Composer(s) Ben Daglish Initial release date December 1989 Designers Ben Daglish, Jeff Calder | Mode(s) Single player Genre Platform game | |
Developers Core Design, Ben Daglish, Jeff Calder Platforms Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad GX4000, Atari ST, AmigaOS, BlackBerry Publishers Gremlin Interactive, Amiga, Inc., Kixx, GBH Gold Similar Gremlin Interactive games, Platform games | ||
Switchblade is a computer platform game developed by Core Design and released by Gremlin Graphics in 1989.
The game was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC formats. An enhanced port of the latter for the Amstrad GX4000 console was released in 1991.
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.
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