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Arthur's Reading Race

Arthur’s Reading Race centers around everyone’s favorite Aardvark. Arthur is trying to teach his little sister, D.W, to read. However, she insists that she already knows how!

31 December 1997

Arthur's Reading Race is a point-and-click developed by Living Books, released 31 December 1997 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Arthur's Reading Race is

Arthur's Reading Race is a point-and-click game developed by Living Books and released in 1997. It was published by Brøderbund Software. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Arthur’s Reading Race centers around everyone’s favorite Aardvark. Arthur is trying to teach his little sister, D.W, to read. However, she insists that she already knows how!
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Arthur series

Arthur's Reading Race is the sixth of 28 entries we hold in the Arthur series. It arrived 6 months after Living Books: Arthur's Computer Adventure. The next entry was Arthur's Computer Adventure in 1998.

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What it launched against

Arthur's Reading Race launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

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When did Arthur's Reading Race come out?
Arthur's Reading Race was released on 31 December 1997 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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