Harry Potter Collection (2007)
Genres:Adventure, Platform
Themes:Action
Story:This compilation bundles 3 games in the Harry Potter series:
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Vote to bring this game to GOG and help preserve it.13 061
I beg you to release this game but also the first one too (Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone). I have so many good memories of these games connected to playing them with my dad, my little brother, cousins. The atmosphere of Hogwarts is deeply connected with memories of going to the cinema for the movies as a kid. And don't forget great music of the Jeremy Soule that made this game unforgettable. Must play!
My family and I would rent PS2 games cause that's what all we had back then. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was one of those games. I have so many memories of this game. The beginning part with the trolls was so much fun to just mess around in. I would love to play these games again!
Better yet, the first 3 Harry Potter games that were developed by KnowWonder on PC - they had the same vibe and gameplay, it's like a trilogy. Totally different from the more action-focused console versions too. I love these 3 dearly, but getting them running on a modern OS is not so straightforward (shoutout to the community-made DX9 renderer).
Ces trois jeux résumes littéralement mon enfance et mes débuts pour ma passion des jeux vidéo. La licence vidéoludique Harry Potter est une super façon de revivre les aventure du célèbre Apprenti Sorcier. J'ai adoré explorer les couloirs de Poudlard et son parc, l'ambiance musicale par Jeremy Soule est magnifique. Ca serait génial de refaire ses aventures, résoudre des énigmes magiques, combattre des créatures fantastiques et finir la collection de cartes de sorcières et sorciers célèbres.
A Completely Absurd Demand from Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters
Dear GOG Team,
We, Lord Voldemort, the One Who Must Be Taken Seriously (but in a fun way), along with my loyal Death Eaters, demand that you add the Harry Potter collection to your DRM-free library. Failure to comply will result in a curse so ridiculous, even the Sorting Hat will reconsider its life choices.
Why? Because GOG, you are the chosen ones—the rebels of the gaming world. Steam? Pfft. You’re the only platform worthy of such magical freedom. So we demand every Harry Potter game, including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Quidditch World Cup (yes, that one). You can’t possibly leave out the magical llamas and Hagrid’s hut Wi-Fi hotspot, can you?
Let the world experience Harry, Ron, and Hermione battling dark wizards while Snape broods about how the graphics aren’t dark enough. Oh, and don’t forget Dumbledore—he’ll be squinting at the screen like he’s trying to decipher ancient runes. Meanwhile, Ron will probably complain about the controls and say something about his lousy luck.
If you don’t comply, we’ll unleash a curse so absurd it’ll make the Whomping Willow do the Macarena. And as a bonus, we’ll send you a complimentary Dementor who, we promise, will not suck the life out of you. Probably. Also, there’s a robotic camel we’ve trained to fire artillery, but we’ll get to that later.
So, make it happen. The wizarding world is waiting. And the llamas are getting impatient.
Yours in absurdity,
Lord Voldemort and his Very Confused Death Eaters
P.S. The artillery robot camel is coming too. Just... deal with it. We’re on a tight schedule.
Starting with the Philosopher's Stone up to and including The Prisoner of Azkaban, the three games were really special for a freshly teen me. They became memorable and special for me to this day, for what they allowed you to experience and it's not just because of the franchise, it's something that was less common on the market - to make you feel like a wizard. Not like a super powerfull legendary badass - simply a guy, who is also a wizard, just like anyone around him in this universe. Now sure there were games where you could play as a wizard, but they all were all soooo battle heavy, even if you were starting off as a runt, the final goal was to become some fireball and lightning spewing warrior (as an example) that battled evil on a battlefield.
These games in turn, maybe weren't mechanically the best, maybe they didn't follow the plot to a T and also have the cliche of having to defeat evil, they approached the subject more from a civilian perspective, if it makes sense. Sure we also encounter monsters and baddies, but also some mundane aspects like having lessons or exploring the castle in search of secrets (probably more if not for the limitations at the time), which helped make it feel more like a civilian would, in a society where everyone is a mage. Something like: "oh no, a gnome stole my shoe, guess I better pull out the slippery floor spell again", rather than "lightning bolt from the sky, NOW"
In tandem with the books, this gave you a feeling of simply "living" an ordinary school life of a fairly ordinary wizard boy and this I believe, is the biggest part behind the giant success of the latest Potter game - Hogwarts Legacy.
The first 3 games really captured that vibe for me and many others, as we can see now and that is why we want them brought back and I say this not as a Pottermaniac. I like the story and all, but to me the important thing about these games is not that you are Harry, but rather that you "live" in a magical world when playing them.
The Harry Potter games were some of the most interesting games I ever played. Not only was every version different (Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, PC/GameCube) but they were all bangers. These were the first games I remember had a language option and as I didn’t know English overly well at the time of the first game release it was nice to be able to play a game in Spanish all the way through. Once I knew it well enough I switched it back to English and would learn while playing. It will forever hold a special place in my heart because of it.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was the first game I ever played. I never finished it as a kid, instead, it was my dad, who didn't even play videogames that finished it. It's one of my most memorable experiences and I hate the fact that these games are basically abandonware. If they could be preserved I would instantly buy them to keep my memories of these amazing games alive.
These were wonderful childhood memories. I bought the Lego collection, but these felt better. I'd love to share these titles with my family, so the younger generation can enjoy fun jank.
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