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Publisher(s) | Mattel Media |
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Release | Microsoft Windows 1997 Game Boy Color 1999 |
Genre(s) | Adventure |
Adventures with Barbie: Ocean Discovery is a 1997 video game developed by Gorilla Systems Corporation and published by Mattel Media for Windows. A version for the Game Boy Color developed by Realtime Associates was released in 1999, simply titled Barbie: Ocean Discovery.
The game was Mattel Media's first adventure game featuring the character Barbie. [1] Its financial success led to Mattel Media producing further girl's games over the next few years. [2]
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Gameplay involves swimming around the ocean as Barbie and solving puzzles in search of a sunken treasure. [3]
The PC and GBC versions are slightly different; The dolphin plays a more significant role in Windows than it does in the Game Boy Color version. [4]
Entertainment Weekly felt the game was "underwhelming". [5] The New York Times thought the game's mentions of Barbie's marine biology degree was a "nod toward enlightenment" for the girl's game genre, [6] while From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games thought the game saw the series branching out from the "true pink fluff" exemplified in titles like Barbie Fashion Designer. [7] French reviewer PVG24 felt the game successfully penetrated the local market. [8]
In a promo with Coca-Cola for its line of Barbie Software Products for Girls during the holiday season and into 1998, Mattel Media arranged a $5 coupon for Adventures with Barbie Ocean Discovery and Barbie Magic Hair Styler inside 12- and 24-packs of Coca-Cola "Santa Packs." [9]
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