Tag: PS
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Spawn: The Eternal
Developer: Sony Interactive Studios AmericaPublisher: Sony Computer EntertainmentRelease Year: 1997, 1998Platform: PlayStationGenre: Action-adventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters You play as Spawn as you fight your way through hell in an attempt to save your soul from the Lord of Darkness. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Akuji the Heartless
Developer: Crystal DynamicsPublisher: Eidos InteractiveRelease Year: 1999Platform: PlayStationGenre: Action-adventureTaxonomy: Black Playable Characters You play as Akuji, a voodoo-priest who travels through the underworld to get back to the living and take revenge on the brother who murdered him and ripped out his heart on his wedding day. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Nuclear Strike
Developer: EA Tiburon, Electronic Arts, Pacific Coast Power & LightPublisher: Electronic Arts, THQRelease Year: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000Platform: Nintendo 64, PC, PlayStationGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Development You control a helicopter as a part of a covert operations force working to defeat a warlord who has stolen a nuclear weapon. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Uprising X
Developer: Cyclone StudiosPublisher: The 3DO CompanyRelease Year: 1998Platform: PlayStationGenre: Action, Real Time StrategyTaxonomy: Development You control a tank-like vehicle known as “The Wraith,” as a member of the rebel party you battle the evil forces of the Imperium. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Army Men: Air Attack
Developer: The 3DO CompanyPublisher: The 3DO CompanyRelease Year: 1999, 2000, 2001Platform: Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, WINGenre: Action, ShooterTaxonomy: Development You pilot a helicopter as a member of the green army as you battle the tan army and other hazards, like insects, through the backyard in order to protect tanks, trucks, etc. interviews and…
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Wu-tang: Shaolin Style
Developer: Paradox DevelopmentPublisher: Activision, Success CorpRelease Year: 1999Platform: PlayStationGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/motion capture, Black NPCs A tournament style fighting game that features the members of the group Wu-Tang Clan. The group is fighting their way through the streets of New York and China to save their martial arts master. interviews and other…
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Shadow Man
Developer: Acclaim Studios TeesidePublisher: Nightdive StudioRelease Year: 1999, 2013 (PC), 2021 (Remastered WIN), 2022 (Remastered & Switch)Platform: Dreamcast/Mac/N64/PS/PS4/Switch /Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action Adventure Taxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black cultural traditions; voice acting/ motion capture The Shadow Man, originally Mike LeRoi, was transformed by a voodoo priestess into a guardian of the afterlife where he must stop…
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PaRappa the Rapper
Developer: NanaOn-ShaPublisher: SonyRelease Year: 1996, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2017Platform: PS4/PS/PSPGenre: RhythmTaxonomy: Black cultural traditions; mechanics PaRappa, a paper-thin rapping dog, vies for the heart of a flower-like girl, Sunny Funny, against Joe Chin, a rich, self-centered dog. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Blade
Developer: HammerHeadPublisher: Activision PublishingRelease Year: 2000Platform: Game Boy Color, PSGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, narrative themes, voice acting/motion capture You play as Blade, a daywalking vampire, based on a Marvel character. As Blade you fight to save humanity from a vampiric presence. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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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…