I was F****** angry! Nut besides that it was the oly time it happened on about a thousand games played up to capital...
It will happen if the powerplant is really old or if its continuously overworked. The "brownouts" warning is for that purpose, along with the prevention of zone deterioration and, thus, loss of population.
>REPLACE DAMAGED/OBSOLETE POWERPLANTS BECAUSE YOU KNOW ONE IS GOING TO EXPLODE
>CITIZENS COMPLAINS ABOUT BLACKOUT
>NOT GETTING REELECTED
patachu666 2 months ago
That part of the town didn't even matter cuz some idiot put residential zones surrounded by industrial
Guitarmaster7272 5 months ago
I remember pulling off this stunt too. Obviously, it took me at least three tries, since bulldozing only one or two plants left one available for the scheduled meltdown. Once you pull it off, though, I THINK it's a virtually guaranteed win, provided you don't get fired for some other reason.
I don't know; I never played this map for the full five years.
RaceBandit 6 months ago
Heheh, I used to do this too. Sometimes it goes wrong, because if you put another nuclear power plant, it can explode immediately after that.
srshiroma 8 months ago
If anyone has actually had a meltdown in this game in a non-scenario city, please post your video of it, cause I want to see how and why it happened. I could never get them to happen, not even building a whole city of nuke plants, and doing every disaster.
thesnare100 1 year ago
I once did a similar thing in Sim City 2000 (monster scenario) - I kept covering the ground under the monster with cops and firemen, and as a result the monster couldn't destroy anything.
But then I failed the scenario - my goal was to reach a particular population, and it turned out that the city wasn't able to sustain itself (it didn't even have any pumps), so its population dropped to a half almost immediately. :-(
MikeRosoftJH 1 year ago
So what you're saying is that if we want to prevent a nuclear meltdown in Boston this year, we should blow up its nuclear power plants? I think Al-Qaeda is working on that. How nice of them to try and help us out! ^_^
eggiex1 1 year ago
Yet!
vkandaharv 1 year ago
boston never had a meltdown and its 2010
calegaea75432 1 year ago
@calegaea75432 jinx
Falador321 1 year ago
on no!! BOSTON COULD BE IN DANGER THIS YEAR!!
art11art12 2 years ago 2
@art11art12
But he got all the nuclear plants torn down in January, the problem is already dealt with >.>
AuburnAttack21 2 years ago 2
The joke just flew over your head.
Look at the date of the Scenario.
art11art12 2 years ago
Look at the month in the top left. If this were to happen in real life, the problem would have been already solved by this time. That was what I was trying to get at.
AuburnAttack21 2 years ago
Simcity 1 actally had good graphics for its time. don't you think?
RobberBughini 2 years ago 24
Another thing you can do is hold down the R button and place an ADDITIONAL nuke on the northern, uninhabited region. IT will explode instead of the eastern one. I never did anything with the city after that, though, but I imagine that would be another easy (cheatery) way to solve this scenario.
MidnightWonko 2 years ago
This was the only cheat I knew growing up. I beat this scenario much earlier than all the other ones because of this :)
duskwalker2 2 years ago
same here
sargezeldaproduction 2 years ago
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that was most certainly NOT in the peramiters of an 'epic maneuver' my good sir
dooooodman7 2 years ago
brillantly performed, i tried doing this for hours when i was little but could never actually destroy all of them before they melted, nice one .o/
pharaphet 2 years ago
The author made use of a debug cheat in the game that freezes time, namely holding that button. The same debug cheat can lead to the $999999 glitch.
Myriachan 2 years ago
I did The Real Way.
Espresso337 3 years ago
i did knew that trick, what i dont remember is if it guarantes that wont happen at some point later
pepe12112 3 years ago
Wow you guys never had nuclear meltdowns? Just play on a harder difficulty, happened to me alot lol.
operations1000 3 years ago
@operations1000 Ah, is that it?! I thought harder difficulty just determined how much money you start with.
thesnare100 1 year ago
uhh wrong game
deathblade006 3 years ago
I've played simcity classic for windows, i built a ton of nukes in the dullsville scenario, and i unleashed a bunch of tornadoes an stuff on em. almost all of them melted down.
linkrulezall 3 years ago
@linkrulezall simcity classic, you mean the PC version. Yes, it's easy to get one in that, but I've never seen one in this.
thesnare100 1 year ago
Nice, Ha!
errous 3 years ago
...Wow. *gives you an internet*
And does anyone else like how you can build nuclear power plants in the year 1900? <3
KarstFyre 3 years ago 26
You're Winner!
mcmanusdown 3 years ago
Lol... That was pretty funny... :D
NeroKoso 3 years ago
Positively brilliant. Why didn't I ever think of that?
HardWiredGaming 3 years ago
thats how i did that scenario. cheating ftw
joedakiller 3 years ago
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iempoor 3 years ago
Dude! WTF?!
linkrulezall 3 years ago
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I made a poop now.
iempoor 3 years ago
my nuc-plants are 1500 years old and still works perfecly !!!!
meltdown in newcity mode is a myth
qwer2190 3 years ago
The year is 5051 in my city........ never had any meltdowns......
Kwasi5179 3 years ago
i had meltdowns in my city in newcity, its just rare to happen
itsdonewith 3 years ago
have u had ufoes? those tend to happen in the distant future.
linkrulezall 3 years ago
Nuclear meltdown has never happend to me ever (I've been playing it since 1995 and done alot of cities). PAL/EU version.
alexbleks 4 years ago
The radioactivity decays after 75 years.
kaisertwig 4 years ago 2
Earlier today, I was playing on map 738, I have about 8000 people and one nuclear plant (Using the money cheat, I was planning to built it up to much more than that within months) but then, just out of the blue, the nuke plant had a melt down! It wasn't even a year into the game! (I think it happened in August 1900??) Really took me by surprise.
thesavagebastard 4 years ago
If I remember correctly the game's manual states that every 40 years or so of gameplay you should 'replace' all nuclear plants. I've had the meltdown happen to me in regular play, but then again I've played cities that have lasted for over a hundred years without a meltdown on original nuclear plants - it really just depends.
dsmspyder 4 years ago
The same rule also seems to apply to SimCity 2000 and its expansion packs, dsmspyder. I do not know what the rules are for SimCity 3000 and SimCity 4, though. It may also apply to them, too.
notjustanotherface 2 years ago
Theres a game genie code that will trigger one I saw it on a website I should have kept it :(
falaskian 4 years ago
That's what i call epic.
pato2747 4 years ago 2
Have you ever had a meltdown during a normal game? I haven't.
Malquey 4 years ago 2
Trust me, it happens.
toughredneckotaku 4 years ago
I have. It made me very sad :(
akadewboy 4 years ago
i dont think it can happen, maybe on he pc......
kirby2619 4 years ago
It happened to me once in a 234,000 people metropolis and I was F****** angry! Nut besides that it was the oly time it happened on about a thousand games played up to capital...
masteroftuning 4 years ago
It will happen if the powerplant is really old or if its continuously overworked. The "brownouts" warning is for that purpose, along with the prevention of zone deterioration and, thus, loss of population.
brtshstel 4 years ago 2
I can't believe I'm still getting replies to a comment I made months ago!
Malquey 4 years ago