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Barbie Super Model

Review

Navigate scrolling levels to avoid obstacles, then complete fashion challenges by matching outfits and colors.

Barbie Super Model was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993 by Hi-Tech Expressions. This is the original platform and earliest commercial release.

About Barbie Super Model

Barbie Super Model is an arcade style game where the player guides Barbie through a series of fashion oriented challenges. The core progression involves navigating four distinct themed environments: a city street, a beach, a ski resort, and a park.

Movement through each level is a side scrolling affair where Barbie must avoid obstacles to preserve her limited chances. Collecting specific items provides point bonuses and additional chances. The gameplay is structured around a journey to the right side of the level and a return trip back to the left.

Two primary mini game sequences interrupt the scrolling. Finding a camera triggers a magazine cover shoot, requiring the player to correctly assemble an outfit and match its color components in a dressing room. Later, collecting a handbag leads to a makeup session where Barbie's hairstyle, earrings, and cosmetics must be matched to a second cover image. Points are awarded for each correct match in these segments.

Each level concludes with a runway walk. Before this finale, the player is shown a sequence of button presses corresponding to positions on the runway. During the actual performance, executing the correct move at each station yields further points. The need to memorize and execute these sequences, combined with obstacle avoidance, makes the overall experience fair in its challenge.

Barbie Super Model Screenshots

12 images
Title screen
Intro to level one: Barbie dreams of taking her convertible through L.A.
Level one, Barbie must pick up the icons that get her to photo shoots as well as various bonuses while avoiding other cars.
Match Barbie's outfit to the magazine cover.
Barbie in the dressing room
You can separately change Barbie's outfit, its primary and secondary colors and the color of her shoes.
Match Barbie's hair and make-up to the picture.
Barbie's make-up mirror
You can change Barbie's hairstyle, the color of her nails, the color of her lips, her eye shadow and her earrings.
Barbie on the modeling runway
End of level score summary
Level two: Barbie skates down a beach path, avoiding joggers and frisbees.