Fourteen female characters in retro games

Female characters have always been popular in games. The reasons vary from the commendable, to the seedy, to simply the ability to identify.

Here, I go over fourteen of my favourites from retro games.

Genre tags – “Beat ’em up” or “Fighting game”?

What genre does Final Fight fall under?  Similarly what do you call Street Fighter II as a game?

Let’s find out!

Fixing Amiga Final Fight

In 1991, US Gold released what was the UK’s first available home version of Capcom’s monster hit Final Fight. The game was ported to all the home computer systems (even the 8-Bits), but the one which garnered the most attention was the Amiga conversion.

Many felt that it fell short of what the system could do, but was it an accurate assumption? Or did Amiga fans overestimate the computer’s capabilities?

Let’s find out!