Tag: Amiga

  • Jungle Strike

    Developer: High Score Productions/Granite Bay SoftwarePublisher: Electronic ArtsRelease Year: 1993Platform: Amiga, Amiga CD32, Game Boy/Super Game Boy, Game Gear, MS-DOS, PlayStation Portable, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Development You play as a special forces pilot who is fighting South American warlords. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Desert Strike

    Developer: Electronic Arts/Foresight New Media/Ocean SoftwarePublisher: Electronic Arts/Domark/Gremlin Interactive/Malibu GamesRelease Year: 1992Platform: Amiga, Game Boy/Super Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, Lynx, MS-DOS, Mac OS, Master System, PSP, Super NESGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Development Game in which you pilot an attack helicopter on a mission to destroy enemy weapons and installations in a fictionalized Middle Eastern country. interviews…

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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

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Méwilo

    Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Coktel VisionRelease Year: 1987Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOS, Thomson TO7Genre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Development, Black NPCs, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes You play an expert in paranormal phenomena who arrives in Martinique in 1902 a day before a volcanic eruption destroys the town. You go to the home of…

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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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