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Character control switch

Video game concept

Player can and likely must switch control between several characters to progress, leaving the other character(s) unattended to behave autonomously or waiting for you to swap back to them.

126
games
36
platforms
The Fairly OddParents - Shadow Showdown (Game Boy Advance)
The Fairly OddParents - Shadow Showdown
GBA 2004-09-20
Zombi (Amstrad CPC)
Zombi
CPC 1986
Head Over Heels (Commodore 16/Plus 4)
Head Over Heels
C16 1990-07-09
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops (Windows)
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops
WIN 2011-04-05
Strike Force Cobra (Commodore 64)
Strike Force Cobra
C64 1986
Dragon Ball Z: The Legend (Saturn)
Dragon Ball Z: The Legend
SAT 1996-05-24
Zombi (Atari ST)
Zombi
ST 1989
Head Over Heels (Commodore 64)
Head Over Heels
C64 1987
Survivors (ZX Spectrum)
Survivors
SPC 1986
Head Over Heels (MSX)
Head Over Heels
MSX 1987
Head Over Heels (Atari ST)
Head Over Heels
ST 1989
Survivors (Amstrad CPC)
Survivors
CPC 1988

The first video game about Character control switch was released in 1986.

THQ, Atlantis Software and Ocean has published most of these games

See also: character switch

Child group

Switch control within group

Platforms

Windows 29
PS2 11
MS-DOS 7
Amiga 6
GBA 6
Linux 5
X360 4
C64 4
Amstrad CPC 4
SNES 4
PS3 3
ZX Spectrum 3
Wii 3
Mac OS X 3
Amiga AGA 3
Nintendo DS 3
Xbox 3
Mega Drive 2
Saturn 2
MSX 2
Atari ST 2
Atari 400/800 2
C16/Plus4 2
Electron 1
Xbox One 1
PS 1
Lynx 1
Mobile 1
BeOS 1
BBC 1

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