Detective Barbie in the Mystery Of The Carnival Caper!

Detective Barbie: The Mystery Of The Carnival Caper! is a point-and-click adventure aimed at girls ages five and up. The story is centered on a charity carnival. Ken went to the carnival, and everyone said it would be a good idea if he volunteered for the magician's vanishing trick. Well, the trick worked, but the magician could not bring Ken back. What's more, Ken had all the carnival money with him! Everyone's looking for Ken but no one has a clue where he is. Enter Detective Barbie for her first big case. The game's features include:

  • more than 25 locations within the carnival
  • a database of more than 50,000 names
  • clues and suspects change every time the game is played
  • carnival rides that Barbie can go on
The entire game is controlled via the mouse. To move Barbie, the mouse must be dragged to the edges of the screen, at which point the cursor turns into a big pink arrow.

Followed By Detective Barbie 2: The Vacation Mystery
Added September 29, 2022
Published By Mattel Media
Developed By Gorilla Systems Corporation
Old Cover Image
This screen is displayed at the start of the game. It stays on screen while a voice sets the scene (Windows) from mobygames.com
The game documentation has this listed as a feature. The game 'knows' 50,000 names. Type it in and click on the speaker icon to hear the name spoken. I looked but Moby wasn't there (Windows) from mobygames.com
With our name entered we now enter a cut scene. ken is missing, its our first big case (Windows) from mobygames.com
Time to explore the carnival for clues (Windows) from mobygames.com
Clues are found by using the magnifying glass and exploring the screen. Here a footprint has been found. The crime computer, lower right, has lit up indicating the clue has been logged (Windows) from mobygames.com
The crime computer. Here's where clues are stored. It's also where game saves, loads are done (Windows) from mobygames.com
An in game mini game. Ride the jet ski around and around jumping over the ramps (Windows) from mobygames.com
All the locations are colourful and have subtle clues - like the big red downward pointing arrow over the trap door (Windows) from mobygames.com
Another clue found. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Barbie is below the stage. This is where Ken must have gone. Should be some clues here. (Windows) from mobygames.com
It's not all exploring - there are characters to interact with. This is the magician, magicianess?, who made Ken disappear (Windows) from mobygames.com
The game save feature automatically supplies a name, date & time stamp. Just these slots to save in though (Windows) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
1998

Platform(s):

Genre(s):
Investigative

Graphic Style:
3D

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Mystery