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.

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

Zelda no Densetsu: The Hyrule Fantasy

FDSY 1986-02-21

WIN 2007-11-23

LIN 2012-10-05

WIN 2000

LIN 2005-01-11

Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel

DOS 1996

Final Fantasy VIII

PS1 1999-02-11

The Legend of Zelda Link Travel in the Mini

LIN 2006-05-29

BS Zelda no Densetsu Remix

SNES 1995-08-06

Rise of Ganon

LIN 2009

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

SNES 1991-11-21

X-Blades

PS3 2007-11-23

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

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