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Switchblade
Core Design
December 30, 1989
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Platform, Adventure, ArcadeDevelopers
Core DesignRelease Date
December 30, 1989 (35 years and 6 months ago)Publishers
Gremlin Graphics, KixxFranchises
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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.
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Platform, Adventure, ArcadePlatforms
Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Amiga, Atari Jaguar, Amstrad CPCDevelopers
Core DesignRelease Date
December 30, 1989 (35 years and 6 months ago)Publishers
Gremlin Graphics, KixxFranchises
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