Tag: SNES
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Crossroads of Time
Developer: Novotrade InternationalPublisher: Playmates InteractiveRelease Year: 1995Platform: Sega Genesis, SNESGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters You play as Federation space station commander Benjamin Sisko who tracks down Bajoran terrorists after the station is attacked. 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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Todd McFarlane’s Spawn: The Video Game
Developer: UkiyoteiPublisher: Acclaim, Sony Electronic PublishingRelease Year: 1995Platform: SNESGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters You play as Al Simmons, a secret agent, who makes a deal with the devil to return from the dead as Spawn, a superhero. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Desert Strike
Developer: Electronic Arts/Foresight New Media/Ocean SoftwarePublisher: Electronic Arts/Domark/Gremlin Interactive/Malibu GamesRelease Year: 1992Platform: Amiga, Game Boy/Super Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, Lynx, MS-DOS, Mac OS, Master System, PSP, Super NESGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Development Game in which you pilot an attack helicopter on a mission to destroy enemy weapons and installations in a fictionalized Middle Eastern country. interviews…
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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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Rap Jam: Volume One
Developer: 64WD CreationPublisher: Mowtown GamesRelease Year: 1995Platform: SNESGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs, Anti-Blackness/regressive characterizations You play as one of the included rap artists in a game played on outdoor courts. The game involved hard fouls and fighting with no foul calls. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City
Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 1994Platform: SNESGenre: Action, PlatformerTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black cultural traditions; voice acting/motion capture; mechanics On a quest to save the rest of the players, who have been kidnapped, for an All-Star charity game, Michael Jordan must find keys, unlock different doors, and rescue teammates, all while defeating enemies with a variety…
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Bebe’s Kids
Developer: Radical EntertainmentPublisher: Paramount Interactive, Motown Games, Mandingo EntertainmentRelease Year: 1994Platform: SNESGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, narrative themes In this game you play as one of “Bébé’s Kids” (LaShawn or Kahlil) who fight to regain control of the Fun World amusement park. Fighting takes place in a number of park attractions. interviews and other media…
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Barkley Shut Up and Jam!
Developer: AccoladePublisher: Accolade, Sony Electronic Publishing, Den’Z, Piko InteractiveRelease Year: 1994Platform: Genesis, SNES, EvercadeGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs In this game you play as Charles Barkley or a fictional player for two-on-two games of street ball across the US. 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…