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Barbie: Ocean Discovery

The Game Boy Color version of Adventures with Barbie: Ocean Discovery. The PC and GBC versions are slightly different; The dolphin plays a more significant role in Windows than it does in the Game Boy Color…

31 December 1999

Barbie: Ocean Discovery is an adventure developed by Realtime Associates Seattle Division, released 31 December 1999 on Game Boy Color.

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What Barbie: Ocean Discovery is

Barbie: Ocean Discovery is an adventure game developed by Realtime Associates Seattle Division and released in 1999. It was published by Mattel Interactive. It is available on Game Boy Color only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Take control of Barbie, a marine biologist, as she explores an underwater world full of mini-games and activities to complete her quest and assemble the final treasure map. Guide her through 9 different maps collecting puzzle pieces along the way by finishing various mini-games such as a pong type game, a puzzle slider, a Kaboom style cannonball catcher and more. Interact with the various aquatic life in the maps and watch them swim around in interesting patterns.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Barbie series

Barbie: Ocean Discovery is the 39th of 106 entries we hold in the Barbie series. The next entry was Barbie Pet Rescue in 2000.

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What it launched against

Barbie: Ocean Discovery launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

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When did Barbie: Ocean Discovery come out?
Barbie: Ocean Discovery was released on 31 December 1999 for Game Boy Color.

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