The Mary-Kate and Ashley games are a series of video games released between 1999 and 2002 that feature Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in various scenarios such as trying to solve crimes, caring for

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, or freeing a shopping mall from a curse. The games were released by Acclaim Entertainment on several different game systems such as the

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and PlayStation 1 and 2 consoles. In 2004, Mary-Kate and Ashley filed a lawsuit against Acclaim Entertainment over claims that the company had not paid them a settlement of about $178,000, which was from an earlier case concerning royalties that had not been paid towards the girls.

Video games

*''The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley'' (December 16, 1999

) - reskinned version of Maya the Bee and Her Friends, which itself was a reskin of an unreleased

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game. *''Mary-Kate and Ashley: Dance Party of the Century'' (1999, PC) *'' Mary-Kate and Ashley: Get A Clue'' (2000, Game Boy Color) *''Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall'' (2000,

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) *'' Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner'' (2000, Game Boy Color) *'' Mary-Kate and Ashley: Winners Circle'' (2001, PlayStation, Game Boy Color) *''Mary-Kate and Ashley: Crush Course'' (2001, PlayStation, PC, Game Boy Color) *''Mary-Kate and Ashley: Girls' Night Out'' (2002, Game Boy Advance) *'' Mary-Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16 – Licensed to Drive'' (2002, Game Boy Advance,

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Reception

Reception for the games have been heavily negative, with the 1999

game ''The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley'' receiving a score of 6/10 from IGN while the 2000 ''Magical Mystery Mall'' received one of 4/10. In contrast, the Telegraph praised the ''Pocket Planner'' as being "quite clever". Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall sold 286,000 copies.

References

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