Missile Command 7th City

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I noticed there's an option setting on Missile Command (and Super Missile Attack) that allows for a seventh city. If you set the option to four or five cities, the playfield looks the same, just with spaces where the cites would have been. So where does the seventh city appear?
 
The 7th city doesn't appear. It's just held in reserve. A 'free' bonus city.

When I first started playing MC it was on a cab that used to start you off on 4 cities. Took us about 2 months before we ever saw a full 6 cities on the board. We did used to wonder where the 7th would go ....
 
In other words, when you have cities in reserve, if cities are lost during a round, they are replaced by ones you have in reserve. So in the case of having 7 to start, if you lose 1 or more cities, you'll have 1 replaced on the next round. If you have your machine set to TG's marathon settings, you start with 6 and get a bonus city every 10K. The tournament setting gives you 6 to start and no extras.
 
Ah...that makes sense. Would have been neat if it were some hidden city or something!
 
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