Software:Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel

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

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

Summary

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

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

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

  • List of Barbie video games

References

  1. ↑ "21 Barbie Computer Games You Totally Forgot Existed" (in en). BuzzFeed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelleregna/hi-im-barbie. 
  2. ↑ (in en) Software and CD-ROM Reviews on File. Facts on File, Incorporated. 1997. https://books.google.com/books?id=dhsQAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Magic+Fairy+Tales:+Barbie+As+Rapunzel%22. 
  3. ↑ (in en) Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 1997-02-22. https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Magic+Fairy+Tales%3A+Barbie+As+Rapunzel%22&pg=PA66. 
  4. ↑ "It's Barbie As Rapunzel In Cd-rom Game" (in en). tribunedigital-orlandosentinel. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-06-03/lifestyle/9705301408_1_barbie-as-rapunzel-barbie-fan-fairy-tale. 
  5. ↑ Cassell, Justine; Jenkins, Henry (2000) (in en). From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262531689. https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5_cbfm3YfYC&dq=%22Magic+Fairy+Tales%3A+Barbie+As+Rapunzel%22&pg=PA136. 
  6. ↑ "MacHome Product Review- Barbie Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel". 6 January 2000. http://database.machome.com/action.lasso?-database=reviews&-layout=search&-response=/reviews/detail.html&-recid=32924&-search. 
  7. ↑ "Barbie as Rapunzel CD-ROM - Review Corner". 25 March 2010. http://www.reviewcorner.com/games/barbieasrapunzel.html. 
  8. ↑ "Barbie Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel - Review - allgame". 14 November 2014. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=5289&tab=review. 
  9. ↑ "SuperKids Software Review of Barbie Magic Fairy Tales: Rapunzel.". 15 September 2017. http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/reading3/rapunzel/merge.shtml. 

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