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Table of Barbie-related video games, 2001–2005 Title [1] Release date Platform(s) Publisher Developer(s) Barbie: Pet Rescue: 2001 Game Boy Color Vivendi Universal Games HotGen Studios Barbie Team Gymnastics: 2001 Windows Blue Planet Software Secret Agent Barbie: 2001 Windows Gigawatt Studios Barbie Explorer: September 4, 2001 (NA) PlayStation ...
Barbie (1984 video game) Barbie (1991 video game) Barbie Beach Vacation; Barbie Fashion Designer; Barbie Magic Hair Styler; Barbie Nail Designer; Barbie Riding Club; Barbie Sparkling Ice Show; Barbie Storymaker; BarbieGirls.com
Barbie was designed by Hi Tech Expressions in an attempt to get more girls to play video games, [7] [13] [14] although the developers tried to make the gameplay appealing to boys as well. [15] Following the 1984 release of an earlier title also called simply Barbie, the game became the second in the Barbie series.
In the United States, Barbie Riding Club took #1 on PC Data's computer game sales rankings in its opening week. [1] It debuted on the monthly charts in second place for November 1998, [4] a position it held in December. [5] By the end of the year, its sales in the United States had totaled 288,381 units, for revenues of $9 million.
The other 32 are available to rent or buy through a VOD platform like Amazon or Apple — and some of them are even uploaded free on Barbie’s official YouTube channel. Barbie Movies on Netflix:
Barbie: Explorer is a Microsoft Windows and PlayStation game featuring Barbie. It was developed by Runecraft , published by Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing and was released in 2001. Plot
Reviewing the game for Run Magazine, Marilyn Annucci gave it a score of C (the middle of 5 possible scores, which the magazine describes as "Good"), complimenting its detailed graphics and "unusually realistic sound", she was highly critical of the programs "many sexist elements" including how much of the game was built around playing to the whims of Ken.
Entertainment Weekly felt the game was "underwhelming". [4] The New York Times thought the game's mentions of Barbie's marine biology degree was a "nod toward enlightenment" for the girl's game genre, [5] while From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games thought the game saw the series branching out from the "true pink fluff" exemplified in titles like Barbie Fashion Designer. [6]