Amazon Maximum Age: 240 months
Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Vivendi Universal
EAN: 0020626717984
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Format: CD-ROM
Height: 760 hundredths-inches
Length: 140 hundredths-inches
Weight: 18 hundredths-pounds
Width: 530 hundredths-inches
Label: Vivendi Universal
Manufacturer: Vivendi Universal
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 1524 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 72 months
Model: 71798
Packaged Height: 125 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 750 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 73 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 525 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows XP
Platform: Windows 2000
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Release Date: 2002-10-17
Studio: Vivendi Universal
Feature:
- Help Barbie recover four ancient treasures as you run, swing, jump, and climb across mysterous obstacles
- Explore Tibet, Egypt and the African jungles in four challengers
- Collect power-ups and gain special powers to help Barbie overcome dangers and pitfalls
- Race against your friends to unlock the secrets of the Mystic Mirror
- Action & adventure with Barbie for girls age 6 or older
Product Description:
Barbie Explorer takes you on a wild tour of the world, as you explore hidden areas with Barbie!
Customer Reviews:
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 Barbie Explorer for PC, 2007-12-26
Hi, I'm StoryMaker. My older sister, Russian Blue Witch, gave me Barbie Explorer (for PC, a.k.a. computer) on Christmas. I started playing it today. OK, I've only started it, so it's a little early to review it...but hey, I love reviewing SO much, I guess I couldn't help it.
First of all, I'm not a really big fan of Barbie, but the Barbie movies and computer games are very entertaining! In this game, Barbie finds out about a mysterious treasure known as the Mystic Mirror. According to a map, she must go to the mountainous Tibet, the sandy Egypt, the leafy African Jungle, and the, um, existent Babylon, to find the pieces. (With specific country, continent, etc. names, it's almost educational!) The back of the box says there's 4 levels, but actually, it's more like 4 environments with 4 levels each. Go through the levels, collecting treasure, getting past caverns, and trying not to bump into absent-minded animals. LOL!
Remember: to find out the game's controls, PLEASE go to the VR Training. This game comes with NO user's manual. The VR Training is basically a place where you collect the question marks to get demo-videos that tell you all the controls you'll need. This is the only way I know of to find out the controls for the game, so please look at it before playing. Oh, and, to give you a head-start here's the basics: arrow keys to run & space bar to jump. VR Training will tell you the rest.
It would be better if you typed in your name instead of selecting the letters using arrow keys/enter, but heck, it's also for the PlayStation, so it could be expected. I also would be much happier if you could save any time or it automatically saved. You can only save every time you finish a level, so if you forget...you've got another level to finish.
This game is very fun to play, complete with large 3-D levels and all different types of obstacles & goodies. The main problem with the gameplay is that some areas require very good timing & speed, even on the Easy level (the one I'm on). You start off with 40 lives in each level, but it's still VERY hard to do some of those things. My older sister Russian Blue Witch is great at video games, but sometimes, she ended up draining my lives trying to get past some parts. I'd say that it's probably too hard for younger kids. It's probably best for ages 7 & up.
Graphics: Not perfect, but pretty good. 7/10
Gameplay: Very fun, but a little hard. 7/10
Storyline: Far from super, but could be PLENTY worse. 6/10
Overall: It's no-doubt fun enough to be worth the money. 8/10
I think this game is worth it. It's better for older kids due to challenging parts, but nonetheless, it is a VERY fun game. Check out other Barbie software! Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"
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