Category: Playable Black Characters
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Spawn: The Eternal
Developer: Sony Interactive Studios AmericaPublisher: Sony Computer EntertainmentRelease Year: 1997, 1998Platform: PlayStationGenre: Action-adventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters You play as Spawn as you fight your way through hell in an attempt to save your soul from the Lord of Darkness. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Akuji the Heartless
Developer: Crystal DynamicsPublisher: Eidos InteractiveRelease Year: 1999Platform: PlayStationGenre: Action-adventureTaxonomy: Black Playable Characters You play as Akuji, a voodoo-priest who travels through the underworld to get back to the living and take revenge on the brother who murdered him and ripped out his heart on his wedding day. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing
Developer: Park Place ProductionsPublisher: Virgin GamesRelease Year: 1992/1993Platform: Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Genesis Genre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters In this game you can play as ten different boxers in this 2D/3D boxing game. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Crossroads of Time
Developer: Novotrade InternationalPublisher: Playmates InteractiveRelease Year: 1995Platform: Sega Genesis, SNESGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters You play as Federation space station commander Benjamin Sisko who tracks down Bajoran terrorists after the station is attacked. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Predator 2
Developer: Teeny Weeny Games, Krisalis SoftwarePublisher: Acclaim EntertainmentRelease Year: 1992Platform: Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Sega Master SystemGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black Character You play as Lt. Mike Harrigan who fights drug dealers and rescues hostages in this isometric, side scrolling action game. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Unreal II: The Awakening
Developer: Legend EntertainmentPublisher: AtariRelease Year: 2003, 2004Platform: WIN, XboxGenre: Action, FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters You play as veteran John Dalton who follows a distress signal while patrolling the edge of human space. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Todd McFarlane’s Spawn: The Video Game
Developer: UkiyoteiPublisher: Acclaim, Sony Electronic PublishingRelease Year: 1995Platform: SNESGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters You play as Al Simmons, a secret agent, who makes a deal with the devil to return from the dead as Spawn, a superhero. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
Developer: Bethesda SoftworksPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksRelease Year: 1998Platform: DOSGenre: Action-adventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Anti-Blackness/Regressive Characterizations You play as Cyrus, a Redguard mercenary, who travels to Hammerfell to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his sister. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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The Carl Lewis Challenge
Developer: Teque London Ltd.Publisher: Psygnosis Limited/Krisalis Software Ltd.Release Year: 1992Platform: DOSGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters In this game you select male or female athletes from various countries and train them for Olympic competition in a variety events. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Daley Thompson’s Olympic Challenge
Developer: Ocean Software Ltd.Publisher: Ocean Software Ltd.Release Year: 1988Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX SpectrumGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Character Olympic themed sports game based on the popularity of British decathlete Daley Thompson. Release in 1988 to coincide with the 1988 Olympic games. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List