Category: Development
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Grid Force: Mask of the Goddess
Developer: Dreamnauts StudiosPublisher: Playtra GamesRelease Year: 2022Platform: Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: RPGTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters; mechanics Being the chosen one, born from the will of Clea, guide Donnna on her journey to build the perfect team, realize their potential, and defeat the Goddesses of Gora to save the future. interviews and other media scholarship…
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Geisha
Developer: Coktel Vision, MDOPublisher: TomahawkRelease Year: 1990Platform: Amiga, Atari ST, DOSGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Development An evil scientist has kidnapped your partner and wants to turn here into a cybernetic geisha. You travel to Tokyo to try to save her. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Gobliiins (Franchise)
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Sierra On-LineRelease Year: 1991, 1992, 1993Platform: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, iOS, Mac, WinGenre: Puzzle, AdventureTaxonomy: Development In this game you play as a goblin who solves puzzles and defeats enemies in the quest to save the kingdom. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Freedom: Rebels in the Darkness
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Coktel VisionRelease Year: 1998Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOSGenre: StrategyTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs, Development, politics/ideology/history You play as an enslaved person on a plantation who aims to incite a revolt, free the other enslaved people, and get revenge. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to…
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Feesh
Developer: Terrifying JellyfishPublisher: Terrifying JellyfishRelease Year: 2016Platform: Linux/Mac/WinGenre: ArcadeTaxonomy: Development Playing as a tiny microorganism resembling a fish, you eat smaller feesh to get bigger and avoid being eater by bigger feesh. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Fashion Police Squad
Developer: Mopeful GamesPublisher: No More RobotsRelease Year: 2022Platform: WinGenre: FPSTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters, Black cultural traditions, Black NPCs; mechanics As a part of the Fashion Police Squad you will fight against fashion crimes. Using attire enhancing weaponry you get to fix the fashion faux pas around the city. interviews and other media scholarship Return…
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Fascination
Developer: Tomahawk, Coktel Vision, MDOPublisher: Coktel Vision TomahawkRelease Year: 1991Platform: Amiga, Atari ST, DOSGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Development After the inventor of a drug that increases sex drive is murdered you find yourself in possession of the drug. Now you have to deliver it to the right person and clear your name. Developed by…
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FarRock Dodgeball
Developer: SideB GamingPublisher: SideB GamingRelease Year: 2021Platform: Android/Mac/WinGenre: Indie, RPG, SportsTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters; Narrative themes/ politics/ideology/history; Black cultural traditions; Based in NYC, including a story, arcade, and versus mode, it takes you through an NYC experience through dodgeball. In story mode, you play as KJ, who wants to seek revenge after seeing his…
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Emmanuelle
Developer: Tomahawk, Coktel VisionPublisher: Coktel VisionRelease Year: 1989Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOSGenre: Action, Strategy, Stealth, RPGTaxonomy: Development An erotic adventure game where you must increase your erotic potential in order to seduce the neglected wife of a wealthy businessman again. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Dot’s Home
Developers: Weathered Sweater, Aerial_Knight, Titan ARX InteractivePublisher: Rise-Home StoriesRelease Year: 2021Platform: Android/iOS/Mac/WinGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Development, Black cultural traditions, politics/ideology/history, narrative themes, Playable Black characters, Black NPCs, intersectionality; mechanics Follow a young Black woman in Detroit living in her grandmother’s beloved home as she travels through time to relive key moments in her family’s…