Barbie Nail Designer(1998) also had a kaleidoscope of options: sparkling gems, stickers, or your own rainbow polish concoction. Sometimes I would chop all of Barbie’s hair off, give her blue highlights, and decorate her cheeks with purple blush. Depending on my mood, her looks would range from refined to wacky. There was Barbie Magic Hair Styler (1997), where you designed Barbie’s hair and makeup for different experiences like slaying a team meeting at the office or attending a costume party. Several of the games that followed were beauty-based games, similar to Fashion Designer. Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty Wanted Barbie to pair an ascot with athletic leggings? Go ahead! The outfits could be as wild or as chic as players wanted, and my Barbie usually dressed out of the box. The gameplay was simple, but the possibilities were limitless: Whether you were donning Barbie in an outfit for a dream date or vacation, there were a multitude of colors and patterns to choose from. As Barbie, players would select from a menu of different clothing styles and accessories based on a certain type of outing. But the franchise gained popularity with the 1996 release of Barbie Fashion Designer on PC. Yet none of them have been as enjoyable as the PC games from the 1990s and 2000s, where players can step into Barbie’s fashionable shoes and go on exciting adventures.īarbie’s legacy of gaming software technically began in 1984, with Barbie for the Commodore 64 computer, in which Barbie mainly drives her yellow convertible and goes shopping for a date with Ken. There are animated movies, television shows, and even YouTube vlogs.
Greta Gerwig's Barbie, out later this month, marks the doll’s first live-action incarnation in her 64-year history, but it’s far from the first media interpretation of the timeless toy. It’s Barbie Week at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, celebrating the doll’s pop-culture history, our favorite Barbie memories, and a certain major movie.
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