

Rags to Riches

- As soon as the game starts, go into the 24 hour shop and get something to
  eat with the dollar you have. The soup kitchen won't open until 11 and
  you'll be dead by then.

- The alcohol meter isn't really useful in the game (a pity really, as it
  could have been put to good use!) so try to avoid it because it will stop
  you getting work. It's useful if you're just about to die and you have only
  $2 to spare. It will keep you alive.

- Pick up as much cash as possible (obviously). There is a cheat you can
  implement if you find a dollar on the street. Don't pick the dollar up,
  but move to the right or left. If there's another dollar in the direction
  you've chosen (Usually towards the right), go back to the left and pick the
  first dollar you saw up. Then go to the right until you see the dollar on
  the right, then go back to the left and pick up the dollar (Which has
  magically reappeared!). Keep doing this until you've got enough dough.

- Try to get as many subway tickets as possible. If you get robbed, they
  can't be stolen.

- To avoid robbery, wait until a pedestrian is walking in the same direction
  as you wish to travel. The travel in the same direction. A theif, cop or
  IRS cannot appear as long as there is a pedestrian on screen. Yep, there's
  saftey in numbers.

- Buying bones and going to the junkyard to get bottles is profitable, but
  not necessary really if you try out the cheat I explained above.

- As soon as you have a substantial amount of cash (about $6 or more) at
  about 7pm after going to the soup kitchen after it's closed, make your way
  to the East station and go right to the pizza palace. Hang out at the pizza
  palace until 8am when school opens. If you find a dollar on the path, you
  can do the cheat and make plenty of cash. The pizza palace offers a quick
  escape route if a thief comes along or a cop arrives. The IRS guy shouldn't
  be much of a problem as long as you have less than $10.

- After finishing class, make sure you have at least $1 to visit the pizza
  palace, and then catch a ride back to the South side to go to the soup
  kitchen. If a cop is around, get arrested! This will save you the food and
  a subway ticket!

- Keep repeating these processes until you are High School educated. You only
  need to go to school 3 times.

- Next, you should try to get to the West side and get a hair cut. This will
  allow you to get work. Then visit the soup kitchen again and wait there
  until it closes, so that you're rest/food meter is full for the night

- Go to the North side and go to the City Industries. When it opens at 8, go
  in. You will then score $100. Go to the Northcrest apartments and book in.
  Your bum will then take his hat off to let you know that you have a place
  to stay. Then go immediately to the Business lunch and eat up. At 8pm, go
  into the loft.

- If the IRS takes your money after work, go directly to the South Side soup
  kitchen, since you can't buy lunch or pay for the loft. You should make it
  if you go as fast as possible. You should have some subway tickets in
  reserve.

- At this stage of the game, make sure you have lots of notes in reserve as
  well as large amounts of cash. If the thief gets you, he only takes the
  notes leaving you with your remaining money in the green numbered display.
  If the IRS hits you, he takes all the money in your green numbered reserve.
  In this case, your spare notes will get you out of trouble. What really
  sucks in when you are hit by both before you've had a chance to get
  something to eat! In this case, try to get alcohol, or head to the soup
  kitchen.

- When you have about $150, after work at about 7pm, go to the  East Side and
  go left to the Campus rooms. Stay the night there and in the morning wait
  outside the rooms until it's nearly 10am. If a thief or IRS comes buy, run
  back into the Campus rooms. By 10 you should go to the university campus.
  After class, run to the diner by the subway terminal, then go back to
  Northcrest and stay the night. If you have the time and money, you should
  visit the Barber's often on the West side, as you can't work if you have a
  beard. If you get stung by the IRS or a thief, go to the South Side soup
  kitchen again directly.

- Do this several times until you are fully college educated.

- If you have a beard and are too late for work, head quickly to the west
  side and go to the barber, then go straight to the westside bar. If you get
  there by 10, you'll get work. After that, you can either head for the
  Hi-test service station or the Chez Frencoiz restaurant to get more work.

- Once college educated, and staying at Northcrest, at 7am in the morning you
  should run as fast as you can to the Executive towers. Don't stop on
  account of anything. After work you should head straight for the business
  lunch. If you are robbed clean before you get there, go straight to the
  soup kitchen, and on no accounts stop until you've got inside!

- Every so often after lunch, you should either go to the barber and get a
  haircut. This way you can get up the next day and not have the nasty
  surprise of having your beard again.

- If you don't need to go to the barber, then go to the Investment building
  and drop in your $10,000. Every day afterwards, you should get $2000 on
  that money, so you'll never be poor again! Put enough money in the
  investment house and then the money really starts coming in!
