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One thing very totally different from the old-school gamers at Hamster this week, as Namco’s unusual, science-fiction runner Metro-Cross joins the Arcade Archives — out there to obtain now on PS4 and Nintendo Swap.

Launched to the arcade market in 1985, earlier than receiving ports to all kinds of dwelling computer systems, Metro-Cross is a fast-paced, side-scrolling runner, predating standard resembling Temple Run and Canabalt by a very good few many years. Gamers information a jumpsuited protagonist as they dash down a hi-tech hall laden with traps, hazards, and obstacles. The loopy sprinting motion is automated and unstoppable, with the participant tasked with maintaining our star from coming a cropper on the myriad objects that lay strewn of their path.

Try the motion within the video under, courtesy of YouTuber World of Longplays.

In a loopy headlong sprint in opposition to the clock, The Runner should dodge and/or leap over the obstacles, whereas choosing up drinks to take care of their stamina and even boarding a helpful skateboard so as to improve their momentum. Like so many quick scrolling titles of the day, Metro-Cross is slightly dizzying, not helped by the sport’s checkerboard sample, however it’s an amusing oddity, and as such it’s neat to see it added to Hamster’s ever-growing assortment of video games that point forgot. A sequel, Aero-Cross, was being developed within the late-’00s for launch on Xbox Reside Arcade, however the recreation was in the end canceled.

Metro-Cross is obtainable to obtain now on PS4 and Nintendo Swap, priced at round $8.