Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel
The game is an interactive storybook in which the player helps Princess Barbie rescue Prince Galen. It can be played either as a read-along book which skips all the puzzles, or as a storybook game
Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel is a point-and-click developed by Media Station, released 31 December 1997 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel is
Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel is a point-and-click game developed by Media Station and released in 1997. It was published by Mattel Media. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Imprisoned in her tower by an evil witch, Princess Rapunzel grows up with only some birds and a magic mirror for company. One day Prince Galen rides by and asks for a drink of water. Rapunzel lets down her hair so that he can climb into her tower and the two become friends. The prince visits often and tells Rapunzel stories of his travels. However the witch finds out and puts a spell on the prince saying that he must wander for the rest of his days never being able to find his way back to any place he has visited before. Only a kiss from Rapunzel can break the spell but, because he's already been to the tower he can never return there. There's only one solution, Rapunzel cuts off her hair…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Barbie series
Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel is the 20th of 106 entries we hold in the Barbie series. The next entry was Adventures with Barbie: Ocean Discovery in 1997.
What it launched against
Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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