Barbie Beach Vacation

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Barbie Beach Vacation
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Developer(s) Krome Studios
Publisher(s) Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: 3 October 2001
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Barbie Beach Vacation is a 2001 action-adventure video game within the Barbie franchise, developed by Krome Studios and published by Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Gameplay

Reception

The game was noted for including "wonderful and pleasant" gaming aspects as a counterpoint to the more violent gameplay of contemporary male-targeted action titles. [7]

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