Category: Playable Black Characters

  • Track and Field

    Developer: KonamiPublisher: Atari, Centuri, ENV, Kemco, Konami, Ocean Software, Taitel ElectronicsRelease Year: 1983Platform: Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Arcade, Commodore 64, Game Boy, MSX, NES, Nintendo DS, Sharp X1, ZX SpectrumGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters Track and field game in which players participate in a series of track and field events (including…

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  • Quartet

    Developer: SegaPublisher: SegaRelease Year: 1986Platform: Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64, Master System, ZX SpectrumGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Playable Black Character Side scrolling game in which 1-4 players fight waves of robots in order to escape their base. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Daley Thompson’s Decathlon

    Developer: Ocean SoftwarePublisher: Ocean SoftwareRelease Year: 1984Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX SpectrumGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters Olympic themed sports game based on British decathlete, Daley Thompson, that allows you to participate in ten different events. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Narc

    Developer: Williams Electronics, RarePublisher: Williams Electronics, AcclaimRelease Year: 1988Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, PS2, Xbox, ZX SpectrumGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters You play as one of the two main characters who have been charged with bringing down a drug ring and defeating the crime lord who runs it. interviews and…

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  • Pit Fighter

    Developer: Atari Publisher: Atari, KonamiRelease Year: 1990Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, MS-DOS, Master System, SNES, ZX SpectrumGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters A fighting game in which the player plays as one of three fighter competing on an underground fighting circuit. interviews and other media scholarship Return to…

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  • Chase HQ

    Developer: TaitoPublisher: TaitoRelease Year: 1988Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, FM Towns, Famicom, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Genesis, MSX, Master System, Saturn, Super NES, TurboGrafx-16, X68000, ZX SpectrumGenre: RacingTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters Combat racing game in which you play as a police office who must chase down and apprehend…

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  • Street Beat

    Developer: Virgin GamesPublisher: Virgin GamesRelease Year: 1985Platform: Commodore 85Genre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters You play as Rodney a courier in Funkytown who must find and deliver demo tapes before the end of the day avoiding enemies along the way. Before the tapes can be delivered you must use your boombox to make a specified number…

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  • El Paso, Elsewhere

    Developer: Strange ScaffoldPublisher: Strange ScaffoldRelease Year: 2023Platform: PS, Win, XboxGenre: FPS, HorrorTaxonomy: Black Cultural Tradition, Black NPCs, Development, Fandom/Community/Reception, Intersectionality, Mechanics, Narrative Themes, Playable Black Characters, Politics/Ideology/History, Voice Acting/Motion Capture Neo-noir shooter where you play as James Savage and fight vampires and werewolves to save prisoners from your ex, Draculae, the lord of the vampires.…

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  • Half Life 2: Lost Coast

    Developer: Valve CorporationPublisher: Valve CorporationRelease Year: 2005Platform: Linux, Mac, WINGenre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters While it was originally planned as an additional level to Half Life 2 it is a playable tech demo that showcases HDR in the new game engine. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Dead Island 2

    Developer: Dambuster StudiosPublisher: Deep SilverRelease Year: 2023Platform: PS4, PS5, Win, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/SGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, politics/ideology/history, intersectionality, Black NPCs, Anti-Blackness/ regressive characterizations Several months after the events of Dead Island, Los Angeles is put under full quarantine and you play as one of six survivors with distinct survival…

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