Barbie: Game Girl
| Barbie: Game Girl | |
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 North American cover art |
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| Developer(s) | Imagineering, Inc.[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Hi Tech Expressions[1] |
| Composer(s) | Mark Van Hecke |
| Series | Barbie |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy |
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| Genre(s) | 2D action platformer[1] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Barbie: Game Girl is a girl-oriented 2D action platformer released in 1992 for the Game Boy.
[edit] Summary
The game's title screen presents background music that is basically the instrumental version of the early 1990s pop music tune Everybody Dance Now by C+C Music Factory.
Unlike most Barbie games, this game is a standard platform game rather than a simulation of the life of a female fashion model. Barbie (and the player controlling her) must find an outfit for her date with Ken. The environment features a shopping mall level, an underwater level reminiscent of Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid, and other unusual worlds to explore.[2] The game is extremely linear, and is also centered around collecting gems and pearls to fend off opponents.[3]
Enemies in the game include the usual sharks found in underwater levels in addition to jellyfish.[2] Moving cubes of sugar must also be defeated in the game.[2] They are assumed to be in the shopping mall level along with the other strangely moving food items. However, the abnormality of "fighting" sugar cubes in a shopping mall makes every confrontation feel like the Super NES video game EarthBound; even though this game predated EarthBound by three years. The bonus rounds of the game are essentially a Concentration-type game where matching identical cards lead to extra points for the player.[2]
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| Power Unlimited |    |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "Release information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gameboy/data/585616.html. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ a b c d "Level summary". allgame. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=16911. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ^ "Basic game summary". MobyGames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/barbie-game-girl-. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
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