With the Barbie Movie in full swing, exceeding literally everyone’s expectations and smashing box office records worldwide, the gaming world would like to acknowledge that, well, we did it first. Barbie girls have been gaming since the 80’s when Barbie was exploring technology just as much as we were. Yair Ben-Dor has more.
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00:00 With the Barbie movie in full swing, exceeding literally everyone's expectations and smashing
00:06 box office records worldwide, the gaming world would like to acknowledge that, well, we did
00:11 it first.
00:12 Barbie girls have been gaming since the 80s when Barbie was exploring technology just
00:16 as much as we were.
00:18 It started with Barbie for the Commodore 64 in 1984.
00:23 Barbie's on a mission to find the perfect outfit for a date night with Ken.
00:26 The game was simple, so were the times, try on different outfits and hairstyles and drive
00:31 your convertible down the street past stores.
00:34 Then came Barbie on PC and NES in 1991.
00:38 According to Yahoo, Barbie has a nightmare about not having the perfect outfit for the
00:42 fantasy ball, so she wastes no time traveling to three different worlds.
00:46 Gamers have to collect accessories and clothing items that help craft Barbie's perfect look.
00:51 Fast forward a few years now, Mattel Media owns all the rights to Barbie Entertainment
00:56 and Barbie Fashion Designer comes out on CD-ROM.
01:00 This was a huge hit in 1997 with endless fashion possibilities as you could piece together
01:05 different Barbie outfits, customizing colors and patterns in what was back then pretty
01:10 high-tech looking stuff.
01:12 As the technology got better, so did the games, with titles like Barbie of Swan Lake, Barbie
01:16 Sparkling Ice Show, and The Barbie Diaries.
01:19 With the success of The Barbie Movie, it's not too wild of a guess that we'll probably
01:24 be seeing a lot more of Barbie coming to gaming systems near you.