Tag: Apple II

  • 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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  • One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird

    Developer: AtariPublisher: Electronic Arts, Ariolasoft, Atari Corporation (7800)Release Year: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987Platform: Apple II, Amiga, Atari 7800, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Mac, TRS-80Genre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters You play as Julius Erving in a one-on-one game of basketball against the computer. You play by the standard rules of basketball and the game…

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  • Freedom!

    Developer: MECCPublisher: MECCRelease Year: 1992Platform: Apple IIGenre: SimulationTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, narrative themes, Mechanics, Black NPCs, Anti-Blackness/regressive characterizations Taking the role of an enslaved African American in the southern United States during 1830, the player must escape a plantation and get to one of the free northern states. interviews and other media scholarship Return to…

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