Switchblade

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Released Dec 31, 1989

By: Core Design, Gremlin Graphics, Kixx, Piko Interactive

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Switchblade is a computer platform game developed by Core Design and released by Gremlin Graphics in 1989. The player guides the protagonist, Hiro, through a flip-screen platform environment with a subterranean setting. Unexplored areas of the screen are obscured from view until the player character enters them. A sequel, Switchblade II was released in 1991.

Genres: Adventure Arcade Platform
Platforms: Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari Jaguar Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX PC (Microsoft Windows)ZX Spectrum
Themes: Action Science fiction
Collections: Switchblade
Game modes: Single player
Perspectives: Side view
Keywords: action-adventure anime bats boss fight cyborg dart flip screen high score mutants reptilian humanoid snake temporary invincibility
Languages: English · Audio, Interface, Subtitles

Complete release history (7)

Amstrad CPC · 1989
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Amiga · 1989
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Atari ST/STE · 1989
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Commodore C64/128/MAX · 1989
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ZX Spectrum · 1989
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Atari Jaguar · Sep 7, 2017
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PC (Microsoft Windows) · Aug 22, 2019
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