Barbie Rewind, out now, invites you to take a trip down memory lane with a whole bunch of life in plastic classics, and one game that was previously unreleased

Is there a character not originally from a video game that has more games than Barbie? Maybe! I don't want to do any maths right now, but there aren't many that could touch her on sheer numbers. She's had all sorts of digital adventures, her games having a huge influence on the world of 'girl games'. As complicatedly gendered that may now be, the significance can't be understated, and as of today you can have a romp through a nice portion of that history in Barbie Rewind, a compilation of almost two decades worth of games all wrapped up in a nice little decorating game.

The latest release from Digital Eclipse, aficionados of digital multi-pack games like Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and last year's Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Barbie Rewind has a total of 16 games from across the doll's video game history. Starting all the way back in 1991 with Barbie for the original NES, it jumps around to the Game Boy Color with Barbie: Pet Rescue, to the SNES with Barbie: Vacation Adventure. That last one's important because it's actually an unreleased game, making it quite a neat addition to the package.

Beyond that, there's the customizable DreamHouse, where you get a whole bunch of furniture to deck it out with. Nothing overly complicated here, it's just a thematically appropriate appendage that helps to recreate the feeling of playing with a doll house in pixel art form. Expect familiar faces like Ken, Teresa and Christie to pop up here and there as well. You'll also find a digital lookbook where you can "flip through the pages of Barbie history."

Perhaps slightly disappointingly you won't find a number of beloved Barbie games like Barbie: Secret Agent or Barbie Horse Adventures: Mystery Ride. A lot of the games in this package are the 2D, pixel art entries, so that was probably meant to be the focus here. Hopefully someone will part those 3D releases somewhere down the line! In any case, if you fancy a trip down memory lane, you can pick up Barbie Rewind on Steam now.