Barbie: Super Model (1992) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Barbie: Super Model

Help Barbie become a great fashion model! This is an arcade game with many different activities to participate in. In each level, Barbie starts by going left to right with forced scrolling. She has a default…

1 January 1992

What Barbie: Super Model is

Barbie: Super Model is a simulator game developed by Tahoe Software Productions and released in 1992. It was published by Hi Tech Expressions. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Help Barbie become a great fashion model! This is an arcade game with many different activities to participate in. In each level, Barbie starts by going left to right with forced scrolling. She has a default speed and can speed up as well. She must avoid moving obstacles by moving up and down and controlling her speed. If she hits one, she loses a chance and it's game over if she runs out of chances. She must pick up items which grant point bonuses and extra chances. There is also a camera item to pick up which brings you to a magazine cover shoot. You are shown a cover with barbie wearing an outfit which is themed to the level. You must then go to her dressing room and dress her in a…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Barbie series

Barbie: Super Model is the fifth of 106 entries we hold in the Barbie series. The next entry was Barbie: Game Girl in 1992.

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What it launched against

Barbie: Super Model launched on 1 January 1992, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

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