STOT S05R08 - Metro-Cross

[ThorN]

Game: Metro-Cross
Mode: score the most points, please do not use glitches for easy scoring.
Duration Dezember 2023
Rules: Score and post a picture of your score in this thread
Gentlemen agreements:
Cool players don't use save states.
Cool players don't use flaws to score.

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þorN's Ranking Service:
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Final scores
1. wietze 134'350
2. þorN 102'800
3. RiverPirate 73'700
4. SSB 36'050

Tips & Tricks:
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[ThorN]

First run on the SteamDeck. This game has to be played with a real Joystick

32900

[ThorN]

The levels become more challenging

73200

[simonsunnyboy]

We played this already 10 years ago and my score was much better back then.

36050 for starters

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[wietze]

134350

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[ThorstenOtto]

Do i get bonus points for playing this version?

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[medmed]

Do i get bonus points for playing this version?

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Haha well done!

Where can we download it?

[ThorstenOtto]

Same place as others: https://tho-otto.de/download/sdl/metrocross-bin.tar.xz

[medmed]

Same place as others: https://tho-otto.de/download/sdl/metrocross-bin.tar.xz

Don't know what link list games available.

Many thanks, this game is so cool

[ThorN]

Hi Thorsten

thanks for the link. If this is a conversion, we could do an own competition next year. Many thanks for mention it.

[ThorstenOtto]

It's not really a conversion in that it is MiNT specific, but i still had to do some fixes to get it compiled with newer gcc. Same code should however be compilable still on linux. A bit larger task was to write a tool that converts the map data from little-endian to big-endian.

You can find the patches & script also there: https://tho-otto.de/download/sdl/metrocross-mint.tar.xz, and the source archive https://tho-otto.de/download/sdl/metrocross.tar.xz (same as original, just repacked to fit the needs of the script)

[ThorN]

please have a look at the Games 2024 threas. Feel free to add some more games. The selection will be at the end of the month. Anybody could vote then for the proposed games.
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[ThorN]

Finally I finished Level 6. In the past It was easier, but at least my goal is reached. You have to use the skaeboard and then stay on the 2nd lane on the top, that's the pattern. Will see if I could score some more points.

[wietze]

I know everyone wants to beat my score, so I want to provide a few small tips :
- jumping on top of cans stops the time
- walking/driving into cans makes them bump forward, repeatedly bumping cans gives increaingly bonus points (100,500,1000,5000 or something?)
- while on a skateboard, switching to other skateboard yields 2000 bonus points
- finishing a level with skateboard yeilds 10000 bonus points
- on the `speed-jump' bonus stages the `landmines' can be used as an alternative to the jump pads

[chronicthehedgehog]

Yes your score is hard to beat. Thanks for the tips.

I'm sure I used to be better at this game

[ThorN]

I wasn't able to beat your score wietze, but at least I passed the 100k border

102800

[wietze]

Good going thorn!

[RiverPirate]

47800, warming up....

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[RiverPirate]

64000

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[RiverPirate]

73700; cannot pass level 6....

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[ThorN]

Thanks all participants. Concratulation to wietze!

For all who struggled in Level 6:
Get the skateboard, go on the 2nd lane, wait for the cola cane, go 1st Lane, pass the next cola cane, go back to lane 2, stay there , go back to lane 1 from time to time to hide the obstacles and then back to lane 2. This is how you will reach next Level. If you are carefull at the end and avoid the last cola cane, you even get 10'000 for reaching the goal on a skateboard.