Orphan protagonist
Creatures theme
The protagonist's parents are dead or the protagonist was abandoned/lost at an early age, may have stepparents, lived in an orphanage or as a street urchin or similar.
76
games
23platforms
WIN 2009-09-04
WIN 2000-09-22
GC 2002-11-28
WIN 2015-03-11
GB 1994
WIN 2001-06-21
WIN 2006-10-31
PS1 ? *
GEN 1994-03
DOS 1994
PS2 2001-12-06
PS4 2017-02-28
This is occasionally used to handwave the lack of characterization of the protagonist prior to the events of the game.
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The first Orphan protagonist video game was released on August 6, 1993.
Beamdog, Virgin and Virgin Interactive published most of these games.