The best female protagonist games

Before Tomb Raider, not many games involved main female characters. Carmen Sandiego, Laura Bow, Elvira, Jill of the Jungle and eve Ms. Pac-Man were exceptions to the "male" rule followed by early video games.

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The Great Giana Sisters

DOS1987remake4/5

The Great Giana Sisters is a platform video game developed by Time Warp Productions and published by Rainbow Arts. It was originally released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and other platforms, and later unofficially ported to MS-DOS.The game follows the adventures of two sisters, Giana and Maria, as they journey through a dream world filled with var...

CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.

Plundered Hearts

DOSMac OS19873.9/5 Infocom

Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS19933.9/5 Stormfront Studios

Lula: The Sexy Empire

Windows XP/98/951997protectedNSFW3.9/5 Interactive Strip

Lost in Time

DOS19933.9/5 Coktel Vision

City of Lost Children

DOS19973.9/5 Psygnosis

Elvira: the Arcade Game

DOS19913.9/5 Flair Software

Geisha

DOS1990NSFW3.9/5 Coktel Vision

The Quest for the Time-bird

DOS19893.9/5 Infogrames

Ms. Pac-Man

DOS19833.9/5 Midway Manufacturing Company

The Wizard of Oz

DOS19853.9/5 Windham Classics

Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS19863.9/5 Broderbund

Fascination

DOS1991NSFW3.9/5 Coktel Vision

King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella

DOS1988protecteddemo3.8/5 Sierra On-Line

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is an adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. It is the fourth installment in the popular King's Quest series created by Roberta Williams. The game was originally released for MS-DOS and Apple II computers and later ported to other platforms.The story of King's Quest IV follows Prince...

Jill of the Jungle 3: Jill Saves the Prince

DOS19923.8/5 Epic MegaGames

Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS19953.8/5 Six Pound Sledge Studios

Metal & Lace

DOS1993NSFW3.8/5 MegaTech Software

Metal & Lace: The Battle of the Robo Babes is a video game developed by Megatech Software and published by Forest Interactive in 1993. It's an adult-themed fighting game for MS-DOS.In the game, players control customizable female robots known as "Robo Babes" in one-on-one combat. The emphasis on customization allows players to modify their robo...

The Operative: No One Lives Forever

Windows XP/98/9520003.7/5 Monolith Productions

The Operative: No One Lives Forever is a first-person shooter with stealth gameplay elements, developed by Monolith Productions and released by Fox Interactive in 2000 for Windows, Mac and PS2. As Cate Archer, a spy working for a secret organization in the 60s, you have to find out who killed your colleagues. No One Lives Forever is the first of th...

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DOS1994freeware3.7/5 P Squared

Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra

DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo3.7/5 Sierra On-Line

Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The game is a sequel to The Colonel's Bequest and follows the adventures of the protagonist, Laura Bow, a young investigative journalist.In the game, the Dagger of Amon Ra is a valuable Egyptian artifact rumored to have mystical...

Inner Worlds

DOSLinux19963.7/5 Sleepless Software

Gnome Ranger

DOS19873.7/5 Level 9 Computing

Gnome Ranger is an abandoned fantasy adventure game, developed and published by Level 9 Computing in 1987 for DOS. Gnome Ranger was designed by Peter Austin who also designed the sequel Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back.

Pac-girl

DOS19823.7/5 Magicom Multimedia

Silicon Dreams

DOS19863.6/5 Level 9 Computing

Silicon Dreams by Level 9 Computing is a trilogy of interactive fiction (text adventure) games released in the mid-1980s. The trilogy includes three separate games: Snowball, Return to Eden, and The Worm in Paradise. Each game combines elements of science fiction with puzzle-solving and exploration. All three games are text-based, relying on d...