Category: Fighter
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Crime Fighters
Developer: KonamiPublisher: KonamiRelease Year: 1989, 2021 (PS4 & Switch)Platform: Arcade/PS4/SwitchGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs Side-scrolling fighter set in an urban landscape. More than a dozen women have been kidnapped by the crime syndicate, the player is then tasked with rescuing the women and bringing down the syndicate. interviews and other media scholarship Return…
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Treachery in Beatdown City
Developer: NuChallengerPublisher: NuChallengerRelease Year: 2020Platform: Switch/WinGenre: Action, FighterTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters, Black Cultural traditions, politics/ ideology/ history; Narrative themes; fandom/reception/community; Intersectionality; mechanics In Beatdown City, after President Blake Obama is kidnapped by ninja terrorists and the police force is shut down, now-suspended police chief Antonio Santiago enlists the aid of his daughter Lisa and…
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Shaq Fu
Developer: Delphine SoftwarePublisher: EARelease Year: 1994, 1995 (Game Gear, Game Boy, Amiga)Platform: Amiga/Game Boy/Game Gear/Genesis/SNESGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs; Voice acting/motion capture While heading to a charity basketball game in Tokyo, Japan, Shaquille O’Neal walks into a dojo, talks to a marital arts master, Leotsu, and is transported to another dimension, where he…
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Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl
Developer: Interabang EntertainmentPublisher: Media Indie ExchangeRelease Year: 2021Platform: PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action, FighterTaxonomy: Development Jay and Silent Bob have been tasked with sneaking into a mall and sabotaging a television game show. After completing their mission they must evade security and escape the mall. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Def Jam: Vendetta
Developer: AKI Corporation, EA CanadaPublisher: Sports BIG, EA GamesRelease Year: 2003Platform: Gamecube, PS2Genre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/motion capture, Black NPCs, fandom/community/reception You play as one of 4 characters who fight through 46 opponents (many of whom are Def Jam artists). Story elements unfold as you win more wrestling matches. interviews and other media…
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Def Jam: Fight For NY
Developer: EA Canada, AKI CorporationPublisher: EARelease Year: 2004Platform: PlayStation 2Genre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters. voice acting/motion capture, Black NPCs, fandom/community/reception A one-on-one fighting game that allows you to choose from five different fighting styles and features 64 other characters based on Def Jam artists. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Bebe’s Kids
Developer: Radical EntertainmentPublisher: Paramount Interactive, Motown Games, Mandingo EntertainmentRelease Year: 1994Platform: SNESGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, narrative themes In this game you play as one of “Bébé’s Kids” (LaShawn or Kahlil) who fight to regain control of the Fun World amusement park. Fighting takes place in a number of park attractions. interviews and other media…