Release #0

Release Summary

Entry	#5089
Release Sequence	#0
Release Date	1991
Currency	GBP (Pound sterling)
Price	£9.99
Budget Price	-
Microdrive Price	-
Disk Price	£14.99
Cartridge Price	-
Book ISBN	-
Book Pages	-

Other Releases

#1 · 1991

Places (Magazines)

Crash

3 references

Issue #1053

v.1 #86 1991/03

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
45	Review	No	-

Issue #1055

v.1 #88 1991/05

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
34	Hack/Poke	No	-

Issue #1057

v.1 #90 1991/07

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
26	Hack/Poke	No	-

FIFO

1 reference

Issue #7340

#15 1992/06

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
18	Review	No	-

MicroHobby

7 references

Issue #951

#209 1991/04

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
8	Preview	No	-

Issue #952

#210 1991/05

3 references

Page	Type	Original	Notes
29	Review	No	-
51	CoverGame	No	-
52	CoverGame	No	-

Issue #953

#211 1991/06

3 references

Page	Type	Original	Notes
54	Feature	No	-
54	Map	No	-
56	Map	No	-

Sinclair User

4 references

Issue #105

#106 1990/12

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
91	Advert	No	-

Issue #106

#107 1991/01

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
61	Advert	No	-

Issue #108

#109 1991/03

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
23	Review	No	-

Issue #119

#120 1992/02

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
13	Hack/Poke	No	-

Your Sinclair

11 references

Issue #273

#52 1990/04

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
5	News/Note	No	-

Issue #274

#53 1990/05

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
54	Preview	No	-

Issue #281

#60 1990/12

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
51	Advert	No	-

Issue #282

#61 1991/01

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
98	Advert	No	-

Issue #284

#63 1991/03

2 references

Page	Type	Original	Notes
11	CoverGame	No	-
73	Review	No	-

Issue #287

#66 1991/06

2 references

Page	Type	Original	Notes
29	Solution	No	-
30	Map	No	-

Issue #292

#71 1991/11

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
53	Hack/Poke	No	-

Issue #295

#74 1992/02

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
59	Review	No	-

Issue #301

#80 1992/08

1 reference

Page	Type	Original	Notes
32	Hack/Poke	No	-

Downloads

Game map

Link	Size	MD5
/pub/sinclair/games-maps/s/Switchblade.gif	390,647	`-`
/pub/sinclair/games-maps/s/Switchblade_2.gif	415,918	`-`
/pub/sinclair/games-maps/s/Switchblade_3.png	236,977	`-`
/pub/sinclair/games-maps/s/Switchblade_Level1.jpg	536,899	`-`
/pub/sinclair/games-maps/s/Switchblade_Level2+3.jpg	559,599	`-`

Inlay - Back

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Details	Comments
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade_Back.jpg	267,630	`d47406420b33ca8217d871ca036838ce`	NoneCardbox case (small)

Inlay - Front

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Details	Comments
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade_Front.jpg	342,346	`255b4c793a8ca3d5401feb3f840c470b`	NoneCardbox case (small)

Instructions

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Details	Comments
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade.txt	12,734	`48bcd4d5941b6e3b791d6ac2cb35ee2f`	None	English
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade(MULTI-LANG).pdf	1,645,629	`ff1faddac77d4f01ca42b5f8db90d749`	None	Multi-language: English, French, German, Italian

Loading screen

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Details	Comments
/pub/sinclair/screens/load/s/scr/Switchblade.scr	6,912	`-`

Media scan

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Details	Comments
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade_Media.jpg	173,052	`5a18ce4d3d77d0781c183929e346cb27`	None
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade_Media_2.jpg	187,714	`5a7e0752a6b172a6aa7f15f7858fe675`	None

POK pokes file

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Details	Comments
/zxdb/sinclair/pokes/s/Switchblade (1991)(Gremlin Graphics Software).pok	168	`c9fd970d80d8966b165799f02c7a1373`

Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Details	Comments
/pub/sinclair/music/ay/games/s/Switchblade.ay.zip	3,687	`-`

Running screen

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Comments
/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/s/Switchblade.gif	4,673	`-`
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade-RUN-1.scr	6,912	`f6dc15bec3909624df4df07d0e8809dd`	None	intro story
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade-RUN-2.scr	6,912	`4f628997d3eb22d9c9d432bfca091f79`	None	Final Big Boss
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade-RUN-3.scr	6,912	`24b3c49196f4a7a86508517bcad12d5e`	None	game story ending
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade-RUN-4.scr	6,912	`355a6b631a2ec6f2eb1d0fbf88529f05`	None	boss 1 fight
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade-RUN-5.scr	6,912	`92257d6933379390d4d4f52350cb2df7`	None	boss 2 fight
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade-RUN-6.scr	6,912	`c035c02ccd0094603b6b5ff4c0e35ae4`	None	boss 3 fight
/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005089/Switchblade-RUN-7.scr	6,912	`e32ced340bf25d57f28c3d54342a98ad`	None	boss 4 fight

RZX playback file

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Details	Comments
https://archive.org/download/rzxarchive/switchblade.rzx	-	`-`			Recorded by xmikex and Jamie Angus (with rollback)

Tape image

Link	Size	MD5	Flags	Details	Comments
/pub/sinclair/games/s/Switchblade.tzx.zip	37,737	`-`	NoneOriginal release (O)	English ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K1991
/pub/sinclair/games/s/Switchblade.tap.zip	37,695	`-`	Undetermined	English ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K1991

Scraps / Media

Inlay - Front

Link	Size	Flags	Details	Rationale
/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/s/Switchblade_Back.jpg	133,179			replaced by better quality/hires version
/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/s/Switchblade_Front.jpg	174,658			replaced by better quality/hires version

Loading screen

Link	Size	Flags	Details	Rationale
/pub/sinclair/screens/load/s/gif/Switchblade.gif	1,395			redundant screenshot

Issue Files

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