Arthur's Birthday 1998

Reviewed by Sharon Mehl
Published by Living Books/Broderbund

Age Group: Age 2 to 5, Age 4 to 8
Type: Language Arts
Price: $30

Description:

It's Arthur's Birthday and he can't wait until his party. There's just one problem--Arthur's friend, Muffy, has planned her birthday party on the same day! The boys decide to go to Arthur's party, and the girls want to go to Muffy's party. But what's a party without all your friends there? Come join Arthur and Francine as they come up with a creative solution to bring all the friends together.

Features:

  • Two edutainment games
  • Many hotspot animations and clickables
  • Arthur's friends and family join him

Technical Aspects:

Installation was smooth and the ability to choose installation location a plus. A noticeable difference between this and other Living Books we have played, is the decrease in processing time between screens. The only glitch we found was that after playing The Great Gift Mystery game, there was a blank screen with no apparent exit. We found pressing CONTROL + Q brought us back to the opening screen.

Report and Conclusions:

This program seemed more like an interactive game than a "book". In The Great Gift Mystery game, you need to figure out what gift came from which guest.

It's "giggle til you drop" with The Pin the Tail on the Donkey. This is no ordinary donkey, this donkey can dance!! My kids loved the two-player mode, speed control, the donkey's antics and funny quips. They played this game over and over and not always to win!





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