A strange little side quest
A little context makes Mermaid vs Princess: Ellie more fun to place on the gaming map. Barbie Fashion Designer became a major software hit in 1996, selling more than 500,000 copies in two months and proving there was a large audience for fashion-focused computer play. And the history keeps stacking up: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That gives Mermaid vs Princess: Ellie a little more company than it first appears to have.
