# Talk:Barbie (1984 video game)

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I'm pretty sure it never mattered what clothing and style choices you made.
One time I thought Ken said ball, but Barbie went swimming in a fancy ball gown.
If you return after the hour is up, you can miss Ken and he leaves a note on your door. 49.178.165.15 (talk) 14:12, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Barbie (1984 video game)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: Vrxces (talk · contribs) 22:37, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: PresN (talk · contribs) 14:07, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

I saw that the article was nominated, wondered if it was another 80s game by Vrxces, then read it, then fixed a small grammar issue, then got sucked in to fixing other very minor things, and before I knew it I'd basically just done a GA review and fixed the issues I saw myself. So, there you are: I didn't find any structural issues, I didn't find any source problems, and the grammar/reference issues were minor.
The only real criticism I could levy is that it's not particularly long compared to an article on a modern game or a more influential older game, but it feels about right for what everyone involved seems to have regarded as a poorly-marketed toy, rather than a work of artistic entertainment. Shame we don't know an actual release date or who the actual programmers were (besides two "Chinese" women, and I don't disagree with leaving out Irvin's 40-years-later complaints in TimeExtension about how he couldn't understand their code because of the language despite it supposedly having been his job to assist them the whole time before they quit), but you have the sources you have. Passing this GA review. --PresN 14:07, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the review mate, and appreciate your thoughts and comments. Agree the Time Extension source is perhaps not ideal but sadly the most we're likely going to find for a game that had minor contemporary reception, but very little fanfare upon release. Fortunately I plan to have a crack at Barbie Fashion Designer where the story turns out very differently for all involved. Trying to keep a trend of getting pioneering girls' software to GA. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 08:36, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
Looking forward to reading it! --PresN 13:28, 16 November 2025 (UTC)