Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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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Inner Worlds

DOSLinux19963.7/5 Sleepless Software
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Alice in Wonderland

DOS19893.3/5
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Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected4.1/5 Core Design
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Barbie Super Model

DOS19933.6/5 Tahoe Software Productions
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Plundered Hearts

DOSMac OS19873.9/5 Infocom
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Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS19934/5 Sierra On-Line
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Jill of the Jungle 2: Jill Goes Underground

DOS19924.1/5 Epic MegaGames
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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS19884/5 Broderbund
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Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS19863.9/5 Broderbund
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CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
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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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Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware3.7/5 P Squared
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake4.3/5 Magicom Multimedia
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Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5
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Jill of the Jungle 3: Jill Saves the Prince

DOS19923.8/5 Epic MegaGames
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Syberia

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected4/5 Microids
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Plague of the Moon

DOS19944.1/5
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Tomb Raider

DOS1996protected4/5 Core Design
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Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS19934/5 Stormfront Studios
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Pac-girl

DOS19823.7/5 Magicom Multimedia
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The Wizard of Oz

DOS19853.9/5 Windham Classics
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Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS19944/5 Stormfront Studios
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The Quest for the Time-bird

DOS19893.9/5 Infogrames
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Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS19953.8/5 Six Pound Sledge Studios
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Joan of Arc

DOS19894.1/5 Chip
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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...