Got the Megalopolis in SimCity (SNES).

This is the original SimCity, slightly Nintendo-ified with references to Bowser and Mario and Dr. Wright of course. Unlike SimCity 2000, it doesn't have an isometric style, although there is a sort-of-3D effect in terms of 'tall' zones overlapping short ones.

The Megalopolis is the highest population ranking in the game at 500,000 people.

What makes it hard: unlike the newer SimCities, you have very limited space, and zones are 3x3 boxes with nothing smaller, so building optimally around coastlines is a problem.

The game takes pity on you as you begin to run out of space, bestowing upon you up to 7 3x3 landfills, so you can place up to 7 extra zones. A fully developed city is 500-900 zones, though. So it doesn't help much.

Optimizing for space is hard, ensuring land values remain high while all zones are crammed together as much as possible. Moreover, all zones need to be connected to transit- each zone should be touching at least one transit block develop beyond the minimal thing

Through experimentation I found out how to do some cheesy things-

• People don't care if there are literally no roads. Rails everywhere == no traffic
• Living next to disconnected 10-foot driveway of railroad running out of your backyard is sufficient as a commuting option
• Industrial zones around the borders because pollution going off the edge of your map 'doesn't count'
• Police stations don't need to be next to roads OR rails to be effective. They have helicopters or something
• All schools and hospitals == demolish on sight. Develop them into pure residential zones instead. No one cares
• Stacking and 'gift forcing' cheese.

Of course the city is called 'SF SOKYO'.

Not a bug, it's a feature: