- A Sega TRU VIDEO Interactive Mystery Movie Starring Corey Haim And Deborah Harry.
- Hollywood-Quality Production, Cast And Entertainment.
- Over 60 Minutes Of Full-Motion Movie Action.
- Directed By Mary Lambert, Eerie CD Music Composed By Thomas Dolby.
- Copyright 1993 Digital Pictures, Inc.
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Desirae Beck
Before Five Nights at Freddy's 2 There was Double Switch
Double Switch might not be the best Digital Pictures title But, it was ahead of the time and much like Night Trap was ripped-off by hack video game designer Scott Cawthon who would make the horrid Five Nights at Freddy's games It has a much HQ look to it (better set pieces, the apartment complex looks pretty good for a set (unlike Night Trap this set don't look like it was used by any porn studio) Interesting Cast to say the least this is without a doubt the strongest FMV Video game in terms of a killer cast Corey Haim (looking healthy and clean) as Eddie RIP Mr. Haim Deborah Harry as Elizabeth (still looking strong but, sexy!) R. Lee Ermey as Lyle (the handyman) Taylor Negron as Slick Sammy (the man who auditions the band) Super under-rated actor we lost earlier this year great in Easy Money, Nothing But, Trouble, and The Last Boy Scout! RIP Mr. Negron Irwin Keyes as Brutus (Another awesome character actor) who just passed away July 8, 2015 RIP Mr. Keyes Brooke McCarter as Bang (he was one of the vampires in the Lost Boys) The Game controls much like Five Nights at Freddy's I mean Night Trap you go from room to room gather intel set traps the controls are streamlined much better then Night Trap (keep in mind Night Trap was made in the mid 1980's on a completely different home console that never even got put out and the licensing rights went to Sega) so the controls for Double Switch should feel much better they were built around the classic Sega Genesis controller the story is out there Eddie calls on the player to help him escape from the basement There are cameras scattered through-out the building this is pre- Big Brother you have to get security codes to get Eddie out Mafia hit men come out of nowhere along with secret society assassins and even a mummy not the kind from the old 1980's Post Breakfast Cereal there are all looking for valuable secrets while all this is going on you have to balance out stories being told through-out different rooms with one room a band trying to catch a big break another a college girl little like Lara Croft.... (who might be in danger) the biggest problem with this game is the balancing act being at the right room at the right time and catching the right amount of goons so Eddie don't get mad at you and unplug you from the system It's not as convoluted as Night Trap Once you figure out the patterns its a medium challenge A True Guilty Pleasure and a must own Sega CD Digital Pictures title! imo Double Switch was a glimpse of where FMV could go if you had the right amount of money, cast, sets, etc. 7.5/10
Abby Weatherford
I was so obsessed with this game...
I was that lame kid who got a 32x and a Sega CD but not a Saturn or a Slaystation. So I'd pick up anything out there that was different or sounded cutting edge just to make myself feel like I was playing the coolest games. To me Double Switch is the best of the best when it comes to FMV games. Are these games pretty dumb? Yeah. Do most people hate them? Definately. But, to me Double Switch is like the love child of a Corey Haim 80's movie, that episode from Saved by the Bell where its a murder mystery, and hardcore voyerism (without the porn). I agree with everything the other dude wrote; this game is so freakin cool!
Neb Saitiam
Guilty pleasure
Ah, "Double Switch". I've wasted so much time on this game (SegaCD version). Sure the video quality wasn't great and some of the acting was bad, but that's the case with almost ALL `full motion video' games. It was just fun to see Deborah Harry, Corey Haim, and R. Lee Ermey (before I knew who he was) in these roles. The plot was simplistic and almost always a stretch, but this was the new revolutionary technology of its day. The graphics were so lifelike compared to "Dragon's Lair" (arcade), "Super Mario World" (SNES), and "Tempest 2000" (Jaguar). The company that pioneered these "U-Direct Movies", Digital Pictures, made some of the most memorable fan controlled entertainment available in its day. Digital Pictures, I miss you. Fun? Yes. Quality? No. Perfect? Absolutely not. Memorable? You better believe it.