RetroGaming

Nuff said

yeh, I'd hit that

The silhouette was quite a bit for a 14 year old.

Im dating myself, but Jill of the Jungle. All 12 pixels of her!

Princess Daphne from Dragon's Lair. I'm so very old.

^ < > ^ < > 🍼

Don’t quite remember if it was high school or college for me….

Battletoads The Dark Queen

Would 1,000 percent accept being stepped on

I was convinced, until the end of the game, there had to be some way to bring her back.

I'm a little embarased to say--I mean I was a preteen boy at the time--but I spent way too many hours fantasizing and lusting over the picture of the Rogue class in the Diablo 1 manual.

Those pixelated succubus titties in the Hell stages were really something too. Kids today just don't know how desperate we were for even a hint of nudity.

See also, the other love of my young life, Samus Aran.

Chun Li from Street Fighter 2

Then turned into Millena and Kitana in a lesbian video.

Kairi from Kingdom Hearts! She had a massive glow up between KH1 and KH2.

For me, maybe Razor from Maniac Mansion, even though I never made it more than ~30 mins into that game. My kid brain didn't understand the funny tingly feeling but years later I realized, "oh duh, hot punk babe".

There was also Princess What's-Her-Name, though she wasn't much of a character.

In terms of characters with actual detailed personality, the first big one was probably Rinoa from FF VIII. I was the same age as her when I played it.

Shana, the legend of dragoon.

I've got to go with Sophia Hapgood.

It was Led from Septerra Core.

lara croft. i used to play that game by just jumping around the tutorial mansion level 🤣

This lady right here.

Iris from Megaman X4, I legit got sad when Zero had to fight her, then that awful eng dub came on and I started laughing.

So many girls and women, from thousands of games, both famous both niche, I'll list some, otherwise I would never end, I like them more as full-fledged characters due to their background and attitudes.

Sengoku 3 (2001) - Okuni

Fallout - Tandi (Young), Cass (FNV),

FF8 - Edea Kramer\Ultimecia

FF7 - Scarlet

Silent Hill 2 OG - Angela

YuGiOh Card Games - Many female cards, Amazoness Archetype and Harpie Archetype especially

Breath of Fire Series: Deis

Ace Attorney Series: Kay Faraday, April May

Alpha Protocol: Sie

7th Dragon Series - Female Trickster

Wild Arms Series - Edna Warren

Dragon Quest Series - Maya and Menia

Guilty Gear - Dizzy, Jam,

FF9 - Lanì, Marilith

Megaman Battle Network - Lilly, Mrs. Mari,

Policenauts - Meryl (way better than her MGS incarnation)

Street Fighter Series - Mika, Elena, Ibuki

Fire Emblem Series - Echidna, Amalda, Titania, Lute, Nuibaba (Gaiden Remake), Ninian,

FF4 - Valvalis\Lamia\Arachne (introduction to Monster Girls)

FF10-2 - Berserker Yuna

Megaten Series - The female goddesses and daemons

Magical Drop Series - Empress, World

KOF Series - Shermie, Vice, Li Xiangfei,

Fighting Layer - Lan Yinghua

Fighter Destiny 2 - Adriana and Mei Ling

Shadow Hearts - Koudelka, Shania (especially her "Tatanka" spirit form)

Splinter Cell (OG Xbox) - Enrica Villablanca

Onimusha 2 - Takajo

Tenchu Shadow Assassin - Tagami

Metal Gear Series - Naomi Hunter, Venus, Teliko, The Boss

Chrono Trigger - Queen Zeal

Chrono Cross - Riddel, Steena, Leena, Janice,

SFEX - Sharon, Pullun,

Yes please suck the life out of me.

Rikku taking off her outer bodysuit was probably a sexual awakening for a lot of young teenagers.

Those are the two little me was staring at quite often. Not quite a crush more of an attraction

Ms. Pac-Man. Those curves…

I think my first was probably Elaine Marley from The Secret of Monkey Island. I wasn't used to seeing strong independent women in video games.