Cheat mode
Start the game with the \"cheat\" command line parameter 
(for example: \"C:\\Program Files\\Stardock\\TotalGaming\\GalCiv2\\galciv2.exe\" cheat). 
Then, enter one of the following codes to enable the corresponding cheat function:

[Ctrl] + P - Add 1 to planet class
[Ctrl] + M - Add 10,000 BC
[Ctrl] + B - Add battleship
[Ctrl] + L - Assign remaining planets to major races
[Ctrl] + C - Clone selected ship
[Ctrl] + J - Complete social projects
[Ctrl] + H - Heal selected ship
[Ctrl] + R - Research current tech
[Ctrl] + N - Restart on new map with new race
[Ctrl] + S - Save game
[Ctrl] + T - Teleport selected ship to pointer
[Ctrl] + V - United planets meeting
[Ctrl] + A - Upgrade selected ship
[Ctrl] + <0-9> - Hail\'s major races
[Shift] + [Ctrl] + R - Research all techs

View frame rate
Press [Ctrl] + F during game play.