Barbie Super Sports

• Platform:   Windows 98 / 95
• Media: CD-ROM
• Item Quantity: 1

Both sports activities start in the same way: players receive a minimal budget of points for clothes and equipment before they hit the available courses. They rack up more points by making jumps and performing other smooth moves. These points can then be spent on better snowboards or skates, ones capable of performing even more stunts. Aimed at less computer-experienced girls around five-years-old, the courses provide lots of action but comparatively few challenges. Super Sports is fun, but there is nothing here that is especially difficult.

Super Sports has a few technical problems--it crashes easily and often, and there are places on the ski hills where it is easy to get hung up if you fall, making it impossible to continue. The courses themselves are too few in number and too narrow in their range of difficulty, making play repetitive. The lack of variety in the courses also means it is easy to get the higher-cost snowboards and skates. Older girls may find that these factors give the game a low replay factor.

On the plus side, two players can skate or board at once, and younger girls will find that the cheerful soundtrack and animations are great additions to the snowboarding and in-line skating experience. --Alyx Dellamonica

Manufacturer's Description
It's extreme racing and sports action with Barbie! Show off your sporting skills as you snowboard and in-line skate with Barbie and friends. Shred through outrageous obstacle courses and blade down radical racetracks. Each extreme sport features five different levels of cool competition, spectacular stunts, special tricks, and even secret areas. Earn points in each level while playing against the clock, the computer, or even your friend. Then cash in your points for new equipment so you can do even cooler tricks and stunts. Or, pick up some new clothes in the sport shop. Ready, set, go for the most incredible sport thrills and spills ever!

Featuring both snowboarding and inline skating, Barbie Super Sports is two games in one. Board with Barbie through outrageous obstacle courses and blade through radical racetracks. There are eight different levels in all, each offering spectacular stunt competitions and secret areas to discover.

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• Software > Children's Fun & Learning > Activities & Interests > Sports
• Software > Children's Fun & Learning > Ages 5-8
• Software > Children's Fun & Learning > Ages 9-11
• Software > Children's Fun & Learning > Characters & Brands > Barbie
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