Underplayed Gems

Barbie: Game Girl (1992)

Barbie: Game Girl cover
Developer
Imagineering, Inc.
Publisher
Hi-Tech Expressions, Playtronic
Platforms
Game Boy
Genres
Platform
Rating
2.9 of 5, 5 player ratings

How it feels

Barbie hunts for the perfect outfit across a mall, underwater worlds, and more in this bright, easygoing platformer.

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About

Unlike most Barbie games, this game is a standard platform game rather than a simulation of the life of a female fashion model. Barbie must find an outfit for her date with Ken. The environment features a shopping mall level, an underwater level, and other worlds to explore. The game is also centered around collecting gems and pearls to fend off opponents. Enemies in the game include the usual sharks found in underwater levels in addition to jellyfish. Moving cubes of sugar must also be defeated in the game. The bonus rounds of the game are essentially a Concentration-type game where matching identical cards lead to extra points for the player.

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Screenshots

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