00:01With the Barbie movie in full swing, exceeding literally everyone's expectations and smashing
00:06box office records worldwide, the gaming world would like to acknowledge that, well, we did
00:11it first.
00:12Barbie girls have been gaming since the 80s, when Barbie was exploring technology just
00:17as much as we were.
00:18It started with Barbie for the Commodore 64 in 1984.
00:23Barbie's on a mission to find the perfect outfit for a date night with Ken.
00:26The game was simple, so were the times, try on different outfits and hairstyles and drive
00:31your convertible down the street past stores.
00:34Then came Barbie on PC and NES in 1991.
00:38According to Yahoo, Barbie has a nightmare about not having the perfect outfit for the fantasy
00:42ball, so she wastes no time traveling to three different worlds.
00:47Gamers have to collect accessories and clothing items that help craft Barbie's perfect look.
00:52Fast forward a few years now, Mattel Media owns all the rights to Barbie Entertainment
00:56and Barbie Fashion Designer comes out on CD-ROM.
01:00This was a huge hit in 1997, with endless fashion possibilities as you could piece together
01:05different Barbie outfits, customizing colors and patterns in what was back then pretty high-tech
01:10looking stuff.
01:12As the technology got better, so did the games, with titles like Barbie of Swan Lake, Barbie
01:17Sparkling Ice Show, and The Barbie Diaries.
01:20With the success of the Barbie movie, it's not too wild of a guess that we'll probably be seeing
01:25a lot more of Barbie coming to gaming systems near you.
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