Living Books: Arthur's Birthday
Arthur is having a big birthday party on Saturday, and all his friends are invited. What will he do when he finds out that Muffy is having a party at the same time? In the Great Gift Mystery DW has pulled all…
Living Books: Arthur's Birthday is a point-and-click developed by Living Books, released 24 June 1994 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Living Books: Arthur's Birthday is
Living Books: Arthur's Birthday is a point-and-click game developed by Living Books and released in 1994. It was published by Brøderbund Software. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story opened with Arthur finishing up his invitations and going to school to hand them out to the boys and girls, who were sure to come. Then, he proceeded to hand one out to Muffy, who replied that she's having a birthday party. Arthur and Muffy both get surprised because they were born on the same day. As a result, Muffy said that the Saturday which Arthur had his party on, it was also the day she would have hers. They couldn't reschedule nor postpone their parties. Because a lot had been planned already. The classmates then discussed about whose party they could go to, and struggle to figure it out. After getting some gifts and more decorations, Arthur met up with Francine a few days…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Arthur series
Living Books: Arthur's Birthday is the second of 28 entries we hold in the Arthur series. It arrived 2 years after Living Books: Arthur's Teacher Trouble. The next entry was Arthur's Birthday in 1994.
What it launched against
Living Books: Arthur's Birthday launched on 24 June 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book and Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.
Released around the same time: Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.
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