Switchblade (video game)

Switchblade
Developer(s) Core Design
Publisher(s) Gremlin Graphics
Designer(s) Simon Phipps[1]
Composer(s) Ben Daglish
Platform(s) Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad GX4000
Release 1989
Genre(s) Platform game
Mode(s) Single player

Switchblade is a computer platform game developed by Core Design and released by Gremlin Graphics in 1989.

Development and release

The game was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64[1] and Amstrad CPC formats. An enhanced port of the latter for the Amstrad GX4000 console was released in 1991.[2]

Gameplay

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.[3]

Legacy

A sequel, Switchblade II was released in 1991.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Switchblade". Retro Gamer. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Top Ten Amstrad GX4000 Games". Retro Gamer. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Switchblade review". Amiga Power (2): 89. 1991.
  4. ↑ "Switchblade II review". Amiga Power (2): 32–34. 1991.
  5. ↑ "Switchblade 2". Retro Gamer. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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