Switchblade (1989)

Release Date: December 31, 1989
Developer: Core Design

PlatformPC (Microsoft Windows) Commodore C64/128/MAX Amiga Amstrad CPC ZX Spectrum Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 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.