Magic Tales: Liam Finds a Story (PC) Playthrough

Playthrough of Magic Tales: Liam Finds a Story, Animation Magic/Davidson’s 1996 interactive storybook. A gentle Irish folk tale CD-ROM with narration, page-by-page exploration, and light educational reading elements. Rating: 6/10. 0:01:40 Play the story 0:42:50 Read the story    • Magic Tales: The Little Samurai (PC) Playt...      • Magic Tales: Baba Yaga and the Magic Geese...      • Magic Tales: Imo & the King (PC) Playthrough      • Magic Tales: The Princess and the Crab (PC...      • Magic Tales: Liam Finds a Story (PC) Playt...      • Magic Tales: Sleeping Cub's Test of Courag...   Liam Finds a Story is part of the Magic Tales series, a collection of interactive children’s storybooks built around folk tales from different cultures. This entry follows Liam, a young boy searching for an original story to save his family from a fairy witch, and the Irish setting gives it a slightly different flavor from the other titles in the series. As with the other Magic Tales games, the appeal is mostly in the presentation. The scenes are colorful, the narration carries the experience, and each page has small animations and clickable details to discover. It is closer to an animated picture book than a traditional adventure game, so the interaction is simple, but it works well for the intended younger audience. The game’s pacing is slow and story-focused, which can make it feel limited today. There are no real puzzles or challenge, and once the clickable surprises have been seen, there is not much reason to replay it. Compared with the best Living Books-style CD-ROMs, it also feels a bit more modest and less lively. Overall, Liam Finds a Story is a pleasant and well-meaning interactive storybook with a charming folk-tale atmosphere. It is not especially deep as a game, but as a short children’s CD-ROM from the mid-90s, it has enough warmth and personality to be worth preserving.