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{{game
|image=Arthur's Birthday LB Cover.png
|type=[[Living Books|Living Book]]
|controls= Mouse
|characters= [[Arthur Read|Arthur]]<br>[[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]]
|name = Arthur's Birthday
|platform = CD-ROM <br> Downloadable (Steam)
|date = 1994 <br> October 16, 2023 (Steam)
}}
'''''Arthur's Birthday''''' is a computer game that is part of the [[Living Books]] series. It is based upon the book ''{{E|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 "{{W|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. Read|D.W.]] keeps track of your clues throughout the game. Also, if you click on 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.

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D.W. Read AB Living Books.png|''D.W is the main guide and tracks your clues throughout the game.''
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==Plot==
''See [[Arthur's Birthday (book)#Plot|Arthur's Birthday]]''

==Gallery==
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Arthur's Birthday LB Title Screen.png|Title screen
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 1.png|[[Arthur Read|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_LB_Page_3.png|[[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]] reveals that her birthday party is on the same Saturday afternoon as Arthur's.
Arthur's_Birthday_LB_Page_4.png|The [[Lakewood Elementary School]] playground
Arthur's Birthday Page 5.png|Arthur, [[Jane Read|Jane]] and [[Francis Haney|Mr. Haney]] shopping for birthday party supplies
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 6.png|Arthur receiving birthday cards
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 7.png|Arthur and [[Francine Frensky|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 10.png|The [[Arthur's House|Reads' House]] decorated for Arthur and Muffy's birthday party
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 11.png|Arthur sees [[Sue Ellen Armstrong|Sue Ellen]] arriving to the Reads' House
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 12.png|Arthur with his friends in the Read House living room
Arthur's Birthday LB Page 13.png|Arthur and Muffy's birthday party celebrated at the 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
Arthur's Birthday LB End Screen.png|The End
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*[[Alan Powers|Brain]] claims he loves chocolate.
*When Arthur and [[Jane Read|Jane]] are at the party store, clicking on the bin holding the nose glasses causes Jane to put one on and imitate {{W|Groucho Marx}}.
*On the third page, [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] and [[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]] are in the same classroom with the rest of the kids, although Binky and Prunella were [[Nigel Ratburn|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, 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.{{cite}}
*Arthur's birthday is revealed to be May 25.
*A British version of this game had all of the voices re-dubbed by UK voice actors. Some of the dialogue was slightly altered, particularly Arthur mentioning his relatives coming from [[Scotland]] instead of [[Ohio]], as well as [[Bonnie (aunt)|Aunt Bonnie]] bringing heather honey instead of maple syrup.

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