Prison City (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.0.4.0)

Lite_Agent 15 February 2026 Prison City, Programancer, Retroware

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Prison City on Nintendo Switch.

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Prison City – Ver. 1.0.4.0

Release date: February 12th/13th 2026
Patch notes:

DCP Headquarters (DCP2) now has 2 variants- COMPACT and SPRAWLING. Sprawling is the original, drawn out version. Compact is a more condensed experience. On Easy and Modern, COMPACT is the default, but on Classic SPRAWLING is default. Holding UP when you’re entering the 2nd DCP level (before the screen transitions), you will go to the COMPACT route. Holding DOWN will take you to the SPRAWLING route, regardless of difficulty. Custom difficulty has an option to choose which one is default. If you’re replaying DCP2 from the level select, you can select which one you’re entering. This is to address the issue of the penultimate level being very, very large and overwhelming. That was the original intention, however having the option between versions feels pretty good.
Sliding has been improved, allowing you to jump out of a slide at any time and attack while sliding. This provides more kinetic gameplay.
Hal can now use a new special attack that’s activated with a directional button combo preceding the attack button. It lets you lob grenades back at enemies!
Cold Storage now has progress ladders in case you fall down the level. If you reach a certain point in the level, a ladder activates, and it will stay activated even if you die.
Fixed an issue where you can’t ride a dolphin during the boss fight for the Freeway in Bomber Mode. You should be allowed to ride a dolphin in a free country during a boss fight.
Lots of bug fixes were done; some introduced from updating my development environment to the most recent version, but some that may have existed originally- for example, I’ve fixed a bug where beating a level with a minigame as the final from the level select before the middle opens up and then exiting the minigame would play the intro codec and send you to the Train level.
A caution symbol has been added where pit missiles might spring up.
New minigame variants have been added to Bomber Mode.
And even more!

Additional notes: none
Source: Retroware (Steam)

How to download updates for Prison City on Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Prison City, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.