Is there a true market for female gamers?

[Jemsee]

When I bought the SNES around 1988-9. My wife and I would play for hours. Super Maro Bros. was our best togather, taking turns. She also played Adams Family and FF2 all the way through, and Top Gear 1. But after a whyle she droped off playing as I played all the more. When asked why I never relly got a good ansure. She would watch me and cheer me on when I went through the Tomb raider series. I tryed to get her to play but she said "It's too hard I can't do all those moves".

One thing I have observed, when I hit a hard part in a game I'll spend hrs searching for the secret, or leveling up for the boss, vary repetive stuff. My wife gets boared fast with that, this may be true of other female types as well.

[JayeM]

Hm, I've been heavy into video games since Atari but I'm not a typical female, always been a tomboy. But I don't like the straight fight games, there has to be a mental element involved. No, I don't think a truly feminist game would go over well.

[Mander]

I have always loved video games. I like a wide variety. Some of my favourites are Duke Nukem, AOE, Halflife, Blood, Doom, The Sims, Zelda, Columns, Sonic, Mario and Destruction Derby. I don't really care if it is a female or male as the hero game play is what I worry about.

[VGWarrior]

I know there was a great action game for N64 that started a girl..........robot (the man in the game is the dumb sidekick that you have to rescue).


I don't recall the title, but I know it involves Marina, Clancers, and Greek Lettered creatures that perform a power rangers ripoff at the end.

[Vane]

that makes 2 of us JayeM. Im not that big a fan of fighting games but games such as Oni, the FF series (tho im not taht fond of the fighting system), and Harvest Moon. This last one has a version for girls("harvest moon girl") but was only released in Japan. I love racing games (i blow a generous amount of quaters oin these at the arcade ) too as well as shooting games (but not the "house of the dead style but kiddy stuff like shoot barrels, moving objects and such) I was never a big fan of Zelda tho.

[vegeta1215]

My ex-girlfriend is a big fan of video games. She had a PSX and played FF7 and a ton of other games, several by Squaresoft. She was also really into anime, and was a good artist. I think I remember her saying she got a Dreamcast and GBA too.

But, she's one of the few (if any) girls I know that like video games. There aren't many of them out there.

[theplustwo]

My sister is going crazy waiting for Natsume to release a Harvest Moon game in US where you can be a girl and marry the guys.:)

[Mak-X]

Originally posted by VGWarrior
I know there was a great action game for N64 that started a girl..........robot (the man in the game is the dumb sidekick that you have to rescue).
I don't recall the title, but I know it involves Marina, Clancers, and Greek Lettered creatures that perform a power rangers ripoff at the end.

Mischief Makers! (Go!Go!Troublemakers in Japan). That game was really good and one of the few 2-D N64 games. I had to buy it used just to play it again since I sold my copy.
The last part of the game is like the Power Ranger's Megazord, but now it reminds me more of a Gundam in general.


I don't think its a matter of creating a specific game for girls, just getting girls interested in the games that are out there, and provide alternate gender characters for games like Pokemon and Harvest Moon.


I like the person I marry to like video games, not necessarily to the point that I do, but at least share my interest.

[Fiyerstorm]

I love girl gamers. They screech when they lose and smack you, lol. They gots the Spice Girl game for PS1. :heart:

They also got that Barbie games...but that's for little girls. My sister always plays as the girl characters in my fighting games. :mega: