Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Developer(s)KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks (PC)
Electronic Arts (consoles)
Griptonite Games (GBA)
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
EngineUnreal Engine 2.0
Platform(s)PC (Windows), GBA, Xbox, GameCube, PS2
ReleaseJune 2, 2004
Genre(s)Third-Person Action Adventure
Mode(s)Single player

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a computer and video game that was released in 2004, concurrently with the movie release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third in the Harry Potter series. Both the game and the movie were based on J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third novel in the Harry Potter series.

Characters

Playable

PC Version

  • Harry Potter: The Marauder's Map he later obtains acts as a minimap and serves to guide the players by outlining the terrain and showing where Harry, Ron and Hermione are. The spells he learns during the game are Expecto Patronum, Lumos Duo and ' 'Glacius (pc only)' '.
  • Hermione Granger: She learns both Draconifors, and Lapifors.
  • Ron Weasley: He only learns one spell during the game: Carpe Retractem

Console Version

  • Harry Potter: Harry is the only one who can jump and he is the fastest at running. The Marauder's Map he later obtains acts as a minimap and serves to guide the players by outlining the terrain and showing where Harry, Ron and Hermione is.
  • Hermione Granger: Hermione is the only one who can crawl through small spaces and she knows the most spells.
  • Ron Weasley: Ron is the only one who can find secret passageways.
  • Parvati Patil: another Gryffindor student. She can be played in the Bonus Features activity Duelling Club. She tells Harry to save Neville from the Muggle Studies room.
  • Dean Thomas: another Gryffindor student. He can be played in the Duelling Club in the bonus features.
  • Neville Longbottom: another Gryffindor student. He can be played in the Duelling Club. Harry has to save him from Malfoy in the Muggle Studies room.

Non-playable

Cast

Plot

For a complete synopsis see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry, Ron and Hermione learns that a dangerous man, Sirius Black, has escaped from the Wizarding prison, Azkaban, and is supposedly after Harry. The trio masters the spells necessary to confront Black. However, Black is not all he seems: He was convicted of the murder of thirteen people nearly thirteen years ago, but the real murderer, Peter Pettigrew, is hiding in the disguise of Ron's pet rat, Scabbers. Together with Professor Lupin and Black, Harry, Ron, and Hermione unmask Pettigrew, only to have him escape when Lupin turns into a Werewolf. Using Hermione's Time-Turner, Harry and Hermione go back in time and rescue Hagrid's Hippogriff, Buckbeak, and use him to rescue Black.

Trivia

  • The musical score for the game, created by Jeremy Soule, was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Score, Game Music Category [1]
  • This is the first Harry Potter game where you get to play as Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.
  • The password to get into the Gryffindor common room is different depending on which character you are playing as. Harry and Hermione both say "Fortuna Major"
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