Switchblade
Favorite Released: 1989-12-31
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari Jaguar, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, PC (Microsoft Windows), ZX Spectrum
Game Modes: Single player
Developer: Core Design
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Player Perspective: Side view
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.