Damsel in distress

Culture concept

A classic scenario of a fair maiden in some form of distress - often kidnapped by some Evil Person - from which the protagonist is trying to rescue her.

684

games

platforms

Nuts & Milk

NES 1984-07-28

Ninja Jajamaru-kun

NES 1985-11-15

Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu

NES 1990-12

Blue Print

C64 1983

Skate or Die: Bad 'n Rad

GB 1990-09

Prince of Persia

GBC 1999-04-15

Phelios

GEN 1990-07-20

Rygar: The Legendary Adventure

PS2 2002-11-12

The Legend of Kage

C64 1987

The Legend of Kage

CPC 1986

Renegade III: The Final Chapter

C64 1989

Heirs to Skull Crag

DOS 1993

Parent group

Rescue

Games by year

The first Damsel in distress video game was released in 1980.

Sega, U.S. Gold and Nintendo published most of these games.

Related site

At Wikipedia

Platforms

NES		57
C64		48
ZX Spectrum		42
Linux		39
MS-DOS		38
Amstrad CPC		37
MSX		29
Amiga		28
Atari ST		26
Arcade		26
Windows		16
Master System		15
GB		14
Mega Drive		13
Tandy Coco		13
Apple II E		13
C16/Plus4		11
Famicom Disk System		10
Atari 2600		10
Atari 400/800		9
Mac OS Classic		9
Sharp X1		9
VIC-20		9
PC Engine		8
NEC PC8801		7
Mac OS X		7
NEC PC9801		7
X360		6
MICRO 7 - FM7		6
X68000		6

Most common companies

Sega	32
U.S. Gold	20
Nintendo	19
Hudson Soft	15
Activision	14
ASCII	14
Ocean	13
Mastertronic	13
Atari	12
Brøderbund	11
Namco	11
Taito	10
Ubi Soft	9
Sierra On-Line	9
Imagine	8