Category: Playable Black Characters
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Overwatch 2
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment, Iron GalaxyPublisher: Blizzard EntertainmentRelease Year: 2022Platform: PS4/PS5/Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; fandom / community / reception The Overwatch heroes are called up once more to fight the second uprising of AI in a second Omnic Crisis. Squad based first person shooter. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Overwatch
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment, Iron GalaxyPublisher: Blizzard EntertainmentRelease Year: 2016/2019 (Switch)Platform: PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S Genre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; fandom / community / reception, Set sixty years into the future of a fictionalized Earth, humans developed Omnics, robots with AI. To combat the threat and restore order, the United Nations formed the Overwatch, an international…
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NBA Street
Developer: NuFX, EA CanadaPublisher: EA Sports BIGRelease Year: 2001 (PS2), 2002 (GameCube)Platform: GameCube/PS2Genre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; voice acting/motion capture; Black NPCs; Black cultural traditions; Narrative themes; robust character creation system; fandom/community/reception; mechanics; anti-Blackness/regressive characterizations Combining the talent and big names of the NBA with the attitude and atmosphere of streetball, you try to score…
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Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City
Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 1994Platform: SNESGenre: Action, PlatformerTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black cultural traditions; voice acting/motion capture; mechanics On a quest to save the rest of the players, who have been kidnapped, for an All-Star charity game, Michael Jordan must find keys, unlock different doors, and rescue teammates, all while defeating enemies with a variety…
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Michael Jordan in Flight
Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 1993Platform: DOSGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black cultural traditions; voice acting/motion capture; mechanics In this game the player is on a 3-on-3 half-court with Jordan on their team. This is game includes a knock-out tournament mode. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Michael Jackon’s Moonwalker
Developer: Emerald SoftwarePublisher: U.S. Gold, KixxRelease Year: 1989Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, ZX SpectrumGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, fandom/community/reception In this game you play as Michael Jackson. Gameplay is focused on finding children and fighting enemies that appear to stop you. Game was proposed to the developer by Jackson…
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Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
Developer: ZootifyPublisher: 505 GamesRelease Year: 2013Platform: WIN/Xbox 360Genre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters Marlow Briggs has never shied away from danger or trouble. Facing his ultimate challenge, after crash landing in Central America, he has an industrial evil to defeat, all while being bound to an ancient Mayan Death Mask. interviews and other media scholarship…
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Mandroid
Developer: Computer Rentals LimitedPublisher: Computer Rentals LimitedRelease Year: 1987Platform: Commodore 64Genre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters After the Mandroid files are stolen and en route to a criminal mastermind, a Mandroid agent is sent to retrieve them. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Major League Baseball (NES)
Developer: AtlusPublisher: LJNRelease Year: 1988Platform: NESGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; voice acting/motion capture; Black NPCs; mechanics Featuring all twenty-six teams, you both manage and play baseball, stressing the importance of choosing a well-balanced team. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Little Bug
Developer: Buddy SystemPublisher: Red Deer GamesRelease Year: 2021Platform: Linux, Mac, WIN, Xbox One, Xbox X|S, SwitchGenre: PlatformerTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs Nyah is walking home from school when she’s suddenly cast into an uncanny world where there are dangerous spirits. In a foreboding, atmospheric landscape she must find her way home. interviews and other…