While all other criminals roam the streets by foot, burglars drive through the city at high speed and are difficult to catch.

Speeders can only be found by looking for a car that is belching exhaust behind it and squeals its tires when making turns.

MEDEVAC or firefighting missions will result in large penalties if the victim dies or if the area gets destroyed by the fire.

The player starts with a small, weak helicopter that comes with just a megaphone and a bambi bucket; it can only hold two passengers.

Helicopters have a limited fuel capacity and must return to the hangar about once every half hour to refuel, which costs money.

If the helicopter runs out of fuel in mid-air, the player can either attempt to keep the motor spinning and land it, or just let it fall to the ground and suffer heavy damage.

If the helicopter remains intact after falling to the ground, it can be refueled at a highly inflated price.

The game gained controversy when it was discovered that the designer Jacques Servin inserted an Easter egg that generated shirtless men in Speedo trunks who hugged and kissed each other and appear in great numbers on certain dates, such as Friday the 13th.

[3][4] Although he had initially planned for the characters to appear only occasionally, the random number generator he had created malfunctioned, leading them to appear frequently.

[4] Servin was fired as a result, with Maxis reporting that his dismissal was due only to his addition of unauthorized content.

[5] Some months later, a group named RTMark announced its existence and claimed responsibility for the Easter egg being inserted into the game, along with 16 other acts of "creative subversion.

[7] There are at least two surviving prototypes of the port, one being the E3 1997 build, dated June 16, 1997; which was released by the Video Game History Foundation on November 14, 2022.