Barbie Generation Girl - Gotta Groove 💃 (1999, PC)

This CD-ROM game was hard to run, so I'm not showing the entirety of the game. For some reason different combinations of hardware had glitches whenever there was a 3D scene. And the music would not play. In this video the 3D performance is also pretty low even though the game is not demanding. I'm releasing this video so there's at least a record of it somewhere.
◀-- Video creator notes --
-- Information from Fandom --
Generation Girl Gotta Groove CD-ROM is a PC game for Generation Girl. The game was released in 1999/2001, and it was also released as part of Barbie Birthday Collection CD-ROMS.
Cover
"Dance and perform the coolest moves with Barbie and her Generation Girl friends!"
-- Manual --
"Welcome to Generation Girl Gotta Groove CD-ROM where dancing, cool music and friendship are where it's at! The Generation Girl friends love to do things together, especially dance. Ana knows salsa, Nichelle lives for swing dancing, while Tori loves athletic hip-hop moves. Chelsie does dreamy European dances, and Barbie loves dancing to pop music. Lara will assist you in creating cool sets for your final performance.
You'll love helping each Generation Girl share her own special moves with her friends. Getting ready for the big dance performance at the International High School in New York is the best, as you help the girls create and practice routines, choose cool costumes and design beautiful stage sets. Then you get to put on your special show in the Performance Dome. Together, well all be the stars of the show!
Minimum System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98
Pentium 1 66 MHz or better
32 MB RAM
70 MB hard disk space free
8X CD-ROM drive
Color monitor
Standard mouse and keyboard
1 6-bit graphics card
16-bit Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound card and speakers
Optional
Inkjet or laser printer required to output images
Barbie Digital Camera or digital images from scanners or other sources
3D Hardware Accelerator card that supports Direct3D (supported but not required)
Music
Barbie: "Friends Like We Are"
Chelsie: "Poetry"
Nichelle: "Go, Barbie, Go"
Tori: "Pretty Strong"
Ana: "Alegre Canciones" ("Ana's Happy Song")
-- Timestamps --
0:00 Video intro
0:10 Game intro
1:14 Instructions
3:48 Choose dance moves
12:24 Choose costumes
14:54 Choose backgrounds and effects
17:21 Dance performance
19:54 Collage
25:29 Game Credits
25:56 Quitting the game
26:16 Video outro
-- Game Credits --
Mattel:
Producer Alexander Offermann
Associate Producer Janice Adyani
Production Assistant Travis Ruff
Executive Producer Jesyca C. Durchin
Vice President of Design & Development Amy Boylan
Senior QA Engineer Roger Hu
Software Engineer Don DeLucia
QA Manager Ray Boylan
Vice President of Operations Timothy Waters
Testers B.J. Coonce, Desiree Flores, Steven R. Gay, Jerry LeVesque, Sean O'Balles, Jonathan Petersen, Jee Park, P.J. Whitmore
Associate Product Manager Shaun Rowan
Assistant Product Manager Melanie Bullock
Director of Marketing Lauren Berzins
Vice President of Marketing Cynthia Neiman
Sr. Manager - Business & Legal Affairs Cynthia Berry-Meyer
Voice Talent Kimberly Brooks, Julianne Buescher, Grey Delisle, Lizzie Murray, Joanna Rubiner, Kath Soucie
Original Concept Design Abby Yorn
Sound Editing Music Room Productions
Stunt Puppy Entertainment, Inc.
Design Gano Haine, Karen Johnson, Jan Bozarth
Script & Dialogue Gano Haine
Creative Director Karen Johnson
Art Director Dig Design - Amy Decker
George Sandoval - Artist
Senior Producer Denise Roberts McKee
Assistant Producer Stephanie Roberts
Programming Tim Brengle, Ian MacKenzie, Devon Tuck
Blue Arrow Words, Music, and Images, Inc.
Music Composition: Jan Bozarth, Shane "Govinda" O'Madden, and Robert Skiles
Music Production: Jan Bozarth and Shane "Govinda" O'Madden at Andromeda Studios, Austin, Texas
Music Performers: Julianna Sheffield, Clarita Sanchez, Amy Atchley, Laura Benedict, Ted Roddy, Robert Skiles, Shane "Govinda" O'Madden, Arturo Garza
Karen Johnson Productions, Inc.
Lead Animator: Rick Eshbaugh
Animators: Aaron Johnson, Tom Ward
Production Artists: Teresa Murphy, Sue Peach, Janet Sairs, Ron Schulz
Special Thanks
Choreography: Eden Entertainment - Karen Russell and Juan Llano
Dance Talent: Kristen Dinsmore, Jessica Page
Modeling Production: Zygote Media Group, Inc.
Motion Capture: House of Moves, Inc.
Harvey and Rebecca Harrison
-- Settings and application information --
Used emulator: PCem v16
CPU: Pentium 133
OS: Windows 98 Second Edition
Screen resolution: 640x480
Output scaling: 2x
Scaling: Integer scaling / Nearest
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[@aasialashayofficial]

my fav thing about this game is if you put the CD ROM in a regular CD player it would play the music from the game. that technology blew my child mind.

[@SamanthaBacini]

This looked so much better in my memories haha

[@rianna9472]

OMG I wanna cry and be a child again

[@reginehunter]

to this day i still say “SPARKLES!” like this game 😂

[@garmonyjasmine11]

It only took me over 10 years to find this game. LOVED THIS GAME

[@taylorduggan3619]

Watching this healed something in me 🥲 This game is such a core memory for me. From the cards, adding sparkles to all the outfits, the crazy backgrounds and lights. I’m so glad I get to see it in action again. Thank you for this!

[@taylorharrison2168]

Core memory unlocked

[@nenesspirtualgirlbest9562]

I had this game when I was younger ❤❤❤ boy I miss my childhood 😭

[@katherinedevaughn5242]

WOW this hit me like a truck. I completely forgot about this game

[@Urfavperson881]

Used to play this game all the time when I was 3 and it was my entire world

[@aimeekristin5111]

Thank you! I’ve been trying to find this game for a while and I couldn’t ever think of the name.

[@mrsjarvis]

oh my godddd the music!! I've been trying to find this for so long

[@dancingheart6224]

I just kept remembering "Christopher Columbus, there's not a girl among us that's happier than me" from the song that Ana sings and realizing as a young adult now that this being the only part of the game that I remember after roughly 17 years is probably because I sensed something wrong with Barbie really saying, yep, let's make the hispanic girl sing happily about Christopher Columbus of all people because she's hispanic, and we're cultured... I still laugh about this on a daily basis, so it's nice to see this now that my CD is lost because it probably ended up in the trash or at a garage sale somewhere a long time ago.

[@janek6090]

OMG, that's also the ONLY part of the game that I remember as well. I think this was the first CD-ROM game I ever played as a kid.

[@tosinnlobin]

Me too! But I actually thought for the longest time that the lyrics were "Christopher Columbus is dancing on a rhombus" LOL

[@janek6090]

@@tosinnlobin DANCING ON A RHOMBUS 💀 I like that version better LOL

[@kungpaochick]

Listening to the intros, eagerly awaiting Tori's, and Barbie just took a dump. CRIKEY! ahaah

[@lieshaboo16]

Ended up here after attempting to explain that dancing with the Stars looks like this 😭

[@mjc2010]

I was looking up Barbie Pc games, and I was like what was that game with the song “wait till you see all the colors in me?” Something something? I knew the tune but couldn’t figure it out! And stumbled upon this! Ah! Thank you! :’)

[@brokenmindsette6302]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qquvgXt8ed1qrpY You're welcome. :)

[@claudiaortiz6036]

Oh wow Barbie

[@celestengo9187]

I know you'll keep playing to get new dance cards for each Generation Girl and magic cards from the set shop. And let's not forget Ana, Tori and Chelsie.

[@violet_saint]

One thing, after watching a bunch of these Barbie games that I used to play as a kid, I'll never understand why secret agent Barbie graphics were such garbage compared to the earlier games like this one and detective Barbie...

[@isaxadia]

I finally found this game 😭😭

[@shannon673]

Memory unlocked I PAY ANYONE FOR THIS GAME

[@fouzer6250]

It was beautiful

[@lydiagaming4431]

Great video

[@Nostalgia_Realm]

Thank you!

[@blakegriplingph]

tfw this ran on the same engine as the now-infamous _Ethnic Cleansing_ game.

[@Urfavperson881]

Huh????

[@CharismaSpring]

I played this game and the snow one all the time

[@Mimi-tu4fd]

What’s the name of the snow one??

[@CharismaSpring]

@@Mimi-tu4fd barbie super sports

[@cherylremling8789]

My sister’s favorite Generation Girl is Tori Burns

[@violet_saint]

I had the doll version of her

[@topotondo828]

* s p a r k l e s *

[@fouzer6250]

*Golden Cerulean*

[@topotondo828]

Why in the intros did they say so little about Nichelle and where she is from?

[@thawingplacegaming3619]

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