Cart Surfer

Cart Surfer
Cart Surfer
Information
Players	1 + Black Puffle
Controls	Arrow keys + Spacebar
Minigame location	Mine
Date released	June 6, 2006

Cart Surfer is a Club Penguin mini-game that can be played in the Mine. The main objective of this game is that a penguin should do various tricks and stunts to earn points, while riding a Mine Cart on a track. When the player finishes the game, they are brought to the Mine Shack. This is one of the most popular games in Club Penguin, as it is a quick way to earn a lot of coins, by using the right and the best moves (see table below). In the Cart Surfer mini game in Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force, the player has to jump over rocks and duck to avoid obstacles.

Stamps

Easy

Name	Description
Great Balance stamp	Recover from a wobble.

Medium

Name	Description
Cart Pro Stamp	Earn 150 coins in one game.
Mine Marvel stamp	Perform 10 tricks in the cart.
Mine Mission stamp	Perform 10 tricks out of the cart.
Trick Master stamp	Perform 14 different tricks.
Puffle Power stamp	Recover from a wobble with a puffle.

Hard

Name	Description
Cart Expert stamp	Earn 250 coins in one game.
Mine Grind stamp	Grind around 8 corners.
Surf's Up stamp	Surf around 8 corners.
Flip Mania stamp	Flip 20 times in a row without crashing.
Ultimate Duo stamp	Perform 20 tricks with your puffle.

Extreme

Name	Description
Cart Master stamp	Earn 350 coins in one game.

Errors

There are a few times where a Black Puffle would briefly appear even if you don't have one with you, along with your penguin turning the color yellow (it does not happen if your penguin is yellow, however). This glitch has not yet been fixed.
At one time, you were able to earn more than the maximum amount of stamps available on Cart Surfer, presumably due to a removed stamp. When you completed a game, it would display as "13/12" stamps. This has since been fixed.
When grinding around corners, you can extend a grind for much longer than usual. If you keep grinding after the initial "tipping" animation begins playing, the cart will right itself again, allowing you to continue grinding. This only works on, or just after, corners, and requires careful timing, but allows you to get upwards of 90 points on a single grind. This makes for a very efficient method of earning coins.

Trivia

Cart Surfer Menu — The Front Screen Before you play.

An email from Club Penguin confirming it was originally called cave runner.

It was supposed to be released May 29, 2006, but it was delayed a week late due to bugs.
One of the loading screens for the game depicts a penguin Cart Surfing with his black puffle.
On July 20, 2007, new tricks were added.
If you wear the color Lime Green while playing Cart Surfer, your penguin will ride faster. The map icon for the game also has a Lime Green penguin on it.
The game is featured on the CART SURFER (ID 1) Card-Jitsu card, as well as the Cart Surfer (ID 354) Card-Jitsu Power Card.
The prototype version of it was called Cave Runner.

Coin Earning Tips

The most efficient way to get coins on Cart Surfer is to alternate the Back flip and Air Twist, Hand Stand or Run on Rails: a 100 scoring stunt and any of the 80 scoring ones. Rail Grind is the highest scoring stunt for the turns. It also helps to crash a few times near the end, which gives the player more time to do tricks. When you lose a life you get the chance to get in about 2-3 moves in before the next turn so use your lives well and you can get an extra 540-840 points in Cart Surfer. Note that if a move is performed twice in a row, the score you would normally get for the trick is halved every time after the first trick.

An efficient player can earn approximately 450 coins a game. If a player has all the stamps for the game his/her coins will be doubled giving him/her 900 instead of the usual 450.

Tricks

Name	Method	Points
Jump*	[SPACE]	0
Surf Jump	⬆ [SPACE]	20
Turn	➡ OR ⬅	10
Surf Turn	⬆ ➡ OR ⬆ ⬅	**
Cart Grind	⬇ ➡ OR ⬇ ⬅	**
Spin	[SPACE] ➡ OR ⬅ [SPACE]	80
Leap	[SPACE] ⬆	50
Cart Slam	[SPACE] ⬇	30
Flip	⬇ [SPACE]	100
Handstand	⬆ ⬆	80
Run on Tracks	⬇ ⬇	80