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Double Switch is a full motion video game released for the Sega CD (1993), the Sega Saturn, Mac and Windows 95. The game is produced by Digital Pictures and has a similar format to their earlier game titled Night Trap. The Sega CD version got a MA-13 rating label from the Video Game Ratings Council. All versions are identical, except that those Windows, Saturn and Mac editions were released later with enhanced video quality.

Cast

Corey Haim .... Eddie
Deborah Harry .... Elizabeth
R. Lee Ermey .... Lyle (the handyman)
Camille Cooper .... Alex
Taylor Negron .... Slick Sammy
Irwin Keyes .... Brutus
Wendy Gazelle .... Phoebe
David Packer .... Jeff
Kimberly Oja .... Laura
Brooke McCarter .... Bang

Storyline

The game takes place in a large and old apartment complex where Eddie has been locked in the basement. In the first level you have to quickly move from the various cameras Eddie has placed throughout the building in order to trap the various Mafia hitmen and Ninja assassins wandering around the building. You also have to get the security codes to free Eddie that the grumpy old handyman will preview at certain points during the game. In the subsequent levels you learn that Mafia hitmen and ninjas are trying to locate a valuable Egyptian artifact, and that they are willing to do anything it takes, even kill the various other tenants in the building to get what they want.

Criticism

Double Switch is one of a genre of full motion video and computer games produced in the early to mid 1990s.

Critics felt that Double Switch had better production values than Night Trap (which had been popular largely due to its controversial content) but the game was also difficult and the player really did not have much time to enjoy the production values because they had to quickly move between the cameras to set the traps.

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