Older games with female protagonists?

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• tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  • Pocky & Rocky

  • The Great Giana Sisters

  • Ms. Pac-Man

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    holy shit someone else remembers pocky and rocky???

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    • EnderofGames@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I saw someone play it on a stream last Friday. He said me might play it again sometime if he can get his brother or someone to do co-op with.

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• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Laura Bow adventure games Colonel’s Bequest and Dagger of Amon Ra from Sierra OnLine.

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  • thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Came here to post Colonel’s Bequest. I loved so many Sierra games but this might have been the most fun and interesting.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    never heard of those, thanks

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• abraxas@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The main protagonist in Final Fantasy 6 is female. There’s a large number of games that age or newer with Female protags… older is a bit harder (but not too hard. You just unfortunately end up with a lot of fringe games or exploitive games)

  And below, some cheatiness (a fairly exhaustive list of both :) )

  1980s

  1990s

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    very nice lists, thanks

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• Legolution@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Syberia, if you’re into point and click adventure games. I think they made three of them.

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• zSpider@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Since no one’s mentioned it: Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    coverart got that adepta sororitas energy, im sold

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• Ashtear@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Trails in the Sky FC and SC.

  Also, FemShep was a popular option in Mass Effect for good reason.

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  • HatFunction@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Here to second the Trails series and Sky in particular. Estelle is the best.

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• StinkyDave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Mischief Makers

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  • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Shake shake!

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• sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The older Resident Evil games (1, 2, Code Veronica, RE:Zero) have playable female protagonists. Actually most of the RE games have at least one segment where you play as a female character.

  The swapping of two protagonists is actually something I wish they would bring back to the modern games in the franchise.

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  • Anahkiasen@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah replaying all the RE now and it’s crazy how this very early choice of two playable characters in the original series allowed the remasters to feel much more modern in their writing. Jill feels like the modern badass main woman a lot of game which they could write properly.

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• Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Metroid of course!

  Also Ion Fury isn’t old, but its made to look and feel old, and the protag is kick-ass

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i played a couple of levels already, the quips had me and my gf in stitches, id LOVE more like ion fury, gib me more plz world

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• GwenTheRed@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Phantasy Star. Love that game.

  I put together a list of games for every letter of the alphabet with playable female characters that I’ve personally played and a lot of them are pretty old.

  eldritch.cafe/@Gwendolyn/109348711301572294

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  • WarmSoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah I was going to say “a lot of jrpgs” Phantasy Star probably tops that list though.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    holy shit yes, thanks

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• MenschlicherFehler@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Siberia series, King’s Quest IV, Parasite Eve series, Excalibur 2555 AD, Fear Effect series

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  • MBM@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Coincidentally, I just finished Syberia 2 this week

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    quite a lot you got there, ill put em on the list

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    • MenschlicherFehler@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Excalibur 2555 AD is very, very bad. Not even the “so bad it is good” kind of bad. Just bad.

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• QuantumStorm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    the cover looks very familiar…i saw this one before, i just cant place it where it was.

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    • QuantumStorm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s an old GameCube game. Definitely a hidden gem of the console.

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• FractalShoggoth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How in the world did y’all miss Silent Hill 3? It’s October, and there are even other horror games mentioned. No excuse! Tsk tsk.

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• B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ulala from Space Channel 5.

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• Floey@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Donkey Kong Country 3 if you count anthro characters. Dixie is also in DKC2 but there she is the sidekick and not the main character, not that there’s much difference from a gameplay perspective.

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• Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Siberia!!! And Dreamfall!!! Best games ever!!!

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• kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I haven’t seen it mentioned so i’ll go with Ion Fury. It’s not really that old, but it’s made on Build engine. The same was used in Duke Nukem 3D or Blood. Same roots means main protagonist have badass comments on lot of game occasions.

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• HidingCat@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A lot of point-and-click adventure games do feature female protaganists. One that comes to mind that's not bee mentioned so far is Kathy Rain.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    after having to pinpoint my search to Kathy Rain the GAME, i really dig her biker chick look

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• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you accept games where you fully create the character, you’ve got a ton of RPGs. Baldur’s gate, elder scrolls, arcanum, fallout.

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• eggest@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Primal on PS2

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  • owatnext@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Cult classic. Such a good game! Scree is so cute, perfect little companion. <3

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• i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How about Mrs Mopp?

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    you know what? ima put this on my gamenight list, thanks

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• JulesTheModest@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No One Lives Forever (and 2)

  It’s also rare to have a female protagonist in an FPS.

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• pyr0ball@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Okami

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  • Lesrid@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I played that game when I was very young but I remember thinking the main character was a bitch.

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• mana@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ll recommend a few from different genres:

  • Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (later FE games also allowed the player to choose between male and female)
  • Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (or Bloodstained: RotN for a newer, but aging, game)
  • A Hat In Time (not sure if this is really that old but it’s an amazing platformed)
  • any Touhou game
  • Life Is Strange (again, not sure if you’d consider this old)

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    blazing blade has a male character you control

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• Sirence@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Don’t know if PS1 counts as old but Valkyrie profile is one of my favorite games and you play as a Valkyrie recruiting fallen warriors and training them up for Valhalla.
  Star Ocean 2 (also on PS1) is another one of my favorites and you can choose between a guy or girl at the beginning, which changes the story a bit.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    my man, its been 30 years, you have to accept the fact ps1 is old now

    but ill check that one out

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    • owatnext@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      its been 30 years

      Don’t say these things! It is scary. D=

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• ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wet is a fun game if you can handle the loading screens.

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• Mint_Raccoon@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Napple Tale: Arisa in Daydream
  A game for the Dreamcast that had a primarily female dev team. It was exclusive to Japan, but a translation patch was released a couple years ago.

  Atelier series
  There are a bunch of these. They’re RPGs based heavily around crafting. Actually, they basically pioneered crafting in RPGs.

  Um Jammer Lammy
  A spin-off of Parappa the Rapper. Lammy has only 15 minutes to make it to her band’s performance, but getting there won’t be easy.
  Note that Stage 6 is censored in the North American release. Also as a bonus, completing the game unlocks Parappa mode, with new versions of every song after Stage 1.

  Athena
  Stick with the original arcade version. The NES port is infamously bad.

  Psycho Soldier
  A spin-off of Athena (sort of) starring Athena’s descendant/reincarnation (it depends on the writer), Athena Asamiya (and Sie Kensou as player 2’s character). Athena (and Kensou) would later become staples of the King of Fighters series. The game is notable for being the first game with a vocal soundtrack.

  Baraduke
  An arcade title from Namco. Being on this list is actually a pretty big spoiler because the fact that the protagonist is a woman isn’t revealed until the end of the game. Now that probably sounds like a ripoff of Metroid, but here’s the thing: Baraduke did it first.

  Tomb Raider series
  I don’t think this one needs an introduction.

  Literally every game in the Otome genre
  Probably not what you’re looking for, but technically fits your criteria of having a female protagonist.

  I might add more to this post if I can think of something else.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    thats a lot of stuff i havent heard before, thank you kindly

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  • Broken Age - point & click
  • Little Dew - ARPG/Zelda-like
  • most RPGs with character selection (Elder Scrolls, Mount & Blade)
  • Raven’s Hike - puzzle/platforming
  • Shantae - platformer

  I don’t think anyone has mentioned this yet.

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• BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  One of my top 3 JRPGs, Star Ocean: The Second Story, has a remake coming out early November. In the beginning of the game, you get the choice to play as one of the main characters, a male or a female, each of whom has their own story arc and exclusive party members that can be found during the playthrough.

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    not to rain on your parade but uuuh, this is patient gamers but ill check the og out

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    • BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      not to rain on your parade but uuuh, this is patient gamers

      What’s your point? The game is over 20 years old, and there’s no rule against simply mentioning an upcoming remake.

      Nobody likes unnecessary gatekeeping.

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    • CycloneWolf@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The original PS1 game had both main character options, if that makes you feel better about it.

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• bundes_sheep@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ms. Pacman :)

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