#Girls Games

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Video thumbnail — Barbie Fashion Designer CD ROM commercial 1996
Video Games 1996–1998

Barbie Fashion Designer

Design an outfit on screen, print it onto a fabric sheet on the family inkjet, and dress a real Barbie in it. Mattel Media's 1996 CD-ROM sold more than a million copies within a year and became the proof that a game aimed squarely at girls could sell big.

Video thumbnail — DREAM PHONE - 1991 Commercial
Tabletop Games 1991–1999

Dream Phone

The pink electronic board game where you called cute boys on a plastic phone to figure out which one had a crush on you. A deduction game wrapped in early-'90s sleepover fantasy, complete with a chunky toy telephone and recorded voices.

Video thumbnail — Pretty Pretty Princess - 90s Commercial
Tabletop Games 1990–present

Pretty Pretty Princess

The dress-up board game where you spun to collect plastic jewelry in your color — earrings, necklace, bracelet, ring, and the crown. Win by wearing a full matching set and the tiara, but if you got stuck holding the black ring, you couldn't win at all.