Barbie Games : Barbie and The Magic Pegasus

The story of this Barbie games begins in The Cloud Kingdom, where Barbie as Princess Annika and her family reign. Princess Annika's parents has been turned to stone by the evil wizard Wenlock. To break the spell, Princess Annika goes on a quest to forge a powerful Wand of Light which involves finding three things: a measure of courage, a ring of love, and a gem of ice. Joined by Brietta the Pegasus and her pet Shiver an adorable little polar bear cub, Annika ventures into the Forbidden Forest, flies to mountaintop glaciers, and explores ice caverns to find the items needed to create the Wand of Light.

Same as Barbie Games Rapunzel in this games Annika is periodically stymied by logic puzzles (including mazes, jigsaw puzzles, and matching tiles) the player must solve, but before really getting in to the adventure first you must find Shiver, Barbie's polar bear cub sidekick and practice jumping, flying and ice skating.

The first puzzle is in the Forbidden Forest a dark and scary place. Here the first puzzle is a matching game that is relatively complex. Another puzzle in this chapter is like a computerized jigsaw puzzle.

The most innovative puzzle in this Barbie games appears when Annika needs to traverse the kitchen table of a sleeping giant. Players must think about the colossal food items as tools and recognize that Annika can scramble up giant carrots to cross planks and use stacked bread slices as stairs

Overall, this Barbie games are quite easy and appropriate for children ages 5-6 and perhaps 7.

System requirement :

Pentium®III(or equivalent) 450 MHz or faster; 300 MB hard drive space 24X speed CD-ROM drive; 128 MB RAM; 16-bit color @ 800X600 resolution; DirectX® 9.0 or highter; 32 MB 3D video card with DirectX® 9.0 or higher compatible driver; DirectX®-compatible sound card

Publisher : Vivendi Universal Games

Released : 20 Sept 2005

Barbie Games : Barbie As Rapunzel

The background for this Barbie games is on the Masquerade Ball, time for all of the kingdom's people to get together and celebrate what they are thankful for. The favorite day of the year because of all the beautiful masks, gowns, make-up and decorations. But when an Gothel evil spell has cursed her kingdom and her beloved Prince Stefan with scatter the gems from Price Stefan’s royal crown throughout the castle and garden, the worst of all it’s turn the Prince to stone and hides him deep in the Garden Maze. Instead of Rapunzel being rescued by a prince, in this Barbie games, Rapunzel and her purple dragon friend Penelope rescues the prince charming. Barbie Rapunzel seeks the players' help in redecorating the castle in time for the masquerade ball and find missing magic gems to restore the prince.

Using Magic Paints Box, animated stickers and sparkles, girls will redecorate all of the castle's rooms including the Ball Room, Royal Gardens, Grand Entrance and more through a drag-and-drop interface where various objects and materials are dragged to the place you want them to go.

The evil spell is broken once the castle rooms are transformed, the hidden gems are found and Prince Stefan is brought back to life. Finally, girls help Rapunzel dress for the Masquerade Ball, escorting her to the enchanting event for a "happily ever after."

The 8 magical adventures games in this Barbie games are :

Magical Mosaics - Make a colorful mosaic for the Grand Foyer

Design a Throne - Design new thrones for Rapunzel and Prince Stefan

Rugs of Royalty - Craft an amazing rug design for the dining room

Magical Masquerade - Fashion Rapunzel's mask for the Masquerade Ball

Princess Paintings - Create stunning animated paintings

Flower Fantasy - Produce beautiful flowers and plant them in the Royal Garden

Princess Dress-up - Help Rapunzel dress for the Masquerade Ball

Garden Maze - Guide Rapunzel through the maze to bring the prince back to life

In addition to the active play mode, there's a passive storybook mode. This Barbie games teaches early reading skills to young children.

System Requirements for this Barbie Games : Windows® 98/2000/ME/XP Pentium® 266 MHz or faster; 16X CD-ROM Drive; 175 MB hard drive space; 64 MB RAM; 16 bit color; 640x480 resolution; Windows® compatible sound card; QuickTime® 5.0.2; mouse

Publisher : Vivendi Universal Games

Released : 15 Nov 2002