Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PC, Mac)

This article focuses on the computer version of Electronic Arts Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets video game, released for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac operating systems and produced by KnowWonder.

Playable characters
The only playable character in this version of the game is Harry Potter (voiced by Tom Attenborough), although in certain part of the game he uses the Polyjuice Potion to disguise exactly alike Gregory Goyle.

Characters

 * Ron Weasley: (Voice: Greg Chillin) Harry's best friend, usually seen leading Harry to classes and challenges or to the Quidditch stadium, or in cut scenes.
 * Hermione Granger: (Voice: Emily Robison) Harry's other best friend, a brainy girl who also leads Harry to classes. She is petrified toward the end of the game.
 * Ginny Weasley: (Voice: Victoria Robinson) Ron's little sister, who Harry has to rescue at the end of the game.
 * Fred and George Weasley: (Voices: Lewis MacLeod) twins, older brothers of Ron and Ginny. They play as Beaters on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. They also set up the bean trading system seen throughout the school and grounds.
 * Draco Malfoy: (Voice: Lewis MacLeod) Harry's arch-rival, usually found sneaking around at night. Harry also duels him at the Duelling Club. He is also in the clip where Harry (in the figure of Goyle) is in the Slytherin Dungeon to talk with Draco. He is also seen at the House Point Ceremonies.
 * Myrtle Warren: (Voice: Victoria Robinson) a ghost who haunts the first-floor girls' bathroom.
 * Albus Dumbledore: (Voice: Benjamin Stone) the Headmaster of Hogwarts. While normally absent from a good part of the game, he features prominently in a cut scene in which he tells Harry that he does not think that Harry is the Heir of Slytherin. He also appears at the end of each day to announce the latest house point totals.
 * Professor Snape: (Voice: Allan Corduner) the Potions master. Known for being unusually strict, he is usually to be found in the dungeons, near his classroom. If Harry gets caught in the Slytherin common room while sneaking out, Snape shows up and punishes him.
 * Professor McGonagall: (Voice: Ève Karpf) the Transfiguration teacher. Her classroom is located on the left side of the second floor. She isn't seen very often because Harry doesn't have any Transfiguration classes. There is a time in between classes/challenges when the classroom has just been open when McGonagall is holding a class. If Harry enters the classroom, she will give him a warning and send him out. If Harry enters a second time, McGonagall will take 5 house points away. She also leads Harry to Dumbledore's study when Nearly Headless Nick has been petrified.
 * Professor Flitwick: (Voice: Allan Corduner) the Charms teacher. His classroom is located on the right side of the second floor.
 * Mrs. Norris: Argus Filch's cat and acts as the caretaker's assistant. She is petrified near the begin of the game.
 * Professor Lockhart: (Voice: Mark Lowenthal) the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. His classroom is located on the third floor. He also is in charge of the Duelling Club, and accompanies Harry and Ron into the Chamber.
 * Rubeus Hagrid: (Voice: Jonathan Kydd) a very large half-man, half-giant, usually found in his cottage in the grounds.
 * Aragog: (Voice: Fred Ridgeway) An Acromantula that dwells in the Forbidden Forest.
 * Professor Sprout: (Voice: Ève Karpf) the Herbology teacher. She teaches in the greenhouses, which are located on the right-hand side of the grounds.
 * Oliver Wood: (Voice: Lewis MacLeod): Gryffindor Quidditch team Captain. He calls Harry to his first Quidditch practice of the year, and thereafter is always found at the Quidditch stadium during the day if Harry wants to try to improve his practice time for catching the Golden Snitch. In the PC version, Wood appears after Harry's first Defence Against the Dark Arts Class. Wood leads Harry to the Quidditch pitch, and re-teaches Harry how to play Quidditch.
 * Percy Weasley (Voice: Lewis MacLeod): a Gryffindor prefect, older brother of Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny. Percy can be found in the Gryffindor Tower study room at night; he does not like to be disturbed, and will throw Harry out of the room if he catches him. The only way to reach Fred and George's shop (see above) is through the study room. In the computer game, Percy is only seen in Gryffindor tower or the Duelling Club if Harry visits there in between classes/challenges.
 * Peeves (Voice: Chris Crosby), a poltergeist. Harry meets him repeatedly in the game.
 * Gregory Goyle: He's one of Malfoy's friends and his figure is playable when Harry transforms into him.
 * Lee Jordan (commentating only), is the commentator for Quidditch and is good friends with Fred and George Weasley.
 * Lucius Malfoy: The father of Draco. He is seen in Borgin and Burkes and then in Diagon Alley. He is also mentioned during Harry's Quidditch training. The last cutscene he appears in is the one where he fires Dumbledore and arrests Hagrid.
 * Tom Riddle: The young version of Lord Voldemort. He is controlled by his diary. The diary is destroyed during the showdown in the Chamber of Secrets and Riddle is destroyed with it.

Spells

 * Flipendo: triggers switches and moves objects. Harry learned this spell in Philosopher's Stone. Harry begins the game with this spell.
 * Alohomora: unlocks mechanical locks, including those found on doors and locked chests. Harry learned this spell in Philosopher's Stone. Harry knows the spell at the start of the game.
 * Lumos: illuminates the caster's wand. Harry also learned this spell in Philosopher's Stone. Harry knows the spell at the start of the game.
 * Skurge: clears Ectoplasm (an "unpleasant greenish substance left behind by certain ghostly beings", in the words of Professor Flitwick) out of doorways and off floors. Harry may learn this spell in Charms.
 * Expelliarmus: in wizard duels, deflects spells cast by the opponent. It is not available outside of duels.
 * Diffindo: "dead-heads" Venomous Tentaculas and Spiky Bushes, Game 2013-07-10 23-39-45-378.jpg may be used to sever certain vines, ropes, spider webs, and hanging tapestries. Harry learns this spell in Herbology;
 * Mimblewimble: in wizard duels, temporarily makes the opponent unable to articulate and cast their next spell properly. Not available outside of duels.
 * Rictusempra: stuns magical creatures and, in wizard duels, "knocks back" the opponent, causing them to lose stamina. Harry learns this spell in his first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson.
 * Spongify: activates certain "Spongify" carpets and paved floor specially marked with the symbol of the spell. Harry learns this spell in his second Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson.

Harry also learns, in Potions, how to make a Wiggenweld Potion, which replenishes his stamina after he's been injured. The two main ingredients are Wiggentree Bark and Flobberworm Mucus.

Behind the scenes

 * In the computer game for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, there is a background character named Marilyn who is a Hufflepuff that collects curious objects. As an inside joke, in the next adaptation for Chamber of Secrets, there is another extra, Arthur, who is stated to be Marilyn's younger brother and shares her strange hobby.
 * Ron states that the Ford Anglia is parked in Charing Cross Road. This is a real London street and the location in the Harry Potter universe of the Leaky Cauldron.
 * There is a secret level known as the Gryffindor Challenge. It's only through the debug mode, which is activated by pressing the Delete key next to the help key. To get to the challenge, one needs then to move to beyond the door usually leading into the Gryffindor Tower's dormitories, and deactivate the debug mod again. There are nine secrets, and ten challenge stars there. There is no timer for this level.
 * In the PC game, even if Slytherin had the most house points at the end of the year, they would still be disqualified.
 * In the GBA version, Harry has to sneak into Filch's office to take a map though it isn't mentioned until the sequel the Prisoner of Azkaban, it can be assumed this is not the real Marauder's Map due to not showing the locations of subjects around Hogwarts.
 * The game, especially the console versions, has an alternate ending. If Harry loses the fight against the Basilisk, the chamber starts to collapse as Harry falls, and Riddle, while brimming with power, speaks in Voldemort's voice: "I have returned. The world will be purged of all Mudbloods and non-magical people. I, Lord Voldemort, will conquer all..."
 * In the home console versions, Hermione is present during the House Point ceremony despite being attacked by the Basilisk, especially since she, unlike in the movie/book, recovers much earlier.
 * The basilisk is not green, but purple and it attacks by spraying a purple stream of venom which Harry must dodge. After failing to kill Harry from the mouth of Slytherin's statue, the snake pops from grating in the floor to try and bite or spray the young wizard. When it is killed, it simply falls on Riddle's diary, presumably burying its fangs in the book and destroying it.