Barbie Fashion Designer is a dress-up game developed and published by Mattel Media. The game was released on CD-ROM for the PC and Mac in 1996. The game allows players to design clothing and style outfits. Players can then print off their designs and create clothing for their real-world Barbie dolls. Barbie Fashion Designer was the first commercially successful video game made for girls . After its success, many other girl games would be made, leading to the girls' games movement.
Video Barbie Fashion Designer
Gameplay
Players can design clothing and outfits through selecting different themes, clothing, colours, and patterns from various menus. Once players have designed their outfit, Barbie models their outfit on a 3D runway. The software also came with special paper-backed fabric, markers, and fabric paint so that the designs could be printed off and made into clothes for real-life Barbie dolls. The game complimented the way young girls already liked to play with their Barbie dolls and this has been said to have led to its success.
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Release and reception
Barbie Fashion Designer sold over 500 000 copies in it's first two months of release and over 600 000 within the first year of its release, outselling other big games at the time such as Quake and Doom. Despite this success, the game has received criticism for using stereotypically feminine themes. Founder of game company Purple Moon has said the game "...perpetuated a version of femininity that was fundamentally lame". However, its commercial success made it a catalyst for the girls' games movement and proved there was a market for video games designed for young girls.
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Source of the article : Wikipedia
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