Tag: DOS
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Slam City with Scottie Pippen
Developer: Digital PicturesPublisher: Digital PicturesRelease Year: 1994Platform: DOS, Sega 32X, Sega CDGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Black Cultural Traditions, Black NPCs, Narrative Themes, Voice Acting/Motion Capture In this FMV game you play one-on-one basketball with Scottie Pippen as your coach. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
Developer: Bethesda SoftworksPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksRelease Year: 1998Platform: DOSGenre: Action-adventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Anti-Blackness/Regressive Characterizations You play as Cyrus, a Redguard mercenary, who travels to Hammerfell to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his sister. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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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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Urban Runner
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Sierra On-LineRelease Year: 1996Platform: DOS, WinGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: You play as an American journalist tracking down the story of a drug dealer in Paris when things go wrong, the drug dealer ends up murdered, and you are the prime suspect. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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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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Lost in Time
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Coktel Vision, Sierra On-LineRelease Year: 1993Platform: DOSGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Development Set in 1992 a woman exploring a shipwreck finds herself transported back in time to 1840 before the shipwreck. Explore the ship and learn about her past. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Homey D. Clown
Developer: Capstone SoftwarePublisher: Synergistic SoftwareRelease Year: 1993Platform: DOSGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, fandom/community/reception, Black cultural traditions, Anti-Blackness/regressive characterizations Take on the role of Homey D. Clown, the most popular Damon Wayans character from Fox’s sketch-comedy series “In Living Color”. Players guide Homey through his typical day on the streets of New York,…
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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