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The following is a list of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) characters in video games. ==1980s== During the 1980s, characters that can be argued as identifying as LGBT were rarely shown in a realistic context and were often object of ridicule or jokes. In 1986, Infocom released ''Moonmist'', a text adventure mystery with several possible randomly selected plotlines. In one of these plotlines, the criminal is a female artist who is jealous because her girlfriend is married to a man. This is the first instance of a homosexual character in a video game. In 1988, C.M.Ralph published "Caper in the Castro", a gay and lesbian murder mystery problem solving game for Apple Mac computers written in the HyperCard language, distributed on underground gay bulletin boards. The game was later made into a heterosexual version called "Murder on Main Street" and published by Heizer Software. thumb In 1988, Nintendo released ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' for the NES. In the first-edition manual for the North American release of the game, Birdo is referred to as a male who believes that he is a female and would rather be called "Birdetta", making her the first transgender character for Nintendo.〔 "Although the name change never took effect and later franchise installments dropped mention of Birdo's gender, it was widely discussed by gaming magazines."〕 In the game, Birdo's name was also mistakenly switched with another ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' enemy, Ostro, both in the manual and in the end credits. Later games featuring the character have made conflicting statements of Birdo as female, male or of indeterminate gender. In 1989, Capcom released ''Final Fight'' for the arcades. One of the characters, Poison, was initially conceptualized as a female character but, depending on the region where the game was released, is either a pre-op or post-op trans woman. For this reason, Capcom has deliberately left Poison's gender ambiguous. In 1989, Sega released ''Phantasy Star II'', a console role-playing game for the Sega Genesis. In it, a character named Usvestia teaches piano, and will teach the MUSIK piano technique needed to progress in the game more cheaply to male characters because they "look cute".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Homosexuality in Video Games )〕 In 1989, Westwood Studios released ''Circuit's Edge'' for the DOS. The science fiction role playing game, based on a novel by George Alec Effinger, features several characters who are identified as homosexual or transgender. In 1989, Cinemaware released ''It Came from the Desert'' for multiple platforms. In the game, the player encounters Jackie, a lesbian girl who crashed her car with her girlfriend. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT characters in video games」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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