Although absent from Dead Rising, money makes an appearance in every other entry in the series.
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
Money was first used in Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop as a means of getting new weapons and ammunition from Cletus. Money would be rewarded by killing zombies or saving survivors or completing certain tasks.
Dead Rising 2
In Dead Rising 2, you can collect money in a variety of ways.
- A very good way to get a lot of money is defeating Jessica, Nevada and Jacob in a game of poker. If you beat them all, Chuck receives $1,000,000.
- By contesting in Terror is Reality (An online 4-player mini-game mode that will bring your money over to your single-player file).
- By destroying ATMs (Each ATM will give $2,500).
- By using the Hacker on ATMs (Each hacked ATM will give $10,000).
- By destroying Slot Machines (Roughly 1 in 5 chance of money, $100-$300 per machine when it does).
- By playing single-player mini-games like the slots ($100 to spin, varying rewards), Money-Grab ($100 to enter, about $103 for moderate button mashing), and more.
- By heavily damaging Cash Registers (a weapon, as soon as it enters red from melee use or is thrown once it will give between $300 and $500 cash)
- There is a large slot game next to the entrance of the Food Court, get all the gambling magazines, make sure you have $25,000-$50,000, and bet on the $1,000 button. It won't always give you the big cash prizes immediatly, but with patience you can win up to $100,000.
Money is primarily used in Pawn Shops to buy Zombrex, Combo Weapons, and unlockables (Such as car keys or the boots for the Knight Armor).
- If you see money in front of a slot machine, pick it up and play that exact machine 5-6 times. This is a good way to make easy money.