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== Controls ==
== Controls ==
[[Image:Metro-Cross Runner.png|right]]
* '''Joystick''': Use the joystick to control the Runner throughout the course.  Pressing right increases the Runner's speed, while pressing left decreases the speed.  Use up and down to adjust the Runner's position along the course.
* '''Joystick''': Use the joystick to control the Runner throughout the course.  Pressing right increases the Runner's speed, while pressing left decreases the speed.  Use up and down to adjust the Runner's position along the course.
* '''Jump''': Press the jump button to make the Runner jump off the ground.  Tapping jump allows the Runner to leap over obstacles like oil drums or hurdles.  Hold jump as you approach springboards to launch off of them.
* '''Jump''': Press the jump button to make the Runner jump off the ground.  Tapping jump allows the Runner to leap over obstacles like oil drums or hurdles.  Hold jump as you approach springboards to launch off of them.
* '''1-2 Players''': Press either button to begin a one or two player game.
* '''1-2 Players''': Press either button to begin a one or two player game.
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<gallery>
Image:Metro-Cross Screen1.png|Getting flattened by Jumbo Cans
Image:Metro-Cross Screen2.jpg|Springboard over Pitfalls
Image:Metro-Cross Screen3.jpg|Reaching the goal
</gallery>
== Track Features ==
=== Useful Items ===
{| {{prettytable}}
! Item || Name || Description
|-
| [[Image:Metro-Cross Almican.png]] || Aluminum Can || If you jump on top of one of these cans, the timer will stop for 2 seconds.  If you kick the can instead of jumping on it, you will earn 100, 500, 1000, 2000, and 5000 points for each continuous kick that you give to the same can.
|-
| [[Image:Metro-Cross Special Drink.png]] || Special Drink || Jumping on top of this can will stop the timer as well.  However, if you kick one of these cans, the Runner will be granted an extra boost of speed.  He will still be slowed down by running over a Slip Zone, so be careful.
|-
| [[Image:Metro-Cross Skateboard.png]] || Skateboard || Run up to one of the skateboards that you find and you will instantly begin riding it.  While riding a skateboard, you can travel over Slip Zones just as quickly as regular floor tiles.  If you crash into something, or jump into the air, you will leave the skateboard behind.
|-
| [[Image:Metro-Cross Springboard.png]] || Springboard || When you encounter a spring board, press the jump button to launch off of it and fly forward through the air.  You will maximize the distance that you can spring by holding the jump button as you run up to, or bounce on to, a springboard.
|}
=== Bad Floor Tiles ===
{| {{prettytable}}
! Slip Zone || Pitfall || Cracker
|- align="center"
| [[Image:Metro-Cross Slip Zone.png]] || [[Image:Metro-Cross Pitfall.png]] || [[Image:Metro-Cross Cracker.png]]
|-
| The Runner's speed will slow to a crawl if he tries to run over a Slip Zone.
| Landing in a Pitfall will cost the Runner precious time as he climbs out of it.
| Running over a Cracker will launch the Runner straight up into the air, and cause him to land on his back.
|}
=== Obstacles ===
{| {{prettytable}}
! Jumbo Can || Jumbo Tire || Hurdle || Wall
|- align="center"
| [[Image:Metro-Cross Jumbo Can.png]] || [[Image:Metro-Cross Jumbo Tire.png]] || [[Image:Metro-Cross Hurdle.png]] || [[Image:Metro-Cross Wall.png]]
|-
| Jump over the Jumbo Cans or they will flatten you to the ground.  But pay close attention to the way that they move in later rounds.
| Jumbo Tires will attempt to flatten you as they bounce along the ground.  Move out of their way if you can.
| The Runner must cleanly jump over Hurdles or he will get tripped up and fall on his face, costing him precious time while he gets back up on his feet.
| Walls raise and lower out of the ground, and will prevent you from passing if you run into them.
|-
! Cube || Mouse || Chess King || Chess Knight
|- align="center"
| [[Image:Metro-Cross Cube.png]] || [[Image:Metro-Cross Mouse.png]] || [[Image:Metro-Cross Chess King.png]] || [[Image:Metro-Cross Chess Knight.png]]
|-
| Cubes rotate through a particular column of tiles and will cause the Runner to fall if he runs into them.
| These green mice love to run up to contestants and cling to them, weighing them down.  Shake the joystick back and forth to shake them off.
| Chess Kings bounce from one tile to another, attempting to interfere with the Runner's progress.
| Like the Chess Kings, the Knights bounce around from tile to tile, but only in the same fashion that they are allowed to move in real chess.
|}
== Bonus Points ==
* You will earn 10,000 points if you cross the goal on a skateboard.
* Use a Cracker or Springboard to leap over the goal frame to earn 5000 points.
* Transfer from one skateboard to another skateboard without touching the ground for 2000 points.


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