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Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel

Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel is a 1997 educational adventure game developed by Media Station and published by Mattel Media.

Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel
CD cover
Developer(s)Media Station
Publisher(s)Mattel Media
Platform(s)Macintosh, Windows, Windows 3.x
Release1997
Genre(s)Educational, adventure

Summary

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The game is an interactive storybook in which the player helps Princess Barbie rescue Prince Galen. It can be played either as a read-along book which skips all the puzzles, or as a storybook game. The player interacts with hotspots, collects items, and completes puzzles.[1]

Development

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It was the first in Mattel Media's planned series of storybooks for girls.[2] The game was designed to teach children early reading and decision-making skills.[3] The first Barbie CD-ROM for both Macintosh and Windows,[4] it was executive produced by Mattel Girls' software development director Nancie Martin.[5]

Critical reception

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MacHome praised the game for not being as "sickeningly sweet" as it could have been.[6] Review Corner felt the title was both enjoyable and responsive.[7] All Game thought the game was an ideal product for young girls.[8] SuperKids decided the title was not the best reading software on the market, but that it was an adequate product for its target market.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "21 Barbie Computer Games You Totally Forgot Existed". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  2. ^ Software and CD-ROM Reviews on File. Facts on File, Incorporated. 1997.
  3. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1997-02-22.
  4. ^ "It's Barbie As Rapunzel In Cd-rom Game". tribunedigital-orlandosentinel. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  5. ^ Cassell, Justine; Jenkins, Henry (2000). From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262531689.
  6. ^ "MacHome Product Review- Barbie Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel". 6 January 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-01-06.
  7. ^ "Barbie as Rapunzel CD-ROM - Review Corner". 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-25.
  8. ^ "Barbie Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel - Review - allgame". 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14.
  9. ^ "SuperKids Software Review of Barbie Magic Fairy Tales: Rapunzel". 15 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15.

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