Getting Started
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Turn OFF the power switch on your Nintendo® Game Boy® Advance. Never insert or remove a Game Pak when the power is on.
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Insert the Game Pak of Matchbox™ Cross Town Heroes™ into the slot on the Game Boy Advance. To lock the Game Pak in place, press firmly.
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Turn ON the POWER switch. The logo screens will appear (if you don't see them, begin again at step 1).
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After the logos, the Main Menu will appear.
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If no Main Menu selections are made, a Demo will appear. Press START to exit the Demo and return to the Main Menu.
You're On The Job!
A fireworks factory is on fire! Animals have escaped from the zoo! Mischief has been reported downtown! Trouble is popping up all over town and something has to be done!
Take the wheel of your favorite Matchbox® vehicles and head out on daring rescue missions. Only you can save the town!!
Main Menu
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NEW GAME: To begin a new game. Use the Control Pad Up/Down to highlight New Game and you will go to the Game Control Screen. Use the Control Pad Left/Right to highlight your Game Control choice (Rookie or Chief). Press the A Button and begin a new game.
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CONTINUE: Enter your password to continue a saved game. Use the Control Pad Left/Right to select a position, use the Control Pad Up/Down to select a letter. Press the A Button to input your code. Press the B Button to cancel and return to the Main Menu.
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OPTIONS: Use the Control Pad Up/Down to highlight Game Control, SFX, or Music. With Game Control highlighted, your game control choice is listed. Press the A Button to enter the Game Control Screen and change your game control choice. Now press the A Button to select a Game Control. With SFX highlighted, use the A Button or Control Pad Left/Right to turn the sound effects On or Off. With Music highlighted, use the A Button or Control Pad Left/Right to turn the music On or Off. Press the B Button to confirm your selections.
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CREDITS: Press the A Button to view the game credits for Matchbox™ Cross Town Heroes™.
Emergency Status Screen
The Emergency Status Screen appears at the beginning of each world and after completing each basic mission and mini-game. The numbers next to the basic mission icons indicate how many objectives remain.
The number next to each mini-game shows which mini-game still needs to be completed. Press the A Button to return to the game.
Progress Window
Press SELECT during gameplay to see your basic mission objective progress in the lower left corner.
Worlds, Missions, and Mini-Games
The game begins in Circusville. From the Main Menu, select New Game, choose your game control, press the A Button and start putting out fires and saving puppies.
Circusville
Basic Missions:
1. Search out and extinguish all fires (15).
2. Catch the missing puppies (10).
Final Mission: After completing the basic missions and beating the mini-games, you must rescue The Ringmaster.
Mini-Games:
1. Racing: Extinguish the fires before the fireworks go off. Collect the fireworks. Squir water to clear objects in your way.
2. Arcade: Squir water to put out the fire behind circus characters. Avoid or squirt water at the falling pies.
Finding all the missing puppies takes you to the fireworks mini-game. Use the Control Pad to move your vehicle. Press the A Button to squirt water on fireworks and objects. Collect fireworks with your vehicle. Collect wrenches to repair your vehicle and the shield to give your vehicle a triple spray! Collect 5 fireworks to complete level one, 10 fireworks to complete level two and 15 fireworks to complete the mini-game.
Putting out all the fires in Circusville takes you to the fire-fighting mini-game. Use the Control Pad Left/Right to move your vehicle. Press the A Button to shoot water at the fires behind the characters. Avoid squirting the characters who have no fire behind them and try to dodge their dropping pies. You can also try your skill at shooting the pies with water before they fall on you! Extinguish 10 fires to complete level one, 15 to complete level two and 20 fires to complete the mini-game. Collect falling wrenches to repair your vehicle.
After beating the mini-games, you face your Final Mission - Rescuing The Ringmaster. Search for The Ringmaster and put out the fires surrounding him.
Rescuing The Ringmaster brings you to the Mission Accomplished Screen. You are awarded a New Rank and New Vehicle. Press the A Button to return to Circusville, complete two Advanced Bonus Missions and rescue The Ringmaster again.
During your Advanced Bonus Missions, big arrows and mini-game pictures mark the entrance into each mini-game. Park your vehicle on the pictures for more mini-game action!
Complete the Advanced Bonus Missions and rescue The Ringmaster for the second time to view the Mission Accomplished Screen. Press the A Button to be awarded a New Rank, New Vehicle, a Password, and to advance to Zooland.
Zooland
Basic Missions:
1. Catch all the escaped monkeys (10).
2. Collect the missing penguins (10).
Mini-Games:
1. Racing: Chase and stop the monkeys to get the zoo uniforms back.
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