Does anyone know if you can use the 'assistance', like in the PC Civs? I prefer to create my own starting scenarios for all starting countries.

Most console games have some sort of cheats on them. I miss the cheat menu from Civ 2 to be honest with you.

hehe, it was fun to use the cheat menu in civ2 when I was bored and wanted to use airplanes on ancient age cities :P