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![[Loading screen]](/pub/sinclair/screens/load/m/gif/Metro-Cross.gif "Loading screen")
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![[In-game screen]](/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/m/Metro-Cross.gif "In-game screen")
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| Full title | Metro-Cross |
| Also known as | Metrocross |
| Year of release | 1987 |
| Publisher | US Gold Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) Kixx (UK) |
| Author(s) | Probe Software Ltd (Nick Bruty) |
| Tie-in licence | Namco Ltd (Japan) (arcade coin-op: Metro-Cross) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 2 - alternating |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Action |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £8.99 |
| Budget price | £2.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation Arcade Force Four (US Gold Ltd)
Appeared on the compilation Coin-Op Connexion (US Gold Ltd) Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation Play It Again (US Gold Ltd) Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation Tresors de U.S. Gold, Les (US Gold [France] S.A.R.L.) Also listed on Wikipedia, Freebase and Lost in Translation |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and NES |
| Score |
7.57 (25 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Encoding scheme | ||
 | Metro-Cross.tzx.zip | 52,222 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5013442538036 | Alkatraz Protection System | |||
|  | Metro-Cross.tap.zip | 27,102 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | |||||
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| | Metro-Cross(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tap.zip | 24,944 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | Re-release | M-16787-1987 | |||
| Metro-Cross(Kixx).tzx.zip | 52,261 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 5013442543405 | Alkatraz Protection System |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | Metro-Cross.gif | 6,226 | (Loading screen) |
| Metro-Cross.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| Metro-Cross.gif | 4,942 | (In-game screen) | |
 | Metro-Cross.txt | 982 | (English instructions) |
| Metro-Cross(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).txt | 1,249 | (Spanish instructions) |
| Metro-Cross.png | 255,532 | (Game map) |
| Metro-Cross.jpg | 158,781 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Metro-Cross(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 70,353 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Metro-Cross(Kixx).jpg | 85,812 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| Metro-Cross.jpg | 226,931 | (Advertisement) | |
| Metro-Cross(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 314,045 | (Advertisement) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
| 5 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 5.87 | page 253 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.87 | page 20 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.87 | page 9 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.87 | page 153 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.87 | page 24 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.87 | page 20 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.87 | page 57 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.87 | page 16 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 8.87 | page 25 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.87 | page 16 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.87 | page 24 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| YS Smash Tips | 8.88 | page 30 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.88 | page 126 | (News/Note) | |
| Crash | 11.88 | page 109 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.88 | page 88 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 60 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.89 | page 27 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.91 | page 21 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.92 | page 13 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 7.87 | page 22 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 12.87 | page 42 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer Gamer | 5.87 | page 2 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.87 | page 23 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.87 | page 116 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.87 | page 26 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.87 | page 87 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.87 | page 120 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.87 | page 131 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.87 | page 131 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.87 | page 88 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.89 | page 17 | (Advert - Kixx advert) | [full page] |
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