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First female player character in a videogame

First female player character in a videogame
Who
Ms. PAC-Man
What
First
Where
Not Applicable
When
09 October 1982

According to creator Toru Iwatani (Japan), PAC-Man (Namco, 1980) was designed to appeal primarily to women. Two years later, the addition of a hair bow and lipstick to the munching mouth turned PAC-Man into Ms. PAC-Man (Bally/Midway, 1981), the first playable female character in any videogame.