Tag: Game Boy

  • Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing

    Developer: Park Place ProductionsPublisher: Virgin GamesRelease Year: 1992/1993Platform: Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Genesis Genre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters In this game you can play as ten different boxers in this 2D/3D boxing game. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Urban Strike

    Developer: Granite Bay Software, The Edge, Foley Hi-TechPublisher: Electronic Arts, Black Pearl SoftwareRelease Year: 1994 (Genesis), 1995 (SNES, Game Gear), 1996 (Game Boy)Platform: Game Boy, Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, SNESGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Development In this sequel to Jungle Strike you pilot attack helicopters in a battle to stop a criminal media mogul determined to destabilize…

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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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  • 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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  • Madden (Franchise)

    Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 1988, 1990-2022Platform: 3DO/Amiga/Android/Arcade/BlackBerry PlayBook/Game Boy/Game Boy Advance/Game Boy Color/Game Gear, GameCube/Genesis/iOS/Mac/Mega Drive/MS-DOS/Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo 64/Nintendo DS/PS/PS2/PS3/PS4/PS5/PSP/PS Vita/Saturn/Super NES/Wii/Wii U/WIN/ Xbox/Xbox 360/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters; voice acting/motion capture; Black NPCs; Black cultural traditions; Narrative themes; robust character creation system; fandom/community/reception; mechanics Licensed by the NFL, players compete as…

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  • NBA Jam

    Developer: Acclaim Entertainment, MidwayGamesPublisher: Acclaim Entertainment, MidwayGamesRelease Year: 1993-2011Platform: 32X/Android/Arcade/Atari/Jaquar/Game Boy/Game Boy Advance/Game Boy Color/Game Gear/Nintendo 64/PS/PS2/PS3/Sega CD/Sega Genesis/Sega Saturn/SNES/Wii/Win/Xbox/Xbox 360Genre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; voice acting/motion capture; Black NPCs; Black cultural traditions; Narrative themes; robust character creation system; fandom/community/reception; mechanics This game teams from the NBA against one another in a 2-on-2 basketball gauntlet.…

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