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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Plundered Hearts

DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
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Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe edition

DOS1993 Broderbund
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition is an educational computer game released in 1992 by Broderbund Software. It's part of the popular Carmen Sandiego franchise, designed to teach players about geography and history. Players take on the role of a detective working for the ACME Detective Agency. The objective is to track Carmen S...
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The Great Giana Sisters

DOS1987remake
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...
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City of Lost Children

DOS1997 Psygnosis
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Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS1994 Stormfront Studios
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Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

Windows XP/98/951999protected
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Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
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Tomb Raider II

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected Core Design
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Elvira: the Arcade Game

DOS1991 Flair Software
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The Wizard of Oz

DOS1985 Windham Classics
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Inner Worlds

DOSLinux1996 Sleepless Software
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Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS1993 Stormfront Studios
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Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware P Squared
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Syberia

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected Microids
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Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected Core Design
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Barbie Super Model

DOS1993 Tahoe Software Productions
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
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Pocahontas

DOS1995 Teeny Weeny Games
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Silicon Dreams

DOS1986 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...
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CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake ChamProgramming corp.
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Joan of Arc

DOS1989 Chip
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Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS1995 Six Pound Sledge Studios
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Gnome Ranger

DOS1987 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.