Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)

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. Note that this article applies to both the video game consoles and handhelds and the PC game.

Playable

 * Harry Potter: the main character. The user controls Harry during most of the game. Harry is the only one who can jump and he is the fastest at running (in versions beside the PC).
 * Hermione Granger: Harry's best friend. Hermione is the only one who can crawl through small spaces and she knows the most spells (in versions beside the PC).
 * Ron Weasley: Harry's other best friend. Ron is the only one who can find secret passageways (in versions beside the PC).

Non-playable

 * Draco Malfoy: Harry's nemesis. Malfoy is injured by Hagrid's Hippogriff, Buckbeak, in a Care of Magical Creatures class early in the game and is instrumental in getting the Hippogriff put on trial.
 * Albus Dumbledore: the headmaster of Hogwarts. Dumbledore is hardly seen in this game; but he tells you the House point totals every now and then (in versions besides the PC).
 * Minerva McGonagall: Head of Gryffindor House and Transfiguration teacher.
 * Remus Lupin: the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Lupin was a good friend of Harry's father, James Potter.
 * Rubeus Hagrid: a kindly half-giant who teaches Care of Magical Creatures.
 * Filius Flitwick: the Charms teacher.
 * Sirius Black: the "Prisoner of Azkaban". Wrongly convicted of the murder of thirteen people and sent to the Wizarding prison, Azkaban, about twelve years before the events of Prisoner of Azkaban take place.

Spells

 * Alohomora: (Only PC and the first PS2 game) This spell unlocks chests and opens secret areas. Harry, Ron, and Hermione can all use this spell.
 * Flipendo: (NOT PC) This spell has also been used in Harry's 1st and 2nd year. It knocks opponents back and triggers switches and stuns some creatures. Harry, Ron and Hermione can all use this spell.
 * Depulso: (only PC) This spell is the upgrade of Flipendo. Harry, Ron, and Hermione all can use this spell
 * Expelliarmus: (NOT PC)This spell has been used in Harry's 2nd year. It knocks back others' spells. Harry, Ron and Hermione can all use this spell.
 * Glacius: Freezes water and salamanders, and extinguishes fires. Only Hermione (or Harry in PC version) can use this spell.
 * Draconifors: Transforms dragon statues into real dragons. Only Hermione can use this spell.
 * Lapifors: Transforms rabbit statues into real rabbits. Only Hermione can use this spell in the PC Version.
 * Lumos Duo: (NOT PC) Altered version of Lumos used in Harry's 1st and 2nd year. Light emits from wand, causing Hinkypunks to turn solid, and ghouls to retreat. Only Ron can use this spell.
 * Reparo: (NOT PC) Fixes broken objects. Only Hermione can use this spell.
 * Snufflifors: (NOT PC) Hermione can use this spell to turn books into mice.
 * Rictusempra: (PC) Stuns certain enemies.
 * Carpe Retractum: Pulls objects toward the caster, or the caster toward the object. Only Harry can use this spell, except for Ron who is the only person who can use it in the PC version.
 * Expecto Patronum: Dispels Dementors. Only Harry can use this spell.

Potions
Note that none of these are in the PC game at all.
 * Wiggenweld Potion : Retrieves lost stamina. Previously brewed in Harry's 1st and 2nd year and previously used in Harry's 2nd year. Ingredients: Dittany, Flobberworm Mucus, Wiggentree Bark and Moly.
 * Antidote to Uncommon Poisons : Saves from poisoning if player has been bitten by a doxy. Ingredients: Fire Seeds, Graphorn Horn, Billywig Stings and Chizpurfel Carapaces.
 * Girding Potion : Gives player extra endurance. Ingredients: Dragonfly Thoraxes, Fairy wings, Flying Seahorses and Doxy Eggs.

Creatures

 * Dementors : Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk the Earth. Black-hooded and floating, they will try to suck your soul out.


 * Doxies : Blue-ish flying creatures that will poison you if they bite you. They do not exist in the PC game.


 * Fairies : Fairies aren't as friendly as they might seem. Their wings are used as ingredients in certain potions. They do not exist in the PC game.


 * Fire Salamanders : They are red-hot and will breathe fire at you. If they are frozen, they won't breathe fire, but are still dangerous. Fire Salamanders live as long as the fire from which they emerge burns.


 * Flying Books : Small, flying books will bite. You can destroy them (this is it for the PC game), or you can turn them into mice to get a reward.


 * Ghouls : Ghouls are generally harmless creatures, but throw objects around, and may attack if provoked. They do not exist in the PC game.


 * Hinkypunks : Strange creatures that stand on one leg. They look as if they are made of smoke, and carry a lantern, which they use to lure travellers into bogs. They may shoot at you. They do not exist in the PC game.


 * Copies of The Monster Book of Monsters : Like flying books, except much larger, and they will shoot at you. You cannot turn them into mice, and are only hurt when hit in the mouth. Note that in the PC game, they shoot pages, which must be hit with rictusempra until they are all destroyed.


 * Pixies : Pixies are electric blue and enjoy making havoc. They lift people up by the ears and sometimes deposit them at the tops of trees and tall buildings. In the PC game, they just shoot blue balls at you.


 * Red Caps : They are like ugly little men. They will throw stink pellets at you and knock you over. They do not exist in the PC game.


 * Trolls : Although they are one of the stupidest of creatures, they are strong, and guard come corridors at night. They like bad smells and can get distracted by them. They do not exist in the PC game.


 * Skeletons : Skeletons throw bones at you.(They do not exist in the PS2 game)


 * Bundimuns : Bundimuns shoot green stuff at you. If you step on the green stuff you get hurt. Jump on them to get Pumpkin Pasties.(They are not in the PS2 game)

Items
All items not said to be in the PC game are not.


 * Chocolate Frogs : They increase Harry, Ron or Hermione's stamina when they are hurt.


 * Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans (PC): These beans are found all over Hogwarts. You can use the beans to buy things from Fred and George's shop.


 * Pumpkin Pasties (PC): These are worth more than beans at Fred and George's shop in the PC game.


 * Cauldron Cakes (PC): They are used for trading at Fred and George's shop (they are worth the most), but in other versions will make Harry, Ron or Hermione's stamina go up slightly.


 * Owl Treats : Feed these to Hedwig and she'll help you.


 * Dungbombs : Ron can use Dungbombs to distract trolls.


 * Stink Pellets : Ron can throw stink pellets into "these things" according to George. If Ron gets all twenty, Fred and George will give him wizard cards.


 * Wizard Cards (PC): Pentagonal shaped cards that have a famous Witch or Wizard on each of them. Collect them all for rewards.


 * Folio Bruti Pages : Find pages for your Folio Bruti book to find out about magical creatures (not PC).


 * Folio Universatas (PC) : Pages showing your current collector's (wizard, witch, beast, etc.) cards.


 * Statues : If Hermione can find all nine statues around Hogwarts, Fred and George will give her 3 chapters to The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self Protection, getting one chapter for every three statues after talking to Fred and George (note: you have to go back to the shop and take it off the shelf to get each chapter) Each chapter increases your ability to cast spells (not PC).

Plot

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

Harry Potter learns that a dangerous man, Sirius Black, has escaped from the Wizarding prison, Azkaban, and is supposedly after Harry. With his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, Harry 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.