Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (PC, Mac)

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The 2001 video game Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the original American version) was developed by KnownWonder for Windows and Mac and published by Electronic Arts. It features action-adventure and platforming gameplay. Its sequel is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for PC and Mac.

Levels[]

Chapter 1[]

Level name	List name	Objective	Wizard Cards	Secret areas
Hogwarts Main Entrance	Hogwarts Entrance	Attend Defence Against the Dark Arts class with Professor Quirrell, located on the third floor.	1	0
Flipendo Challenge	Flipendo Challenge	Collect the challenge stars.	0	3
Flying Lesson	Broomstick Training	Flying lesson with Madam Hooch. Fly Harry through the hoops.	1	1
Wingardium Leviosa Lesson	Wingardium Leviosa	Attend Professor Flitwick's Charms class on the fifth floor.	2	7
Second Floor Landing	Second Floor Landing	Attend Herbology class with Professor Sprout. The way to the Greenhouse is through the Main Entrance.	3	3

Chapter 2[]

Level name	List name	Objective	Wizard Cards	Secret areas
Hogwarts Grounds	Hogwarts Grounds	Attend Herbology class with Professor Sprout in the Greenhouse.	2	7
Herbology Class	Incendio Challenge	Complete the spell lesson.	1	1
Incendio Challenge	Incendio B	Collect the challenge stars.	1	2
Hogwarts Grounds	Hogwarts Front	Attend the second Flying lesson which is located in Hogwart's grounds.	0	0
Remembrall Chase	Remembrall Chase	Knock Malfoy off his broom until he returns Neville Longbottom's Remembrall.	0	0
Hogwarts Grounds	Hogwarts Front II	Find Hagrid's hut.	0	0
Forest Edge	Forest Edge	Find Hagrid's hut.	2	7
Fire Seed Caves	Fire Seed Caves	Collect the fireseeds.	2	8
Quidditch Match: Gryffindor vs. Slytherin	Quidditch 1	As the Gryffindor Seeker, catch the Golden Snitch and help defeat the Slytherin team.	0	0

Chapter 3[]

Level name	List name	Objective	Wizard Cards	Secret areas
Hogwarts Main Entrance	Intro	Attend Defence Against the Dark Arts class with Professor Quirrell, located on the third floor landing.	1	4
Lumos Challenge	Lumos	Collect at least 6 out of the 7 challenge stars.	1	4
Second Floor Landing	PreDungeon	Find Professor Snape Potions classroom, located in the dungeon.	2	2
Potions Lesson	Dungeon	Find the potions ingredients.	1	2
Potions Challenge	Dungeon B	Find the potions ingredients.	1	2
Corridor To The Girl's Washroom	Troll	Escape the troll.	0	0
Quidditch Match: Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw	Quidditch 2	As the Gryffindor Seeker, catch the Golden Snitch and help defeat the Ravenclaw team.	0	0

Chapter 4[]

Image	Level name	List name	Objective	Wizard Cards	Secret areas
	Sneak Up To The Tower	The Sneak	Use the Invisibility Cloak to avoid Filch and meet Ron's brother Charlie.	1	1
	Sneak Down From The Tower	The Sneak II	Use the Invisibility Cloak to avoid Filch and Mrs Norris.	1	1

Chapter 5[]

Level name	List name	Objective	Wizard Cards
The Forbidden Corridor	Fluffy	Stop Snape from stealing the Sorcerer's Stone.	1
The Devil's Snare	Devil's Snare	Stop Snape from stealing the Sorcerer's Stone.	0
The Winged Keys	Winged Keys	Catch the Winged Key.	0
The Chess Game	Chess	Defeat the giant chess pieces.	0
The Final Encounter	Voldemort	Stop Quirrell from reaching the Sorcerer's Stone.	0

The End[]

Image	Level name	List name	Objective	Wizard Cards	Secret areas
	The End	Not listed	None, cutscene	0	0

Characters[]

Playable[]

Harry Potter (voiced by Joe Sowerbutts), an eleven year-old wizard who survived Voldemort's wrath as a baby.

Non-playable, friendly or neutral[]

Ron Weasley (voiced by Gregg Chillin), Harry's best friend who also leads Harry to his classes sometimes. He is first introduced after talking to Professor Dumbledore.
Hermione Granger (voiced by Emily Robinson), Harry's other best friend who sometimes helps Harry find his classes. She is first seen while Harry goes to Defence Against the Dark Arts class for the first time. She also teaches Harry Alohomora.
Neville Longbottom (voiced by Harry Robinson), Harry's fellow Gryffindor friend who is first seen before Herbology Class and says that he has a Remembrall. The Remembrall said that Herbology Class is starting soon. He is seen again when starting to attend Herbology class while Fred and George arrives for the Beans. He is seen again after Herbology where gets upset because Malfoy stole his Remembrall. After chasing Malfoy, Neville is happy that he got his Remembrall back. He is last seen again in Defence Against the Dark Arts Class when Harry learns the Lumos spell by Quirrell.
Fred and George Weasley (voiced by Gregg Chillin), identical twins and Ron's older brothers. Known for their mischief-making capabilities, they teach Harry the basic actions of climbing and jumping in the beginning of the game. They also trade 25 Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans for Chocolate Frog Cards during the course of the game. They are also mentioned by Lee Jordan during Quidditch matches.
Professor Dumbledore (voiced by David de Keyser), the Headmaster of Hogwarts. He gives Harry some useful advice at the beginning of the game.
Professor McGonagall (voiced by Eve Karpf), Deputy Headmistress and Head of Gryffindor House. She observes Harry notable talents in Quidditch and delegate the poisition of seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Madam Hooch (voiced by Eve Karpf), the Flying teacher who also notices Harry natural talents on Quidditch.
Professor Snape (voiced by Allan Corduner), the Potions Master and Head of Slytherin House. He orders Harry to find ingredients in the dungeons during the Potions class.
Professor Flitwick (voiced by Allan Corduner), the Charms teacher. He teaches Harry the Wingardium Leviosa spell.
Professor Sprout (voiced by Eve Karpf): the Herbology teacher and Head of Hufflepuff House. She teaches Harry the Incendio spell.
Rubeus Hagrid (voiced by Jonathan Kydd), a half-giant, friends with Harry. He is usually found in his cabin on the grounds. He asks Harry to get fire seeds in a cave.
Lee Jordan (voiced by Joe Sowerbutts), the commentator for Quidditch and good friends with Fred and George Weasley.
Nearly Headless Nick (voiced by David Coker), the ghost of Gryffindor House who helps Harry by giving him advices and showing him the way on certain occasions.
The Grey Lady, daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw and ghost of Ravenclaw House. She is briefly seen passing through rooms.

Non-playable, enemies[]

Draco Malfoy (voiced by Joe Sowerbutts), Harry's nemesis who is usually seen with his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle. He fights Harry twice in the game.
Vincent Crabbe (voiced by Joe Sowerbutts), Malfoy's best friend who also leads Malfoy to his teams sometimes. He is first seen before Harry goes to Defence Against the Dark Arts class for the first time.
Gregory Goyle (voiced by Joe Sowerbutts), Malfoy's other best friend who sometimes helps Malfoy find his teams. He is first seen before Harry goes to Defence Against the Dark Arts class for the first time.
Argus Filch (voiced by Allan Corduner), the caretaker of Hogwarts. He is first seen while he tells Harry to get moving while he cleans up. He chases Harry alongside with his cat Mrs Norris during The Sneak levels. If Harry gets too close to him, he will need to restart at the last save point.
Professor Quirrell (voiced by David de Keyser), the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He teaches Harry Flipendo and Lumos spells. In the end of the game, it is revealed that Professor Quirrell is controlled by Voldemort.
Mrs Norris, Filch's cat who helps her master to find Harry during The Sneak.
Peeves (voiced by Chris Crosby), a blue skinned, raven haired, bucktoothed, red-dressed poltergeist who is always causing trouble for either Harry or Filch. He is fought after the Wingardium Leviosa challenge, and during the Lumos challenge.
The Bloody Baron, ghost of Slytherin House. When passing by, he can both open gates and cause damage to Harry.
Voldemort (voiced by David de Keyser), the final boss at the end of the game.

Creatures[]

Enemies[]

Gnome: Annoying little creatures who bite Harry and steal a small amount of his Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Beans. Once they steal them, they cannot be recovered. They can be easily stunned with Flipendo.
Orange Snail: Orange Snails can burn Harry if he touches them or their slime trails. Flipendo stuns them.
Venomous Tentacula: A nasty plant that can bite Harry if he gets too close. They can be wilted by casting Incendio after Harry learns that spell. Abundant in Professor Sprout's gardens, they vary in size from small to big to giant and in number of heads from one up to over four. With few expections, they will faint only for a few moments after being stunned by Incendio.
Doxy: Pixie-like dark blue flying beasts who bite when Harry gets too close. Flipendo repels them.
Fire crab: There are only three Fire Crabs in the whole game, one in forest edge level and two in the fire seed level. It can shoot fire out of its backside. Casting Flipendo on it twice knocks it over.
The Troll: There is just one troll in this game, which is the one that appears in Hogwarts Castle. Harry first needs to run through the castle corridors in order to escape the troll. After Ron and him lock the door of the girls' bathroom, they realise Hermione is inside and go rescue her. Harry then needs to cast Flipendo on objects thrown by the troll to make counter-attacks while Ron tries to hit it with its own club by casting Wingardium Leviosa.

Other[]

Dragon: The dragon Norbert is the only dragon in the game. Harry has to fetch fire seeds for it and take it to the top of the Astronomy Tower.
Pig: Hagrid raises pigs in his garden.
Goat: Hagrid keeps a goat in his garden.
Owl: Harry's owl Hedwig, who brings him messages.
Fluffy: Hagrid's three-headed dog. One of the guardians of the Philosopher's Stone. Is faced towards the end of the game, when Harry lulls it to sleep using the flute.

Spells[]

Flipendo: "Knocks back" objects and creatures, stunning them. It also pushes Flipendo Buttons, breaks vases, and pushes Flipendo Blocks. Taught by Professor Quirrell at Defence Against the Dark Arts class.
Alohomora: Unlocks magical locks on doors, chests, and secret passages. Taught by Hermione shortly before Charms class.
Wingardium Leviosa: Levitates Wingardium Leviosa blocks which are used to press buttons. Taught by Professor Flitwick at Charms class.
Incendio: Creates Bluebell Flames which stuns Venomous Tentaculas and shrivels Spiky Bushes, as well as Devil's Snare. Taught by Professor Sprout at Herbology class.
Lumos: Makes platforms made of light appear when cast on gargoyles. Taught by Professor Quirrell in the second Defence Against the Dark Arts class.

Locations[]

With the exception of a forest and a cave, the game takes place entirely on Hogwarts and its terrains. Although other places are mentioned and illustrated in drawings during the intro and outro of the game, they do not appear not even in cutscenes. Since the game is not open-world, each location can only be played in the levels they are not blocked. In this game, there are a few things to keep in mind: the first floor is mistakenly referred to as "second floor"; classroom 2E is located in the fifth floor instead of the third; the Underground Chambers are located in the third floor instead of the Dungeons.

Hogwarts outside
- Hogwarts grounds
- Hogwarts greenhouses
- Hogwarts Quidditch pitch
- Hagrid's hut
- Hagrid's garden
- Forest
- Fire Seed cave

Hogwarts Castle
- Dungeons
  - Potions Classroom
- Ground level
  - Entrance Hall
  - Marble Staircase
- First-floor
  - First-floor Corridor
  - First-floor Girls' Toilets (only in cutscene and when fighting the troll)
  - Secret shortcut to third-floor
- Hogwarts Library (?-floor)
  - Restricted Section
    - Mirror of Erised storage room (only in cutscene)
    - Astronomy Tower (only in cutscene)
- Second-floor
- Third-floor
  - Philosopher's Stone chambers
  - Third-floor corridor
  - DADA classroom (3C or Temporary?)
- Fifth-floor
  - Fifth-floor Hall
  - Charms classroom 2E (only in cutscene)

Areas appearing only during cutscenes[]

Fat Lady's Corridor
Gryffindor Tower (can be accessed with debug mode)
Mirror of Erised storage room
Temporary Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom
Charms Classroom
Severus Snape's office (post-credits scene)

Debug mode[]

The game has a debug mode, which can can be accessed by typing harrydebugmodeon when in game. It shows the Unreal Engine at the top part of the screen, which has notably green characters. It might not work the first time, but if the player keeps trying or uses the wand it will certainly activate. The key F7 can be pressed to turn it off.

Once in the debug mode, the player can access the level list in the main menu and play any level any time (although the save books may not have effect with the debug mode activated).

By pressing a certain key on the top left region of the keyboard (normally ' or ~, although it varies depending on the keyboard), the player will open the game's console. There, the player must type set engine.playerpawn bcheatsenabled true and press Enter. Once this is done, the following cheats can be inserted (not all of them will work all the time and they may not work at all sometimes):

ghost - opens ghost mode
fly - opens flying mode
walk - deactivates ghost and flying modes
givebeans - adds an amount of beans
givehousepoints - adds an amount of Gryffindor house points
giveseeds - adds an amount of seeds
giveallcards - adds all Wizard cards
harrysuperjump - makes Harry jump forwards and very high (may also work outside the engine)
harrykoresh - Unused, would set Harry on fire and kill him^[1]
killall - deletes all actors of a specific class
setspeed - accelarates/decelerates the game speed
exit - quits the game

Gallery[]

Differences between the book/movie and this game version[]

Peeves does not appear in the film, but is battled twice in this game.
The Forbidden Forest detention part is not included in this version, though unused narration exists for it.
In the book and movie, Neville breaks his wrist after falling off a broomstick from a great height during the flying lesson, which allows Malfoy to steal his Remembrall. In this version (along with the Playstation version), Neville is not seen flying or wrist-broked at all, nor does he appear at Harry's Flying lesson. Instead, he gets upset after that lesson, when he arrives and reveals that Malfoy has stolen his Remembrall. In addition, Neville's anxiety is explained as having lost Trevor again, and needing his item to find him. Finally, in the book and this version of the game, Malfoy says he might leave Neville's Remembrall in a tree for him to find. In the film, he suggests to leave it on the roof.
In the film and book, Harry's broomstick is jinxed in the first Quidditch match. In this adaptation, two Quidditch matches happen but neither have jinxed brooms or accidents.
In the book, Draco challenges Harry to a duel, which turns out to be a trick that results in him, his friends and Neville ending up in the Forbidden Corridor. The challenge is absent in this game, and Harry and Draco have a brief fight involving Wizard Crackers instead. As a result, Harry doesn't accidentally enter the Forbidden Corridor and doesn't encounter Fluffy until it's time to get past him.
Norbert appears early in the game, unlike in the book and movie where he appears nearly at the end of the story. In order for the egg to hatch, Hagrid asks Harry to find some fire seeds in the forest. Hagrid then gives Harry a flute as thanks, rather than as a Christmas present like in the book.
Harry gets trapped in the dungeons before Potions class, which does not happen in the book or the film.
In the book, Hermione burns the Devil's Snare with fire before it can suffocate Harry and Ron. In this game it traps Ron and Hermione instead, forcing Harry to fight it alone.
In the book, Quirrell summons ropes to tie Harry by snapping his fingers. In the film, Quirrell snaps his fingers to make fire surround the area. In this game, Quirrell also conjures fire, but does so by moving his hands.
Quirrell twists his head around so that Voldemort can directly face Harry at the end, which doesn't happen in any other version of the scene.
In a post-credits scene of the game, it is shown why Fred and George Weasley have been picking the Beans all year (to bury Professor Snape alive under them). There is nothing like that in the film and book.

Differences between US and EU versions[]

At the start of the Forest Edge level in the US version, there is a Fire Crab, the EU version has another log instead of a fire crab. This makes that version have only one fire crab in the whole game.
Another difference that the EU version has is that the Wingardium Leviosa spell shows a flash equal to Flipendo while the US version has the Wingardium Leviosa tracing spell shows feathers.
US version has generic Wingardium Leviosa plate on the Sneak Down from the Tower level, while EU version has more unusual and unique Leviosa plates.
In the Second Floor Landing level before Potions Lesson, the knights in the US version do not move when casting Flipendo at them, but they are working in the EU version, they don't give you beans, but they can move!
At the start of Potions Class when Harry is late for Potions, Snape takes 5 points from Gryffindor in the US Version, but he doesn't take 5 points away from Gryffindor in the EU version (when Harry is late) probably due to a bug, because in the EU version you can end the game with 5 points more.

Behind the scenes[]

The Dursleys have unused models in the game, which suggests they were to appear.
When Harry is escaping from the library after seeing the Mirror of Erised, he claims to have "locked the only door out of there". Said door (actually a secret passage concealed behind a bookcase) is obviously magically locked. How Argus Filch accomplished this is unclear, given his status as a Squib.
Many more spells were planned to appear in this version of the game. Those included Reparo, Verdimillious, Avifors, and even spells that do not make an appearance anywhere else in the franchise, including Flintifors, Ectomatic, and an unnamed transfiguration spell. Also, Incendio and Wingardium Leviosa were to have more uses.
In the opening level, Dumbledore tells Harry Potter he had found a room filled with chocolate frogs, and later returned to the same room only to find fire crabs instead. Some say this may be an allusion to the Room of Requirement, first mentioned in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, released in the year before this game. However, the room always contains what one is looking for, and Dumbledore suggests that these encounters were unexpected. It also seems unlikely that Dumbledore would have been looking for fire crabs. But it's possible that someone else was looking for fire crabs and he didn't notice that person in this room.
This is the only game in the Wizarding World franchise that has a post-credits scene.

Mistakes[]

Occasionally when loading a level, the music will begin playing slower and at a much lower pitch than normal.
If you go far left towards DADA classroom door, Hermione wouldn't talk at all and she wouldn't go to class at all. Also if you go far left or far right on the last room of Fred and George's lesson, they wouldn't talk to you before you collect beans, but if you go to right spot, they would talk to you and still tell you about collecting those beans.
On some levels like forest edge, spiky bushes are sometimes not visible, but you could still get hurt by it and still cast Incendio to make them disappear.
You could sometimes see through walls, like how you could see through a wall to chest on second last room of Herbology class. That chest is however never really used, but it could be the original secret before developer changed the location to near the front part on top of wall.
Sometimes when you complete a challenge, professor might not talk to you the first time you go to last room until you go to certain spot. Like in Lumos challenge, you could get stuck at end if Quirrell doesn't talk to you, until you go to right spot first; you could go through the last door and the room would be dark with nothing inside.
There are 7 challenge stars in Lumos challenge, but even if you only collected 6, Professor Quirrell would say you collected all.
At Lumos challenge, if you cast Flipendo that would open bridges, you would still be able to move around using arrows though you can't see yourself.
At the very beginning of second half of potions challenge, sometimes platforms would stay stuck, and sometimes they would open and close.
In Hermione's Alohomora lesson, after opening the bookcase, you could cast Alohomora from outside of that room to close another door, then once you go in, after Hermione finished talking, she would somehow go through the closed door and the door would open.
In some levels like Forest Edge, if you cast a spell against a doxie, you could cast a spell even when not at target or when too far away, and you could even cast Alohomora to get rid of spiky plants at distance, however Incendio would not open closed chest or door that requires Alohomora.
At sneak down from the tower level, if you somehow get past Filch at the room with a bridge, you could cast Alohomora at the door on the end, and door would open but charmed lock would appear, and you could go through metal door, and you could cast Incendio at Mrs Norris. Then it can disappear when you go further and then you will still see Filch in front of you later when going down that stairs.
Sometimes one saved game would randomly switch from a level to broomstick training when you're not playing that game, and if you go to that level, you would see 2 Harry characters, where one would run to another making it just one, then when Harry starts flying, camera would not move with Harry.
On sneak up to the tower level at the room with a tower before you turn the bridge, if you try hard, you could lure Filch into falling down from Lumos platform. But as soon as you cast Flipendo to turn the bridge, Filch would still run across the bridge.

The Macintosh version has several unique issues:

The music doesn't loop properly
The game will crash if the camera attempts to pass through certain objects (such as Lumos platforms)
The gates to the broomstick training area don't close properly
Harry's glasses are missing when he is under the Invisibility Cloak
Harry always say each spell exactly the same, while he says it differently sometimes in PC version.