Mia's Computer Adventure (Living Books PC Game)

"Mia's Computer Adventure" is the number seventeenth Living Books PC CD-Rom Disney Game from 2022 and the fourth Mia Kitten Living Books game based on the **Mia's Computer Disaster** book by Marc Brown and the episode “Mia the Wrecker”. The CD Rom Game will be released in 13th in December 2022.

## Plot

One evening, Mia asked her mom Captain Beakman if she could use her computer so he could play her new computer game, "Deep Dark Sea". When Angelica asks Mia what the game was about, Mia said the game is a haunted sunken ship with sea creatures like skeletons, ghosts, and sharks. Angelica said, "Sounds spooky". When Mia asks again, Captain Beakman lets her do it, but only when she finishes her kitty kibble dinner. Mia finished her dinner in a jiffy.

Then Mia started playing "Deep Dark Sea" in which the goal of the game is to find "the thing," which if done, she'll win. She spends all the time she can but couldn't actually make it before bedtime by her dad J.P, so she saves her game.

The next morning, Mia invites Chloe over to play. However, they can't use the computer since Captain Beakman is working on it and tells Mia and Chloe that it is her tax season and she "needs her computer all day".

When the fly-pad rang, it was for Captain Beakman making a phone call from one of her co-workers at her office. Then she tells them they are not allowed to touch it before heading off to her office building.

When Mia (after talking about the game with Chloe) becomes anxious, she chooses to play the game anyway. She shows her "Deep Dark Sea" game to Chloe even though her mother said he was not supposed to play on the computer.

After Mrs. Read leaves, Arthur and Buster stare at the computer. D.W warns that she knows what Arthur is thinking. Arthur says that he so close for finding the treasure chest (which is supposed to finish his game with a win). Buster says, "You probably could find it before your mom gets home". D.W warns Arthur that she is going to tell their dad.

After Arthur then loaded the game, he shows the game to Buster. Buster tells Arthur to watch out for the squid squad. Arthur looks at his energy bars and says, "I am running out of oxygen!".

When they approach to a treasure chest, Arthur finds out it's the "thing" (the goal). Arthur screamed, "THAT'S THE THING! I FOUND IT!". When Buster (wanting to open the treasure chest after Arthur acquired the treasure) screams back that he wants to open it. He says, "Let me open it!", Arthur argues that he found it. Arthur and Buster begin fighting for the keyboard and mouse (fighting over who should open the treasure chest). When they dove for it, they inadvertently knocked the keyboard off the desk, causing the screen to go break off and go blank. Although the screen went blank, the keyboard and mouse remain unbroken. Arthur says, "Uh oh...!". D.W warns, "You are in big trouble!".

Mia calls her mom, Captain Beakman, who says on the phone that she is not going to come back until tonight. Then she asks Arthur if everything is OK. Arthur responds, "Fine. Just great". D.W. whispers and says to Arthur that he should be aware that Mom can always tell when he is lying (she says, "Mom can tell when you're lying, you know"). After Arthur hangs up, and tells himself that they can fix the computer before Mom comes back home. He put his effort into fixing the computer before Mom comes home, then Mom might never know that the computer was broken when she was gone.

Since turning the computer off and on again didn't solve the problem, they run through the computer manuals looking for a solution, but it fails. So Arthur and Buster try to find another solution: the Brain. Knowing that the Brain can fix things like computers (even if it is not his fault when things get broken), Arthur and Buster decide to look for the Brain.

When Arthur and Buster look for the Brain at his house, the Brain's mother (when they get to the Brain's house) looked for the Brain but found him not home. The Brain's mom (unnamed in the book, but is called "Mrs. Powers" in the Arthur TV series), she tells them that Alan (the Brain) is not at home (she says, "Alan is not home. But you might see him at the library".). Mrs. Powers does not know where the Brain is, but maybe he is at the library. Arthur and Buster looked everywhere for the Brain. First they check the library. Then they check the museum. Before they were about to give up, they found him.

After searching for a long time, they finally see him at the pond (skipping rocks at the stream). Before going back to Arthur's house, Arthur and Buster skip a few stones with the Brain. They spend one hour with the Brain skipping stones with him. Soon, everyone goes back to Arthur's house (Arthur, Buster, and the Brain).

An hour later, when Arthur, Buster, and the Brain get back to Arthur's house, the Brain examines the computer. The Brain says, "Hmmm...!", then shakes his head. Arthur asks, "That bad?". The Brain says, "It must be. I can't find the problem". Then Arthur knows that (since the Brain couldn't find the problem), sometimes there are things that grown ups (like the Brain) can't fix. And therefore, computers with this kind of situation is one of them. The Brain turns out to be no help either (he can't find the problem). Since the Brain couldn't fix it, Arthur thanks him anyhow for trying (saying to him, "Well, thank you for trying".). The Brain couldn't find the problem but it was worth a try. D.W warns Arthur that he is going to be in so much trouble when Mom and Dad come home and Mom finds out about the computer (saying to him in a warning manner, "Now you are in really, really, really big trouble!"). At this point, Mom does not know about the computer yet (since she's still at work). Buster wonders, "If the Brain can't fix it...! Who can?". As a result, that attempt fails too. The computer manuals did not work for fixing it nor did the Brain. Arthur (with another attempt to fix the computer), says "I have an idea".

Finally, as a final resort -a third and final attempt- the trio (Chloe, Mia, and Angelica), they go to Mr Woodbird's Workshop. In the workshop, Mia asks Mr. Woodbird for a solution to fix it. She explains his problem to Mr. Woodbird. When he explains his problem, the computer expert explains how much a house call and hourly fees cost (and says, "This is the best solution we have, kids".). So because of that, the fees for fixing are too high. At that, the explanation (from the computer expert) about house calls and hourly fees was the best kind of solution. Then Arthur says to himself that it might be more birthday money than he would see in his whole life. This final attempt failed and nothing that the trio (Arthur, D.W, and Buster) did made the computer work (computer manuals, the Brain, or the computer repair store). Angelica (when clicked on by the user) says, "We're all doomed! Because now, your Mother is going to lose her job! And we are not going to be able to live in the house! So we all have to live in the cold and on the street! Then we all get pneumonia and probably die! And it's all your fault, Mommy!". (She means that since it is Mia's fault, she better fix it.) She (when the next page is clicked on), she says, "If Mommy Finds Out What Happened, I Will Be So Grounded! I Don't Know What Punishment Mommy Will Give Me".

That evening, Captain Beakman comes home before they can fix it as a result. Mia asks her if she would like to play a game of cards or do a family bike ride, Captain Beakman says to her that she does not have time tonight (just not today). Because she has tons of work. However, Mia is too nervous to talk to her. Then, when Captain Beakman heads to the computer room (and off to the computer), Mia gets sick.

Captain Beakman reached to the computer room and Mia ran after her. Mia ran after Captain Beakman, followed by Angelica, Spike And Lucky who ran after Mia, and followed by Chloe who ran home.

Later, in the computer room, Mia desperately tries to keep Captain Beakman away from the computer. Before Captain Beakman's wing is about to hit the power button of the computer, Mia yells, "STOP!". She says, "I was playing Deep Dark Sea. And the screen went blank! I'm sorry. I accidentally wrecked it. And It's all my fault". At that, she is eventually forced to admit her mistake. Captain Beakman says that it happens to her all the time. Then asks him, "Did you jiggle the switch?". She jiggles the switch and then the game comes on. The game came on and she found the computer still unbroken.

Captain Beakman asks Mia why she didn't call her in the first place and says that she should always call her with her problems. Mia says he thought she would be mad (she says, "I thought you would be mad!"). But Captain Beakman says she isn't disappointed and not mad. Everything (including the screen, the mouse, and the keyboard) still work. Therefore, everything on the computer was now all good.

When Mia asks if she is going to get punished, Captain Beakman says, "Of course not. You only did something you weren't supposed to do". When Angelica tells Captain Beakman to make the punishment "really good", Captain Beakman just tells Mia to not wreck the computer anymore by saying "Just Don't Do That Again Mia-Mia, Alright?". Mia (Even Though She Hard What Captain Beakman Said) agreed but is grounded from computer games for a week and she can only leave the house to go to preschool while grounded from it. Finally, she tells Mia (though he accepts the "no computer games for a week" punishment as "fair") to go get ready for bed and then she should be up to say goodnight to both her, Angelica, Spike and Lucky in a few minutes. But instead of getting back to her work, she ends up trying the game out.

When Mia, Angelica, Spike and Lucky are already for bed, she decides to play Mia's game (Deep Dark Sea). Mia, Angelica, Spike and Spike do as they are told. Then when they call Mom to tuck them in, Mom (who is now playing Mia's game; Deep Dark Sea) says "In a minute. The sharks are attacking". Lucky suggests that he, Mia, Angelica and Spike should tuck themselves in tonight; to which Mia replies "Good idea".

Mom tells them she will be right up as soon as she blasts the skeletons from the treasure chest. But finally, Mia, Angelica, Spike and Lucky (now they are in bed; as they've tucked themselves in) all say "Night-Night" to Captain Beakman.

## Quit

* "If You Want To Say Goodbye To Me, Click Quit. If You Wanna Keep Playing, Click Stay"
* [clicking no; which is the octopus] "All right. Let's go back to my story".
* [clicking yes; which is the dolphin] "Bye Bye Friend, I'll Be Right Here The Next Time You Wanna Read My Story".

## Songs

* Dance By The Sea
* Kitty Kibble Song
* Deep Dark Sea Song
* The Hawaiian War Chant

## Trivia

* Mia's Computer Adventure also known as "*Mia's Computer Disaster*" will be released in 2022 before the **Fancy Nancy's Tea Party Adventure** PC CD-Rom Game will be released in 2022.
* You leave the book when Mia says "Bye Bye Friend, I'll Be Right Here The Next Time You Wanna Read My Story" (if "Yes" is chosen) but you might want to keep playing when she says "Alright, let's go back to my story" (if "No" is chosen). The "No" and "Yes" characters are the sea creatures (from Mia's said game; "Deep Dark Sea"). The "No" option is the octopus while the "Yes" option is the dolphin.
* In the Options Menu screen, it has the pages, activities and the credits, but it doesn't have the **Living Books Disney Sampler**, which however is included on the disc, but separate from the program. To date, this is the last game in the series overall to contain a Living Books Disney Sampler on the disc.
* **The Treasure Hunt** mini-game is a remade version of the racing game in *Mia's Reading Race*.
* This game also comes with an adventure game called "Deep Dark Sea" (based on the game Mia was playing on the computer in the story) and is the only Living Book to include such a thing.
* Like Ruff's Bone, Green Eggs and Ham, and Lucky the Naughty Puppy this game's credits screen is completely original and uses music from the Deep Dark Sea mini-game.
* This is the last appearance of Mia's friends in the Mia Kitten Living Books Disney games (Muffy, Francine, Buster, The Brain, Binky Barnes, Sue Ellen, or Prunella).
	+ Starting in "Lucky the Naughty Puppy", none of Mia's school friends (Muffy, Francine, Buster, The Brain, Binky Barnes, Sue Ellen, or Prunella) appear at all.
* This was the last Living Books game to have the "*Read to me*" function and also the last Living Books game given a "No" or "Yes" answers on the Quit button.
* This is also the last Living Books game which a character ask you "Are you sure you want to quit?".
* This is also the last Living Books game to feature a “The End” screen, and it is the only The End screen to be in the same background screen as the main menu.
* This game was, for some reason, not planned to be re-released by Wanderful, leaving it out of print and somewhat hard to find. Copies of the CD-Rom can still be found on some auction sites including eBay.