10 great Barbie video games

Beyond the expected fashion designing and beach parties, Barbie games have explored her more adventurous side - from jungle adventurer to swashbuckling heroine

Barbie (1984, Commodore 64)

The first official Barbie game was effectively a simulator for getting ready to go out, in which Ken invited Barbie on a series of dates - to the pool, a party, a tennis match - and the player then had to zoom off in a yellow convertible to buy the correct outfits. It was annoying that Ken got to pick all the activities, but the detailed graphics and use of digitised speech were impressive at the time.