A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Movie Star Make Up is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. 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. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Nintendo's Donkey Kong arrived in 1981 and introduced the character first known as Jumpman, who later became Mario. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Movie Star Make Up feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
