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Barbie : Game Girl

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Navigate platforming and underwater stages to collect an outfit for a date, dodging or stunning enemies along the way.

Barbie: Game Girl was developed by Imagineering and published by Hi-Tech Expressions for the Game Boy in 1992; it was the original release of this game on any platform.


							Barbie : Game Girl cover
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Released
1992
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
82.32 KB
Rating
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About Barbie : Game Girl

Barbie: Game Girl is a platformer where the player navigates Barbie through several environments. The primary objective involves collecting a complete outfit from the end of each stage.

Levels are set in locations like a mall and a restaurant, requiring platform jumping. An alternate form, Mermaid Barbie, appears in underwater stages where movement is possible in all directions to navigate mazes.

Enemies are encountered throughout, and direct confrontation is often not the optimal strategy. While a limited supply of bouncing stars can temporarily immobilize foes, and a rare "B" item can remove them, most adversaries must simply be avoided, making evasion a challenging core skill.

Barbie : Game Girl Screenshots

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Title screen
Level 1: Barbie at the mall
Barbie has to dodge those things that shoot out of the floor.
Barbie must leap from platform to platform to avoid the mall's electric death floor.
Barbie is carrying a power-up which can be thrown to remove one enemy.
Barbie changed into her invulnerability outfit. This is like the bubble in Sonic. It buys you one free hit.
End of stage score tally
Beautiful enough to risk your life for?
Stage 2: Mermaid Barbie
Mermaid Barbie must avoid divers and pick up the moneybags.
Barbie is trying to pick the flowers without getting bit by a shark.
There is a matching game at the end of each level.