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Arthur's Birthday is a computer game that is part of the Living Books Series. It is based of of the book Arthur's Birthday.
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'''''Arthur's Birthday''''' is a computer game that is part of the [[Living Books]] series. It is based upon the book ''[[Arthur's Birthday (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==
==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 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.  
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. Read|D.W]] keeps track of your clues throughout the game. Also, if you click objects in the background, they will make an animation. Despite the fact that the mini-games give you clues, the "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" game does not.


<gallery captionalign="left">
D.W. Read AB Living Books.png|''D.W is the main guide and tracks your clues throughout the game.''
</gallery>


==Plot==
==Plot==
(See also [[Arthur's Birthday]])
''See [[Arthur's Birthday (book)#Plot|Arthur's Birthday]]''


[[Arthur Read|Arthur]] is writing invitations for his birthday party, in which he will be turning 8 years old. [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] starts writing invitations for which might be her birthday too, but Arthur points out that her birthday is not until after six months.
==Gallery==


Downstairs in the laundry room in the basement, after [[Jane Read|Jane]] takes a pink towel out the dryer, [[Pal]] grasps onto it with his mouth, angering Jane. When Arthur and D.W. come downstairs, Arthur shows Jane the invitations he is giving to his friends. Arthur picks up Pal, and then uses Pal's paw to count down the remaining days on the calendar until his birthday: May 25. Jane then asks Arthur if he's ready to buy party supplies, and he says yes.
<gallery captionalign="left">
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 1.png|Arthur writing invitations to his birthday party while his family prepares breakfast
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 2.png|[[Mr. Marco]]'s classroom
Arthur's Birthday Page 5.png|Arthur, Jane and Mr. Haney shopping for birthday party supplies
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 7.png|Arthur and Francine remedying a situation
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 8.png|Arthur and Francine writing invitations at the [[Tree House|tree house]]
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 9.png|Arthur and Francine delivering invitations around [[Elwood City]]
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 13.png|Arthur and Muffy's birthday party celebrated at the [[Reads' House|Reads' house]]
Arthur's Birthday Clues Book.png|The Great Gift Mystery clue book with clues about birthday present givers and their present descriptions
Arthur's Birthday Present Sorting Mini-Game.png|The Birthday Present Sorter Mini-Game
</gallery>


Arthur and D.W. then go to the party shop with Jane to buy some party supplies. Arthur and Jane then blow on the party horns, and then D.W. shows Arthur a plate with a unicorn on it, but Arthur objects those plates and prefers the ''[[Bionic Bunny]]'' plates, like the show he enjoys watching.
==Trivia==
 
*Brain claims he likes chocolate.
Back at home, [[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]] asks Arthur what kind of cake she would like to bake, and Arthur suggests chocolate; but on the other hand, Thora can't cook very well.
*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 from the scene as the story is a flashback event to when Arthur and Muffy turned 8.
 
*When Arthur leaves for school, he puts on his jacket; although the jacket was not visible before he put it on.
Arthur then heads to [[Lakewood Elementary School|school]] and starts handing out invitations to his friends. [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] asks Arthur if he would like to play ''Spin the Bottle''. Arthur and [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] then meet with each other on whose party to go to, and Arthur learns that Muffy has the same birthday like he does. He and Muffy both have their parties on the same day their birthday is, and Arthur asks if Muffy can change her party to another day, but she refuses, and Arthur cannot change his party to another day either, because all his relatives from Ohio are invited. Muffy then tells her friends that they must decide whose party they should attend.
*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.
 
*This game is not compatible with 64-bit operating systems.
Outside at recess, the boys: Arthur, Buster, the [[Alan Powers|Brain]], and [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] agree they should all go to Arthur's birthday party. Arthur then asks if the girls were to attend his party, too. Buster decides they don't need the girls anyway. On the playground, Muffy then decides that she and the other girls: Francine, [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]], [[Fern Walters|Fern]], and [[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]] don't need the boys at her party either. Muffy suggests that she might end her friendship with someone who doesn't come to her party. Francine says that a party would not be fun without the boys, and she is a tomboy. Meanwhile, [[Coach Grimslid]] calls up the boys and girls for some tug of war. The coach assigned Buster to be the captain of the boys' team, and Muffy to be the captain of the girls' team. If the boys win, everyone will go to Arthur's party; but if the girls win, everyone will go to Muffy's party. The coach then blows the whistle to start the tug of war. Both sides begin pulling the rope back and forth. While they are pulling, Muffy taunts "Who needs boys? Pull!" twice; and then Buster does the same back, but taunting "Who needs girls? Pull!" twice. Then Binky ties the rope around his waist, and Prunella does the same back by tying the rope on the bar of the playground equipment. Then both sides break the rope, and Arthur decides that nobody wins the tug of war.
*Some packages of the game came with the book.{{cite}}
 
*Arthur's birthday is revealed to be May 25.
After school, Arthur and his friends go to [[Mrs. Powers]]'s [[Ice Cream Shop|ice cream shop]]. At the counter, Arthur tells Francine that everyone is beginning to hate each other. Francine says that it's boring to have a party without boys. Arthur wished Francine could come to his party, but Francine promised Muffy, because she is best friends with her, and says it is hard to go to both parties. Arthur suggests he has an idea for Francine, and he whispers it in her ear. Francine agrees, but Arthur tells her that they need to keep it a secret from the others. Then Arthur and Francine go to the [[Tree House|tree house]], and write invitations for everyone, and Francine decides to make her handwriting look like Muffy's for everyone while Arthur writes one to Muffy himself.
 
The next morning, Arthur and Francine deliver the invitations to their friends. The last one was for Muffy. As they go to the Crosswires' campus, Francine suggests that Arthur should hide somewhere quickly if he puts the invitation in the Crosswires' mailbox, because Muffy and her parents might hear them. There are green ducks putting in new grass mats on the Crosswires' campus. Then Muffy and her mother [[Millicent Crosswire|Millicent]] walk out of their mansion, and Millicent requests Muffy to go check the mail. In a flash, Arthur puts the invitation in the mailbox, and Francine warns Arthur that Muffy is coming, and then Francine hides behind the fence pole, and Arthur hides under the grass mats. Muffy then rushes to the mailbox, and takes out the invitation that Arthur put in there in less than ten seconds. Muffy then runs to Millicent, and tells her she received an invitation from Arthur.
 
Back at home, Arthur's relatives have arrived to his party. Arthur's cousin George hands him the birthday present, but spoils the secret by telling him it's a chemistry set inside, and Arthur thanks him in disbelief. Arthur's relatives are setting up his birthday party, and then Arthur receives birthday kisses from Jane and eight birthday hugs from Grandma Thora. Then Arthur's friends arrive: the first were Buster and the Brain, then Prunella, then Francine, then Binky, and last Sue Ellen. Arthur tells his friends to find some place to hide, because Muffy will arrive any minute. Buster asks Arthur what he wrote to Muffy, and Arthur said he wrote: ''Dear Muffy, I have a special present for you. It is so big, I can't carry it by myself. Please come to my house at noon to get it. Sincerely, Arthur''. The doorbell rings, and Francine reminds everyone to be quiet. When Arthur opens the door, there is Muffy standing in the doorway, and she tells everyone she arrived just for her birthday present, and everyone shouts "SURPRISE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!". Arthur tells Muffy that her present was too big to carry. Francine then asks what a birthday party would be like without all your friends. Then everyone puts on cone-shaped birthday hats, except Muffy is wearing a birthday crown, plus Prunella and Sue Ellen are excepted from wearing the hats. ] attempts to help them out, but it does not break open with his attempts either. As Arthur is holding the cake, Muffy agrees it was a wonderful party, and that they should do it every year, but Jane suggests that they will celebrate the party at the Crosswires' mansion next year for Arthur and Muffy's 9th birthday. Francine tells Arthur it is time for him to open presents, and carries a present to him, and tells him he should promise her he will use it right away. When Arthur opens the present, it is revealed to be the ''Spin the Bottle'' game.


==Trivia==
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*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.
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Latest revision as of 03:27, 8 March 2019

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Arthur's Birthday
Arthur's Birthday LB Cover.png
Game Information
Game type Living Book
Release date 1994
Platform CD-ROM

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[edit]

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. Despite the fact that the mini-games give you clues, the "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" game does not.

  • D.W is the main guide and tracks your clues throughout the game.

Plot[edit]

See Arthur's Birthday

Gallery[edit]

  • Arthur writing invitations to his birthday party while his family prepares breakfast

  • Mr. Marco's classroom

  • Arthur, Jane and Mr. Haney shopping for birthday party supplies

  • Arthur and Francine remedying a situation

  • Arthur and Francine writing invitations at the tree house

  • Arthur and Francine delivering invitations around Elwood City

  • Arthur and Muffy's birthday party celebrated at the Reads' house

  • The Great Gift Mystery clue book with clues about birthday present givers and their present descriptions

  • The Birthday Present Sorter Mini-Game

Trivia[edit]

  • Brain claims he likes chocolate.
  • 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 from the scene as the story is a flashback event to when Arthur and Muffy turned 8.
  • 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.
  • This game is not compatible with 64-bit operating systems.
  • Some packages of the game came with the book.[citation needed]
  • Arthur's birthday is revealed to be May 25.
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