The Barney Bear DOS Games (DOS, Dave Krohne & Stephen Beam, 1992/1993)

You can play them in your browser here. You may need to wait for them to load.

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Time Travelers - Adventure One Demo (Windows 3.1, Gruffy Ink, 1993)

You can download it here. Important instructions below.

Instructions:

Drag the installer onto otvdm.exe from here and install the game, remembering the chosen location. (Choose 'No' when prompted about backups during installation. You can click 'Cancel' when prompted to create a program group; it will say the installation was aborted by the game will still be in the chosen location.)
Download VBRUN300.DLL from here, WAVE1.VBX from here and MHOP200.VBX and MHRUN500.DLL from here (use Ctrl+F to find the latter three).
Drag the four downloaded files into the same folder as the game (not the shortcut created if you created a program group).
Drag the game onto otvdm.exe. When a white message appears, click it; if not happens, wait a moment and click it again. After if disappears, wait a moment for the actual program to open.

This would not have been possible without the excellent Discmaster site.

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Rodney’s Wonder Window (Windows, Rodney Alan Greenblat, 1992)

From the creator of Parappa the Rapper and Um Jammer Lammy. You can download it here, or download it pre-packaged to run on modern versions of Windows here.

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Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker: The Music Game (Windows, Music Games International, 2003)

You can download it here.

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Strawberry Shortcake - Musical Match-ups (Atari 2600, Parker Brothers, 1983)

Perhaps THE first video game aimed at girls. You can play it in your browser here.

Controls: arrows, Ctrl, 1, 2.

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Jenny of the Prairie (Apple II/DOS, Rhiannon Software, 1984/1985)

One of the first video or computer games made for girls. You can play it in your browser here.

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Muppet Treasure Island (Windows, Activision, 1996)

A three-disc adventure game that's far better than a licensed game has any right to be. Even Tim Curry and Billy Connolly show up! You can download it here, or download it pre-configured to run on modern versions of Windows here.

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Babes in Toyland (Windows 3.1, Conexus, 1997)

Based on the 1997 MGM animated film. You can play it in your browser here. May not run as well in Firefox.

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How Many Bugs in a Box? (Windows, The Cute Company aka Funnybone Interactive, 1995)

You can play it in your browser here.

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Snap Dragon (DOS, MECC, 1992)

You can play it in your browser here.

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Henrietta's Book of Spells (DOS/ZX Spectrum/C64, T.R. Tulloch, 1990/1991)

The Spectrum version is the original. You can play three versions in your browser here.

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Dracula's Secret (Windows 3.1, KLA Visual Productions, 1996)

You can play it in your browser in English here. Warning: 170MB download.

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Gaminours and the Puzzle (DOS, Régis Lorival & Pierre Doussot, ~1989)

You can play it in your browser here.

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Jagten På Bubbers Badekar (C64, Interactivision, ~1990/1991)

Based on the same Danish kids show as above. Great music. You can play it in your browser here.

Controls: Numpad 84620. Space to pass cracktros. Menu is difficulty selection.

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Creative Reader Collection - The Story Painting Adventures (DOS, Novotrade, 1993/1994/1995)

Use living art tools to pull public domain characters' butts out of the fire. You can download the collection to emulate in DOSBox here. Alternatively, you can play the floppy disc version of the first game, Peter Pan, in your browser here.