Metro-Cross |
Aliases | Metrocross |
Release Date | 1987 |
Original Publisher | U.S. Gold Ltd (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
Language | English |
Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
Max. Players | 2 (Alternating) |
Original Price | £8.99 |
Features | Dynamic Loading Screen |
Graphical Views | Oblique 3D Graphics |
Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
Tie-in Licences | Metro-Cross (Arcade coin-op) from Namco Ltd (Japan) |
Other Platforms | Amiga (unofficial), Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES |
Average mag. score | 75.40% (5 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 75.7% (25 votes) |
#1 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) | (1987) | ||
#2 - Kixx (UK) | (1987) | ||
* Release price: £2.99 |
Nick Bruty (UK) | at Probe Software Ltd | - ? | |
Paul Canny (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
"Your Sinclair Best Buy" | at Your Sinclair | issue #35 - 1988/Nov | page 88 |
Full version in | Arcade Force Four | (1988) | by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK) | ||
Full version in | Coin-Op Connexion | (1987) | by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK) | ||
Full version in | Les Tresors de U.S. Gold | (1987) | by U.S. Gold [France] S.A.R.L. (UK/France) | ||
Full version in | Play It Again | (1987) | by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK) |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
Metro-Cross.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | ||
Metro-Cross.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Alkatraz Protection System) | English | ||
Metro-Cross(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tap.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
Metro-Cross(Kixx).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Alkatraz Protection System) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
Metro-Cross.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
Metro-Cross.gif | 4,942 | Original | Running screen | |||
Metro-Cross_Front.jpg | 771,355 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
Metro-Cross_Back.jpg | 297,732 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
Metro-Cross.txt | 982 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
Metro-Cross.png | 255,532 | Original | Game map | |||
Metro-Cross.jpg | 226,931 | Original | Advertisement | |||
metrocross.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Albert Valls (with rollback) | ||
Metro-Cross (1987)(US Gold).pok | 76 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
Metro-Cross(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 70,353 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
Metro-Cross(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).txt | 1,249 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
Metro-Cross(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 314,045 | #1 | Advertisement | |||
Metro-Cross(Kixx).jpg | 558,870 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
Metro-Cross(Kixx)_Back.jpg | 332,406 | #2 | Inlay - Back |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #69-1987/Jul | page 20 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
Crash | issue v.1 #42-1987/Jul | page 24 | - Review: 77% | |
Crash | issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov | page 109 | - Review: 80% | |
MicroHobby | issue #138-1987/Jul | page 22 | - Review - Nuevo | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #18-1987/May/8 special "week#2" | page 53 | - Review | |
Sinclair User | issue #64-1987/Jul | page 57 | - Review: 5/10 | |
Your Sinclair | issue #20-1987/Aug | page 25 | - Review: 8/10 | |
Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 88 | - Review: 9/10 |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #68-1987/Jun | page 9 | - News/Note | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #93-1989/Aug special "93b" | page 27 | - Hack/Poke | |
Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 120 | - CompoEntry | |
Crash | issue v.1 #43-1987/Aug | page 88 | - CompoResult | |
Crash | issue v.1 #59-1988/Dec | page 60 | - Hack/Poke | |
MicroHobby | issue #157-1987/Dec | page 42 | - Tips - Tokes | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #22-1987/Jun/5 special "week#1" | page 53 | - News/Note | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #34-1988/Sep/1 special "week#1" | page 26 | - News/Note | |
Sinclair User | issue #62-1987/May | page 20 | - News/Note | |
Sinclair User | issue #65-1987/Aug | page 16 | - Tips | |
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Sinclair User | issue #124-1992/Jun | page 13 | - Hack/Poke | |
YS Smash Tips | issue 1988/Aug | page 30 | - Hack/Poke | |
Your Sinclair | issue #24-1987/Dec | page 24 | - Hack/Poke |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #67-1987/May | page 116 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #68-1987/Jun | page 131 | - Full-page ad | |
Computer Gamer | issue #26-1987/May | page 2 | - Full-page ad | |
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Crash | issue v.1 #60-1989/Jan | page 17 | - Advert - Kixx advert | |
Sinclair User | issue #62-1987/May | page 26 | - Full-page ad | |
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Crash | issue v.1 #52-1988/May | page 36 | - Review - Crash - Compilation (Arcade Force Four) |
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Your Sinclair | issue #29-1988/May | page 44 | - Full-page ad (Arcade Force Four) |
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