Double Switch

n/a

Mega-CD
Saturn

Double Switch

System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Saturn

Publisher:

Sega

Digital Pictures

Developer: Digital Pictures

Distributor:

Acclaim Distribution

Genre: Virtual Cinema (バーチャルシネマ)^[1], Adventure^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-03-24^[2]	¥6,8006,800	G-6040
US	1993-12^[3]	$59.9959.99^[4]	4419
EU	1994-02^[5]		4419
PT	1994
UK	1994-07-15^[6]	£44.9944.99^[7]	4419
AU	199x
BR	199x		063260
US	1995-11-22^[8]		T-16207H

Non-Sega versions
Macintosh Windows PC

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Double Switch (ダブルスイッチ) is a full motion video game developed by Digital Pictures. It was brought to the Sega Mega-CD and then later, Sega Saturn.

Gameplay

Double Switch follows a similar structure to Digital Pictures' previous work, Night Trap. The player needs to monitor rooms of a hotel and trap enemies, while also listening out for access codes. The game is more elaborate than Night Trap, with multiple traps in a room.

Combined, Double Switch offers 60 minutes of full motion video, though gameplay lasts roughly 30.

Production credits

Executive Producer: Tom Zito
Original Concept: James Riley
Story: Christian Williams, James Riley
Screenplay: Flint Dille
Director of Photography: Sandi Sissel
Interactive Design: James Riley, Ken Soohoo
Computer Programming: Ken Soohoo
Produced by: Paul Levin, James Riley, Dena Maheras
Directed by: Mary Lambert

Source:

In-game credits (opening)^[9]

Cast (In Alphabetical Order)
- Alex: Camille Cooper
- The Handyman: R. Lee Emrey
- Phoebe: Wendy Gazelle
- Eddie: Corey Haim
- Elizabeth: Deborah Harry
- Brutus: Irwin Keyes
- Slick Sammy: Taylor Negron
- Jeff: David Packer
- Laura: Kim Oja
- Bang: Brooke McCarter
Cast/Stunts (In Alphabetical Order)
- Thug #3: Joey Box
- Thug #1: Keith Campbell
- Egyptian Princess: Sonja Davis
- Egyptian Princess #2: Dorothy Elane
- Thug Leader: James Lew
- Thug #2: Gary Morgan
- Intruder #2: Tricia Peters
- Intruder #3: Jeff Smolek
- Intruder #1: Brian Williams
- Utility Stunts: John Cann, Kim Koscki, Chuck Hicks, Dennis Madalone, Donna Keegan, Dan McCann, John-Clay Scott
- Stunt Coordinator: Hubie Kerns
Music Composer: Thomas Dolby
1st Assistant Director: Carol Bonnefil
2nd Assistant Director: Gail Seely
Production Supervisor: Joe Montrone
Production Coordinator: Jenifer Chatfield
Script Supervisor: Jesse Long
Additional Script Dialogue: Luke L Benoit, Jerome Gary
Editor: Kate McGowan
Assistant Editor: Jennifer Mangan
Camera Operator: James Jansen, Jules Labarthe
1st Assistant Camera: Craig Cockerill, Terry Pfrang
2nd Assistant Camera: Marianne Franco, Lisa Ferguson
Camera Intern: Natalie Bishop
Gaffer: Lou Dicesare
Best Boy: Tim Durr
Lamp Operators: Lee Auerbach, Cory Bibb, Peter Cornford, John Emory
Key Grip: Brian Branigan
Dolly Grip: David Novak
Best Boy: Jim Carroll
Grips: Ed Nunez, Alexander Salazar, Michael Stocks
Mechanical Effects Supervisor: Vince Montefusco
Special Visual Effects and Miniatures: Stargate Films, Inc., Sam Nicholson, Dan Schmit
Sound Mixer: Alex Lamm
Boom Operator: Gary Gossett
Production Designer: Barry Robison
Art Directior: Tim Colohan
Storyboard Artist: Andrea Dietrich
Set Decorator: Suzette Sheets
Leadperson: Mona Personius
Swing Gang: Jeff Snyder, Tory Worland, Randy Teuhaeff
Property Master: Kent H. Johnson
Assistant Property Master: Audrey Johnson
Property Assistant: Giovanni Bianchini
Costume Designer: April Napier
Assistant Costume Designer: Holly Davis
Set Costumer: Christine Orth
Make-up Artist: Rea Ann Silva
Hair Stylist: Andre Blaise
Casting: Dori Zuckerman
Casting Assistant: Chris Poley
Additional Casting: Sobo Casting
Accountant: Tad Driscoll, Dawn Darfus
Assistant Accountant: Richard Fleming, Susan Zack
Production Office Manager: Sue dr Langis
Medic: John Blue
Assistant to Mary Lambert: Kirsten Anderson, Nancy Kirhoffer
Production Assistants: Jim Battersby, Alison Coffey, Gunther Tarampi
Craft Service: William Lybeer
Dga Trainee: Marc Stirdivant
Post Production Supervisor: Frank Salvino
Post Production Services Provided by: 525 Post Production
Paintbox: Silverstraw Production, Neal Thomson
Sound Editor: Jim Beshears
Music Editor: Bob Randles
Assistant Music Editor: Ling Ling Lee
Sound Facility: Sound Satisfaction, Gary Coppola
Director, Computer Graphics: Lode Coen
Computer Graphics: Cuyler Gee, Joshua Solomon
Associate Product Manager: Charlie Ogden
Associate Producer: Jonathan Wells

Japanese version

Testers for Digital Pictures: Randall K. Hughes, David J. Popovich, Richard H.R.W.Wong
Englich version
Testers for Digital Pictures: David J. Popovich, Michael Carter,PhD
Testers for Sega
- Lead: Dermot Lyons
- Lieutenants: Maria Tuzzo, Rick Greer, Crisi Albertson, Ray Alferez, Dianna Boundy, Harry Chavez, Jason Kuo, Heather Meigs, Lance Nelson, Mark Paniagua, Loran Pudinski, Terry Thomas, Ari Warner
Japanese Cast
- Eddie: Mitsuru Miyamoto
- Lyle: Seizo Kato
- Alex: Mami Horikoshi
- Elizabeth: Toshiko Sawada
- Phoebe: Atsuko Tanaka
- Jeff: Yoshioto Yasuhara
- Laura: Yuko Mizutani
- Brutus: Shozo Iizuka
- Luiz: Shinpachi Tsuji
- Hamlin: Masashi Sugawara
- Mitsuaki Madono, Mitsuru Ogata, Hideaki Ono, Toru Ohkawa, Kazuhiro Nakata, Makoto Tsumura, Yoko Somi
Japanese Localization Team
- Voice Recording Staff: Dentsu Inc., Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
- Producers: Kiyoshi Takeda, Shoichiro Ishiwatari, Naomasa Furukawa, Daizo Tsushi
- Director: Toshio Sato
- Translation: Takeshi Kihara
Sega of America Inc.
- Senior Liaison: Yukimi Shimura
- Production Coordinator: Osamu Shibamiya
Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Product Manager: Masanobu Tsukamoto
- Filmed at: Hollywood Center Studios Hollywood, California

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[10]

Magazine articles

Main article: Double Switch/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Mega-CD print advert in SuperGamePower (BR) #7: "Outubro 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[12]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[13]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[4]

GamePro (DE)

PAL

47

^[14]

GamesMaster (UK)

NTSC-U

62

^[15]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

36

^[16]

Hyper (AU)

78

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

87

^[18]

Joypad (HU)

91

^[19]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

58

^[20]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

81

^[21]

Mega Action (UK)

NTSC-U

70

^[22]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

65

^[23]

Mega Power (UK)

PAL

71

^[24]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

74

^[25]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

89

^[26]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

71

^[27]

Power Up! (UK)

72

^[28]

Power Unlimited (NL)

78

^[29]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[30]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

72

^[31]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

86

^[32]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[33]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

79

^[34]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

74

^[35]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[36]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[37]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[38]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

72

^[39]

	71
Based on 30 reviews

Double Switch

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, UK
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, PT

Mega-CD, AU
Cover

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-U

46

^[40]

	46
Based on 1 review

Double Switch

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc 1 Manual

Technical information

Main article: Double Switch/Technical information.

References

↑ File:DoubleSwitch MCD JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/mega-cd/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-06-22 19:24)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/ZeRZlWXlMYQ/m/7_Y39WRM0ksJ
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 64
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 44
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-07-18), page 8
↑ Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 52
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/4oK7fDo6pWI/m/P-4ICYtnreEJ
↑ File:DoubleSwitch MCD JP SSCredits Intro.pdf
↑ File:DoubleSwitch MCD JP SSCredits.pdf
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Famitsu, "1995-03-31" (JP; 1995-03-17), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 80
↑ GamePro, "Oktober 1994" (DE; 1994-09-30), page 49
↑ GamesMaster, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 60
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 22
↑ Hyper, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 48
↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 158
↑ Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 14
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 20
↑ Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 34
↑ Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 56
↑ Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 120
↑ Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 54
↑ MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 60
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 76
↑ Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 154
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, August 06, 1994" (UK; 1994-08-06), page 1
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 4, April 1994" (NL; 1994-03-23), page 62
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 June" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 40
↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 92
↑ Sega Magazine, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 100
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 96
↑ Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 64
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 72
↑ Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 38
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 131
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 86
↑ MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 41

Double Switch
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[:File:DoubleSwitch_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:DoubleSwitch MCD JP Box Back.jpg

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[:File:GamePro_US_056.pdf_p64-4] 4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_DE_18.pdf_p44-5] Sega Pro, "April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 44

[6] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-07-18), page 8

[:File:MegaPower_UK_10.pdf_p52-7] Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 52

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[:File:DoubleSwitch_MCD_JP_SSCredits_Intro.pdf_p-9] File:DoubleSwitch MCD JP SSCredits Intro.pdf

[:File:DoubleSwitch_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-10] File:DoubleSwitch MCD JP SSCredits.pdf

[:File:EGM_US_055.pdf_p42-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

[12] Famitsu, "1995-03-31" (JP; 1995-03-17), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0702.pdf_p80-13] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:GamePro_DE_1994-10.pdf_p49-14] GamePro, "Oktober 1994" (DE; 1994-09-30), page 49

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_015.pdf_p60-15] GamesMaster, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 60

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_01.pdf_p22-16] Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 22

[:File:Hyper_AU_007.pdf_p48-17] Hyper, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:Joypad_FR_027.pdf_p158-18] Joypad, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 158

[19] Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:MDAG_UK_21.pdf_p20-20] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:Mega_UK_18.pdf_p34-21] Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 34

[:File:MegaAction_UK_11.pdf_p56-22] Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 56

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-03.pdf_p120-23] Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 120

[:File:MegaPower_UK_08.pdf_p54-24] Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 54

[:File:MegaTech_UK_27.pdf_p60-25] MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 60

[:File:MeanMachinesSega17UK.pdf_p76-26] Mean Machines Sega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 76

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-04.pdf_p154-27] Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 154

[28] Power Up!, "Saturday, August 06, 1994" (UK; 1994-08-06), page 1

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_009_199404.pdf_p62-29] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 4, April 1994" (NL; 1994-03-23), page 62

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-06_19950615.pdf_p40-30] Saturn Fan, "1995 June" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 40

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_04.pdf_p92-31] Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 92

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_03.pdf_p100-32] Sega Magazine, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 100

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p96-33] Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 96

[:File:SegaPower_UK_52.pdf_p64-34] Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_29.pdf_p72-35] Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 72

[:File:SegaZone_UK_17.pdf_p38-36] Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 38

[:File:SSM_JP_19950401_1995-04.pdf_p131-37] Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 131

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-38] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-05.pdf_p86-39] Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 86

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-02.pdf_p41-40] MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 41

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Double Switch

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Saturn version

Technical information

References