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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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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS1988 Broderbund
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Late Night Sexy TV Show

DOS1994NSFW Dynabyte
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CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake ChamProgramming corp.
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Plundered Hearts

DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
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Tomb Raider II

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected Core Design
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City of Lost Children

DOS1997 Psygnosis
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Elvira: the Arcade Game

DOS1991 Flair Software
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Geisha

DOS1990NSFW Coktel Vision
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Fascination

DOS1991NSFW Coktel Vision
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Lost in Time

DOS1993 Coktel Vision
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The Wizard of Oz

DOS1985 Windham Classics
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Lorna

DOS1990NSFW Topo Soft
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The Quest for the Time-bird

DOS1989 Infogrames
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Ms. Pac-Man

DOS1984 Atarisoft
Ms. Pac-Man is a classic arcade game released by Midway in 1982 (1984 for DOS) as a follow-up to the original Pac-Man (1980), developed by Namco. While its core gameplay is similar - navigating a maze, eating dots, and a...
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Metal & Lace

DOS1993NSFW 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 fem...
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King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella

DOS1988protecteddemo 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 re...
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Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS1995 Six Pound Sledge Studios
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The Operative: No One Lives Forever

Windows XP/98/952000 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 ...
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American McGee's Alice

Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/11Mac OS2000 Rogue Entertainment
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Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware P Squared
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Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra

DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo 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 yo...
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Inner Worlds

DOSLinux1996 Sleepless Software
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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.
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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...
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Pac-girl

DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia
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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 com...
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Barbie Super Model

DOS1993 Tahoe Software Productions
If Barbie was mildly passive in her 1992 debut, Barbie Super Model (1993) puts her on the runway—literally. You’ll practice walking, dodging obstacles, and matching outfits because nothing screams "video game challenge...