Metro-Cross

Metro-Cross is a platform arcade game released by Namco in 1985. It runs on the Namco Pac-Land hardware (but with a video system like in Dragon Buster, modified for a 2048 color palette). It uses a Motorola M6809 microprocessor with a Hitachi HD63701 sub-microprocessor (both running at 1,536 MHz) and Namco 8-channel waveform PSG for audio. The player takes control of a man known only as Runner. He has a time limit to complete each of the game's thirty-two laps, avoiding obstacles and collecting drink cans. The actual running is automatic: the player's task is to avoid the obstacles and collect the cans by moving the Runner with the stick and adjusting his speed accordingly. If the runner completes the round within the time limit, the remaining time is credited as bonus points and the player moves on to the next round. Every fourth round is a special round in which the remaining time from the three previous rounds is used as additional time. However, if the runner does not complete the round within the time limit, he is electrocuted and the game is over immediately.