Gunblades

Tools concept

Weapons that are primarily designed for melee combat but have functionality of a gun or are otherwise capable of being used as projectile weapons (such as through magic). Commonly appear as swords, but can be anything.

games

platforms

Alternate names: Pistol swords, Gun swords
Name variations: shooting swords

X-Blades

X360 2007-11-23

Final Fantasy VIII

WIN 2000

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past -

GBA 2002-12-02

Final Fantasy VIII

PS1 1999-02-11

The Hidden Duality

LIN 2002

Maze

LIN 2003-02-24

BS Zelda no Densetsu Remix

SNES 1995-08-06

PS3 2007-11-23

NES 1987-07

LIN 2013-12-31

DOS 1999

LIN 2004

The first video game about Gunblades was released on February 21, 1986.

Nintendo, Armageddon Games and Square has published most of these games

These all look like melee weapons. Otherwise use bayonet or something, guns with bayonets do not count for this tag.

NOT limited to swords as there are cases of axes and hammers that do the same.

Parent groups

Mêlée weapons, Multi-tools, Ranged weapons

Related sites

Wikipedia article on "Pistol sword"

Platforms

Linux		24
NES		5
MS-DOS		3
Windows		3
GBA		3
SNES		2
Famicom Disk System		2
GBC		1
PS		1
GameCube		1
PS3		1
X360		1
Mac OS Classic		1
GP2X		1
3DS		1

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