Bundle75Piko Interactive Collection 1Jun 8, 2020Multi-item package
Release
1989
Player score
Awaiting reviews
Platform families
1
Connected releases
2
Game data from IGDB
Editorial overview
What it is
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.
Play styles
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action · Science fiction
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Languages
1 supported
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Commodore C64/128/MAX

ZX Spectrum

Atari ST/STE

PC (Microsoft Windows)
Amiga

Atari Jaguar
Gen 5

Amstrad CPC