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Swagman

That Swagman sure has a lot of nerve! He's another evil, demented fellow who's planning to take over the world for his own personal gain. And this guy means business. You see, he's basically a boogie-man who…

50 7 July 1997

Swagman is an adventure developed by Core Design, released 7 July 1997 on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

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What Swagman is

Swagman is an adventure game developed by Core Design and released in 1997. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

The premise, in the publisher's words

That Swagman sure has a lot of nerve! He's another evil, demented fellow who's planning to take over the world for his own personal gain. And this guy means business. You see, he's basically a boogie-man who has the power to entrap people in their own nightmares forever. Fortunately, there are two brave souls out there ready to fight Swagman face to face. Their names are Zac and Hannah, two 8 year old twins. Swagman is a combination of the platform and adventure genre. While in the "Real World", the game is adventure-like; find and collect items and/or keys to open certain doors. When you enter the dream sequences, called the Territories, the game becomes a platform game. The combination of…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Swagman holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Swagman launched on 7 July 1997, within three weeks of Disney's Hercules Action Game and Lula: The Sexy Empire. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Disney's Hercules Action Game, Lula: The Sexy Empire.

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When did Swagman come out?
Swagman was released on 7 July 1997 for PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

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