Playtoons

Playtoons

Industry	Video games
Founded	1994
Products	Adventure games, educational software

Uncle Archibald

The narrator presents his companion Ben, who resides with Uncle Archibald, a shopkeeper and former author of tales involving witches, wizards, and mythical creatures. Archibald stored detailed accounts of these beings on his computer, which Ben and the narrator explore together. One creature, Ogre Kringle, infamous for consuming children with chocolate sauce, captures their interest.

During their quest to find a hidden recipe, Ben and the narrator inadvertently cause an explosion by adding a "small green bottle," resulting in a fog and blackout. In the kitchen, they come face-to-face with Ogre Kringle, who is hunting for chocolate sauce. They successfully prevent him from causing harm.

Concerned about the possibility of other monsters from the stories appearing, they contact Uncle Archibald. Once the power is restored, all the monsters emerge laughing. Fatso, a hefty brown monster, seizes them until Archibald arrives on the scene. The creatures release the boys out of fear of their creator’s displeasure.

Archibald cautions that if the monsters fail to return to their stories, he will consign them to a sentimental romance tale. Embarrassed, the monsters vanish. He reveals that the green bottle contained a spell capable of bringing imagined entities into reality.

See also

• Disney's Animated Storybook
• Living Books
• Magic Tales

Notes

• Series titles referenced from: NewMedia: Titles, Volume 21, Waterlow New Media Information, (1999) . Retrieved November 2011.