Arthur's Birthday (game)

Arthur's Birthday is a computer game that is part of the Living Books series. It is based upon the book Arthur's Birthday. This game was first released in 1994, and was re-released a quantity of times to become compatible with the later operating systems. The latest edition was labeled "Windows XP Compatible".

Gameplay
Like most Living Books games, the narrator reads the story out loud and the player can play mini-games to get clues about the book. In this one you have to get clues about each present. D.W keeps track of your clues throughout the game. Also, if you click objects in the background, they will make an animation.(e.g. a firecracker) Despite the fact that the mini-games gives you clues, the "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" does not.

Plot
See Arthur's Birthday (book)

Trivia

 * Unlike Arthur's Teacher Trouble, the characters appearances and voices are similar to what they look like in the TV series even though it was made before the TV show. However the TV series must of been planned.
 * Muffy was shown for the first time without buck teeth in this game, although she had them in the book this game is based upon. Her removal of buck teeth had not been an official change until during the middle of Season 1 of the cartoon show, which led to the idea of removing those teeth in the books as well.
 * Brain claims he likes chocolate.
 * The second page is Mr. Marco's second grade classroom. Binky is in that classroom as well as in the book, although he was Mr. Ratburn's third grade student in that timeframe before getting held back, and still his student.
 * On the third page, Binky and Prunella are in the same classroom with the rest of the kids, although Binky and Prunella were Mr. Ratburn's third grade students, while the rest were Mr. Marco's second grade students during that timeframe. However, Mr. Ratburn was removed in contrast to the book.
 * When Arthur leaves for school, he puts on his jacket; although the jacket was not visible before he put it on.
 * Throughout most of the game, the Brain's complexion is brown; but on the final page where the family and friends gather around at the party table (as well as the present-sorting mini-game), his complexion is pale.
 * On the ninth page, when the player clicks on the garage door of the Reads' house, a group of elephants get inside the garage and the door closes perfectly. If this happened for real, the garage would collapse and the elephants would die.
 * On the eighth page, when the player clicks on the woodsteps to the tree house, Arthur uses the remote to cause them to vanish; and then the footsteps would reappear if the tree without the steps is clicked. If there were no steps, Arthur and Francine would get severely injured and possibly die if they jumped out of a tree house that many feet high; or rather that they would cry for help from the fire department.
 * On the fourth page, when clicking on one of the windows on the half where the boys are, water fills up the classroom and then drains out the window. If this happened for real, people inside would get electrocuted and the school could burn down.
 * The game cover art is the same as the book, but is mirrored with some alterations: Arthur's eyes look more directly at the cake than looking to one side, the ball joints on the chair he's sitting on were removed, the party supplies were removed, and the colors are somewhat smoother. However, early editions had the cover art based upon the book un-altered.
 * This game is not compatible with 64-bit operating systems.
 * Some packages of the game came with the book.