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Adventures with Barbie

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Short description: 1997 video game
Adventures with Barbie: Ocean Discovery
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Mattel Media
Platform(s)
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
1997
Game Boy Color
1999
Genre(s)Adventure

Adventures with Barbie: Ocean Discovery is a 1997 video game developed by Gorilla Systems Corporation and published by Mattel Media for Windows. A version for the Game Boy Color developed by Realtime Associates was released in 1999, simply titled Barbie: Ocean Discovery.

The game was Mattel Media's first adventure game featuring the character Barbie.[1] Its financial success led to Mattel Media producing further girl's games over the next few years.[2]

Gameplay

Gameplay involves swimming around the ocean as Barbie and solving puzzles in search of a sunken treasure. [3]

The PC and GBC versions are slightly different; The dolphin plays a more significant role in Windows than it does in the Game Boy Color version.[4]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly felt the game was "underwhelming".[5] 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,[6] 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.[7] French reviewer PVG24 felt the game successfully penetrated the local market.[8]

Promotion

In a promo with Coca-Cola for its line of Barbie Software Products for Girls during the holiday season and into 1998, Mattel Media arranged a $5 coupon for Adventures with Barbie Ocean Discovery and Barbie Magic Hair Styler inside 12- and 24-packs of Coca-Cola "Santa Packs."[9]

See also

  • List of Barbie video games

References

  1. ↑ Davis, Ziff (1998-03-10) (in en). PC Mag. https://books.google.com/books?id=Mptk_eahfJ4C&q=barbie&pg=PA344. 
  2. ↑ (in en) Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 2000-02-19. https://books.google.com/books?id=CQ4EAAAAMBAJ&q=ocean+discovery&pg=PA72. 
  3. ↑ "Ocean Discovery". http://www.mattelmedia.com/barbie/ocean/manual/5.html. 
  4. ↑ GARCIA, ERICA (4 July 1999). "GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN DIVE INTO AN OCEAN OF DISCOVERY WITH BARBIE". https://www.nydailynews.com/girls-wanna-fun-dive-ocean-discovery-barbie-article-1.845164. 
  5. ↑ "Adventures With Barbie: Ocean Discovery; Talk With Me Barbie; Rockett's New School; Zero Zero" (in en). https://ew.com/article/1998/01/30/adventures-barbie-ocean-discovery-talk-me-barbie-rocketts-new-school-zero-zero/. 
  6. ↑ Hafner, Katie (1998-09-10). "Girl Games: Plenty And Pink" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/10/technology/girl-games-plenty-and-pink.html. 
  7. ↑ Shade, L.R. (Winter 1999). "Just add girls and stir? [review of "From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games"]". IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 18 (4): 35–36. doi:10.1109/MTAS.2000.808847. ISSN 1937-416X. 
  8. ↑ PVG24. "Barbie Ocean Discovery (par PVG24)". http://www.pvg24.com/t579. 
  9. ↑ "Promos break for Barbie software" (in en). 1997-11-18. https://adage.com/article/news/promos-break-barbie-software/21973. 



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