_Magic Fairy Tales – Barbie As Rapunzel_ is an interactive storybook
adventure in which the player helps Princess Barbie rescue Prince Galen.
Imprisoned in her tower by an evil witch, Princess Rapunzel grows up with only
some birds and a magic mirror for company. One day Prince Galen rides by and
asks for a drink of water. Rapunzel lets down her hair so that he can climb
into her tower and the two become friends. The prince visits often and tells
Rapunzel stories of his travels. However the witch finds out and puts a spell
on the prince saying that he must wander for the rest of his days never being
able to find his way back to any place he has visited before. Only a kiss from
Rapunzel can break the spell but, because he’s already been to the tower he
can never return there. There’s only one solution, Rapunzel cuts off her hair
to make a rope, climbs down from her tower, and goes in search of the prince.

The story is told by the players fairy godmother Celinda’s. Her garden forms
the game’s menu with hot-spots to start the game in play or story mode,
another triggers the picture section where scenes from the story can be
printed to be coloured in later and another allows the player to enter the
story at any point.

The story is in the form of an animated book with short written passages that
are read by the narrator, as the words are spoken the words are highlighted.
This is then followed by a short animated sequence which carries the action on
to the next chapter. The game can be played in two ways, one as a read-along
book in which the puzzles can be skipped, the other as a storybook game.
Typically Rapunzel must collect things to allow her to progress on her
travels, these usually come in the form of rewards for either helping a
character or for completing a puzzle. Apart from entering the players name at
the beginning the game, in either mode of play, is entirely mouse controlled
via big colourful icons on the left of the screen.