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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.

125
games
36
platforms
Dragon Ball Z: The Legend (Saturn)
Dragon Ball Z: The Legend
SAT 1996-05-24
Sudeki (Xbox)
Sudeki
XBOX 2004-06-20
Survivors (Atari 400/800)
Survivors
A800 1987
Head Over Heels (MSX)
Head Over Heels
MSX 1987
Evolution: Dino Dudes (Atari Jaguar)
Evolution: Dino Dudes
JAG 1993
Zombi (MS-DOS)
Zombi
DOS 1988
Strike Force Cobra (Amstrad CPC)
Strike Force Cobra
CPC 1986
CreaVures (Windows)
CreaVures
WIN 2011-03-23
Head Over Heels (Atari 400/800)
Head Over Heels
A800 1987
Sudeki (Windows)
Sudeki
WIN 2005-03-25
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops (Windows)
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops
WIN 2011-04-05
Strike Force Cobra (Commodore 64)
Strike Force Cobra
C64 1986

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 28
PS2 11
MS-DOS 7
Amiga 6
GBA 6
Linux 5
SNES 4
X360 4
C64 4
Amstrad CPC 4
Xbox 3
PS3 3
ZX Spectrum 3
Wii 3
Mac OS X 3
Amiga AGA 3
Nintendo DS 3
Mega Drive 2
Saturn 2
MSX 2
Atari ST 2
Atari 400/800 2
C16/Plus4 2
PS Vita 1
GB 1
PS4 1
Electron 1
Xbox One 1
PS 1
Lynx 1

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