Since mobile, indie and retro inspired games are built on a legacy of inequality in the medium the new wave of 80s and 90s nostalgia has brought with it a resurrection of the worst of the old-school damsel in distress stereotypes. Indeed, many of these new titles essentially function as love letters to the trope as a way of paying homage to classic games of years gone by.

Damsel in Distress: Part 3 (Aug 1, 2013) - Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (Feminist Frequency, 2013 - 2015)