Don't believe the Ms Pac-Man lie
I read somewhere recently that Fujiko in the 1980 Lupin III arcade game was the first specifically female character to appear in any video game, ever. Can anyone confirm/deny? There's a female character in Donkey Kong, too, released in the same year...
I guess Ms Pac-Man (1981) still beats both in terms of female player characters.
Will:
That paddle on the left in Pong looked pretty female to me.