Tag: Arcade
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Sonic (Franchise)
Developer: SegaPublisher: SegaRelease Year: 1991-PresentPlatform: Android, Arcade, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, iOS, Java ME, macOS, Mobile phones, Windows, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSP, PlayStation Vita, Genesis, Game Gear, Sega CD, Saturn, DreamcastMaster System, 32X, Pico, Leapster, LeapFrog Didj, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox…
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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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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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Heavyweight Champ
Developer: SegaPublisher: SegaRelease Year: 1976, 1987 (Remake)Platform: ArcadeGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters One-on-one boxing game. The arcade cabinet has a lever for each hand that allows to the played to punch, block, and move. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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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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Mike Tyson’s Punch Out
Developer: NintendoPublisher: NintendoRelease Year: 1987Platform: 3DS/Arcade/NES/PlayChoice-10/Wii/Wii UGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Black NPCs; voice acting/motion capture; fandom/community/reception; mechanics; Anti-blackness/ regressive characterizations Featuring a boxer named Little Mac, dreaming of being a heavyweight champion, he works his way through three main circuits before earning his shot at the championship belt. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Demolition Derby
Developer: Bally MidwayPublisher: Bally MidwayRelease Year: 1984Platform: ArcadeGenre: RacingTaxonomy: Development A game where you use your car to damage other cars while attempting to avoid taking damage from other cars. Created by Jerry Lawson. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List