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Switchblade

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First release
1989
Developer
Core Design
Genres
Adventure, Platform, Arcade · Action, Science fiction
Platforms
Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, PC (Microsoft Windows), Commodore C64/128/MAX, Amiga, Atari Jaguar, Atari ST/STE

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.

Also known as switchblade.exe

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Release dates
Amstrad CPC
1989
ZX Spectrum
1989
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1989
All 7 release dates
Amiga
1989
Atari ST/STE
1989
Atari Jaguar
Sep 07, 2017
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 22, 2019
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Where to buy
Keywords
anime, action-adventure, cyborg, mutants, snake
… All 12, high score, bats, boss fight, dart, temporary invincibility, reptilian humanoid, flip screen
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  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026