Remembering The Harry Potter Video Games
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2023
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As we approach the release of the fantastic-looking Hogwarts Legacy, it's a good time to look back at the plethora of Harry Potter games received over the last two decades. As we go through each and every Harry Potter game, you may start to understand why even non-Harry Potter fans such as myself are excited about this game.
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The first 3 games are amazing
They're surprisingly strong especially when you look at the rest of the batch.
@@retrorebound8887 I think they're a really good mix of book and movie details (for the PC and PS2/Xbox/GC versions in particular; the PS1 versions had some really odd moments that strayed way off the mark) which allowed the devs quite a bit of freedom to inject them iwth a lot of whimsy and charm, especially in the art direction. The later ones are completely railroaded into being gamified versions of the films.
It was especially sad to see Peeves telling the trio at the end of the PoA console game that he would see them next year lol... knowing that he would be missing until the Lego games / Hogwarts Legacy.
I love the quidditch World Cup as well. Many fond memories
Yes they are
That’s because the lead developers were seasoned vets from Acclaim Studios Teeside. If you like these games I suggest Shadow Man: Remastered because they were also the lead developers of that one.
Surprised you didn't talk about how great the music was in the early HP games. The soundtracks from Jeremy Soule are at least as good as the John Williams movie soundtracks and I think contribute a lot to that magical feeling of the early games.
AHHHH I COULD KICK MYSELF! I knewwww I forgot something!!!
@@retrorebound8887 Still really good analysis! I hope the new game has a great soundtrack as well
@@retrorebound8887 you sure had a lot of games to cover so don't be hard on yourself Matty!
GOAT game composer
The reason why Jeremy Soule doesn’t do more work is because of allegations of Sexual assault and harassment. To my knowledge it was settled out of court and he has been quiet since.
His music is nostalgic for me and perfectly complements John Williams’s score, but it’s important to recognize the history.
Chamber of Secrets on PS2 was insane, and so were the loading screens! I was very disappointed then when I played Goblet of Fire.
The Prisoner of Azkaban and Chamber of Secrets were my favorites to play. Exploring hogwarts was my favorite thing about playing them so I was so happy they brought exploration back in Order of the Phoenix. Man I miss these games.
Even as a kid, when I noticed that Daniel Radcliffe was on the cover instead of a 3d model for goblet of fire, it worried me, rightfully so
Chamber of Secrets was easily the best one. It had everything. I played it so much as a kid the exploration was amazing. You get easily immersed in the world and all the activities it was amazing for it's time. Which is why I am excited for Hogwarts Legacy because it reminds me of it so much.
Especially the PC version imo
“Chamber of Secrets PS2 is my favorite of the bunch”
*Shows PC gameplay* 😂
I always will have a soft spot in my heart for the GBC Chanber of Secrets. Just such a great game and was very immersive and went out of its way in fleshing out the spells and magic the franchise sometimes struggles to tap into feeling like a diverse arsenal.
Luckily the new game seems to really go that direction with so many new spells and such to add to the franchise.
Funny, I have a special place for Chamber of Secrets on GBA.
@@PikaLink91 i loved both haha
GBC Chamber of Secrets was actually like my first “open world” adventure game growing up! Very special place in my heart too!
@@PikaLink91 gba vs gbc were vastly different, gbc was a turn based rpg poa combined the turn based rpg of gbc with the platform aspects of the gba
Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite game as a kid!
That game was so fire. I played the shit out of that on GameCube
I still play this ob my gamecube at home.
Chamber of secrets and prisoner of Azkaban for me, I feel you brother ITS THE GOAT!
same and my favorite harry potter movie
True that
Fun fact: Sorcerer's Stone came out AFTER Chamber Of Secrets, since next gen was lacking the first movie as a tie in (there was only the ps1 version)
Fun fact, philosophers stone on ps2 was made and released after chamber of secrets on ps2.
My only problem with sorcers stone PS2 is they literally missed a challenge in charms class for the most iconic spell in the entire book and movie..... WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA.
Chamber of Secrets on PC was so good. Also had Jeremy Soule doing the OST, which was fantastic.
Crazy how you have come full circle for me. I remember watching you years ago in high school when you did fallout content. Stopped watching because my interests changed and now here we are years later your video gets recommended to me. Immediately recognized the face. Crazy to think I’m married and have a kid now. Glad to see your still making content and being successful 🤙
I was obsessed with the first 3 games as a kid, I had philosophers stone on PC, PS1, PS2 and GBA lol.
Mw too
I loved order of the Phoenix, using the right stick for magic was such a cool concept at the time. I was also obsessed with World Cup and the GBA prisoner of Azkaban lol.
Personally I did a play through retrospective on these games last year and I found Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince to be the best ones in the series with how much you can explore and interact as well as the better combat.
All I remember of Order of the Phoenix on PS2 was that Harry could climb the waterpipes on the castle walls as if he was some sort of Spiderman, and I was like "dude shouldn't be able to do that!".
@@cactusmalone That and the Quidditch sections were actually pretty fun.
These old games are the reason why I'm getting Hogwarts. Graphics and technology has progressed since the early 2000s and we're not just playing movie tie in games anymore, it's a giant open world game as a prequel to HP's story
Hogwarts Legacy is definitely my most hyped game this year!
It is honestly going to be great not being tied to Harry’s story- but getting to dive into the world itself.
I am so geeked for it
@@josephgrace5955 I played a good chunk of the game already and it's amazing!
@@CFLaughs Same! I'm 9 hours in and it physically hurts to turn the game off!
@@EggyEggtoast I know right?! I have a hard time putting the game down to go to sleep at night and keep being in denial of being tired 😴
Matty you really know how to seize the moment with these videos releases
So little tidbit. Sorcerer's Stone GC and PS2 version was made *after* Chamber of Secrets.
When EA saw the succes of CoS they remade the first one on a tight deadline. Different developers but some sound design/mechanics made its way into Prisoner of Azkaban.
Great fun fact here.
xbox version too
@@retrorebound8887 Are you going to review Hogwarts Legacy next?
Why are you doubling down on the "non-fan" angle when it's obvious you care about the franchise in some way. You have literally watched the movies and played the games growing up.
The man talked about ps1 hagrid meme showing a HP ps2 game.
I'm playing through Sorcerer's Stone rn on GBC, soon to play Chamber of Secrets. It's a blast!
My fav was order of the Phoenix. It even had Hungarian voice acting! It was awesome to understand everything they say when i was a kid!
This brought back memories, I totally forgot about how I played Half-Blood Prince on the wii when I was younger, and never could really understand how to beat the game. However, my favorite of the bunch was the Chamber of Secrets game boy color version that was the sole game my sister owned. That game was so fun, immersive, and covered more of the book and the world then the movies in a final fantasy kind of style!! Going around and collecting wizard cards and building your magical creature info book, or playing ghost bowling with old Nick and the gnome toss challenge, ahhh…there was just so much detail and explanation in that game.
i was literally just thinking i would like to see someone go over all the HP games and then refreshed youtube and this vid popped up
Awesome video man, love your channel too. Also this is unrelated to the video but just wanted to say your Persona 4 video convinced me to buy it and omg I do not regret buying it, first ever persona game I’ve played and what a way to start.
Excellent timing man, love chilling with ya on a Friday night 👌
Never played the games, but adored the books as a kid which is what got me into loving books in the first place. Glad to see you reviewing Harry Potter for us even if you don't especially like it.
Been loving your content recently! Keep up the great work! I loved the Chamber of Secrets game on PC back in the day.
I also have so much nostalgia for the first 3 games and appreciate the music and exploration 🪄
I was a lord of the rings movie kid and a Harry Potter book fan…though I loved the movies too, LoTR was just in a whole other league
I remember playing all these games in some form on different consoles. So nostalgic for me.
I friggin dig the thumbnail for this video AND I'm so excited that you are covering these! I never got to play any of these growing up. Instead my mom got me each book on release. Didn't see the movies yet. This is a good year for me vs Harry Potter. Thanks again @RetroRebound
Might be wrong but the reason the manual is in black in white is because it’s a 2nd edition copy. All first editions have a red stripe across the top of the game and they have color in the manuals allegedly.
Played the first 3 on ps1 ps2 and pc just in preparation before the new one releases and man I had a blast played them as a kid and only thing I remembered was FLIPPENDO 😅
This is the video i had no idea that i needed.
Watched this video in my new crib, on my new TV, building new furniture - vibes
The PS2 version of philosopher’s stone came out after the PS2 version of chamber of secrets.
It’s more expensive because it is rarer, as not many people bought it. We’d all already played philosopher’s stone on PS1 at that point.
PS1 Hagrid came from the PS1 version 😅
If you enjoy the level design of the first few games, you should definitely check out a game called Shadow Man. Simon Phipps and the Guy Miller were the lead designers of that one before moving on to work with EA when Acclaim went under.
On the 64?
Oh man i just finished the switch version a few days ago. Kinda cryptic sometimes but extremely atmospheric.
Holy shit Matty? I just stumbled across this video and immediately recognized you. I used to watch you regularly during all the hype and build up for Fallout 4! I still remember your video when it was announced haha! So happy to see you thriving!
I played Harry Potter on the GameCube when I was younger so seeing Hogwarts legacy look so realistic just gives me chills
Chamber of secrets ps2 still my fav followed by prisoner of azkaban
Loved the Eye Toy shout out. I played SO MUCH eye Toy stuff
That toy was responsible for my exercise as a kid, man. That karate mini-game was something else!
19:00 “he [Ron] looks like me in middle school.”
YOWCH I can’t unsee that now 😭💀
The way you cast spells by drawing symbols in the pc version of sorcerer's stone was so cool. I've only seen it in Arx fatalis and Okami since. It definitely slows things down so I get it, but it's great in a puzzle game.
LETS GO! Been waiting for this!
My three loves as a kid were Sorcerer's Stone, Quidditch World Cup, and Half Blood Prince. I played those three to absolute death.
What if someone oversold you hp1 and threw in the wrong red box manual 🤔
Chamber of secrets on PC is one of my favorite games ever . The exploration in that game was insane , I liked the first one on pc too . I played 3 & 4 on GameCube . 3 was excellent although I preferred the art style of the first 2
I grew up with GBA so both Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire GBA versions were part of my childhood. And I gotta say. The GBA version of Goblet of Fires only thing it does better is you only need to play each level once which makes it astronomically better, but it still sucks. My brother had them for PS2 and I never got to play so when I watched him play I never got you had to go back and look for more crests on each level so I thought I wish I could play it. Well many years later as an adult I got a preowned 360 and preowned copies of the first 4 Harry Potter games on OG XBOX and can say I should have been more careful of what I wished for. I also got the last 4 on Wii, the Lego collection on PS4 and preordered copy of Hogwarts Legacy Digital Deluxe now predownloading on my PS5. I played Quidditch World cup on GameCube at my friends place when I was little, but as someone that was never a sports fan I enjoy Quidditch a bit, but think of it more of as a minigame thing.
lego harry potter (before they had voices) was GOATed.
I 100% was both a LOTR and HP fanboy as a kid in the early 2000s. I also loved (still do) Star Wars. Generally the kids around my age used to love a combo of at least two of those franchises.
Many or even most of us even loved Pokémon, as well. I remember so many times being at my best friend's place, he had a TV and couch in his room even at 11 years old. He also had a playstation 2 with sockets for 4 controllers.
On that playstation we spent hundreds of hours playing Star Wars Battlefront 2, Lego Star Wars 1 or Revenge of the Sith. If we weren't playing on the playstation then we were playing Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire OR Prisoner of Azkaban on our flip-Gameboy Advances while watching a movie like Star Wars or LOTR, or a TV show like The Simpsons. And we had a lot of hours logged on Pokémon too.
the eye toy was so cool!!!! i loved the one where you washed windows and the one where you had to kung fu fight the little guys that popped out of the pagodas on the sides of the screens
I remember someone bringing The Philosopher's Stone on PS1 to the place where we hang out after school and me playing the Gringotts minecart stage. Being a fan of the book and movie I instantly fell in love with it and so I got it for my birthday that year. It is janky and so bad it's good, but fuck me I loved that game!
Then when The Chamber of Secrets came out (still my favorite of the movies), I wanted the PS1 version because that was the only one where you play the scene where Harry and Ron outrun the Hogwarts Express in the flying car... but instead I got the GBA version where both it and the confrontation with Aragog in the Forbidden Forest was cutscene-only. Still loved the game though despite its shortcomings.
For Prisoner of Azkaban I had upgraded to a PS2 and so I got that game for my birthday and loved the hell out of it as well, especially flying around Hogwarts on a hippogrif.
The rest of the games I bought for my own money used long after they released but they also got worse and worse.
I had a similar experience having rented chamber of secret from blockbuster. That game was quite solid from what I recall and I’m glad to see it seems to hold up.
The first three are my favourite. But Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, if you imagine more colourful and vibrant PS2 visuals over the weird PS3 graphics they went with, it'd've been solid.
the trailers of the first 3 games gave me a huge nostalgia flashbacks
Where the fuck did you buy the sorcerer’s stone?? I bought it on Amazon for like $10-$15
Check the current prices online
Prisonor of Askaban was my favorite game out of the bunch
I cannot stress how great the potion brewing minigame is in the Wii version of Half-Blood Prince.
It's all motion-controls, and the controls are all so natural feeling. You target vials by point & click, then raise your Wii Remote to pick it up, then pour it like you're pouring a real glass of liquid. You can pour things as quickly or as slowly as you want, and it's just a ton of fun.
As a kid, I used to boot up the game all the time just to sit down and play potions for 30 minutes.
as someone who's always wanted an interactive potion making or cooking game thats not just clicking buttons to put stuff in automatically, i love this and wanna try it now
I grew up with Chamber of Secrets and it was such a special game for me and my friend. The music is so fucking good. When I realised it was from the same composer of Skyrim I went aaaaaAaAAAaaAahh that’s why
I loved how you were talking about your childhood memories of Chamber of Secrets PS2 and then used the wrong footage from the PC version and in doing so you triggered MY childhood memories😂😂
The first three PC games were my childhood! Hearing Jeremy Soule’s tracks still melts me like butter.
I always appreciate you going through the manuals. They always had more charm the further back you went. I remember keeping the Boxes and Manuals of the N64 games for weeks before I'd toss them. Which I HIGHLY regret but I was like 5-7 :(
Chamber of Secrets will always be the best one though! I nabbed that PC version back from the Scholastic Book Fair!
Matty do you use and hdmi upscaler to play old games?
My first video game ever was the sorcerer stone for GBC followed by Chamber of Secrets for GBC, those games are so special!
The Eye Toy!!! Matty THE EYE TOY!!! window washing, ninja chopping, plate spinning, that one where they would mirror you and you had to like fit in a frame or something??? that game was literally my entire childhood with my brother and friends for a good 2 or 3 years. i remember playing a lot of things on 'easy mode' by standing really close to the camera and moving around haha. i would absolutely fucking LOVE to see a video on that. if you do, please go through every different mode in that original game. and dont forget about Eye Toy: Play and Play 2, i never played them but thats the beauty of this channel!
-your friend with the open back headphone advice. i was also on an episode of Ham Live with Paul and talked to you guys about settlement mode in Starfield haha
I remember the EyeToy, really enjoyed it too as a kid, surprisingly so! It was a bit wonky at times but overall had a very positive experience with it.
PS2 Philosophers Stone is mostly pricey as its rare since it was released after Chamber of Secrets built off the same engine.
With such a fan of RPG's as you are, you should definitely check out the Gameboy games! GB Chamber of Secrets feels like an old school JRPG/LOTR Third Age where your spells and stuff upgrade the more you use them.
4:18
Oh, you mean Lord Moldy Butt
Played every single game except deathly hallows part 2. I had a very high hope they would let players explore Hogwarts after finishing the story but I'm happy that we're getting a proper open world Harry Potter game this month 😁
I replayed the PS1 Sorcerer's Stone game since I wasn't good enough to beat it as a kid. I mostly just liked walking around Hogwarts.
I’m for sure going to try the golden sun inspired gba game looks neat
The PS1 _Harry Potter_ games were my favorites growing up. I wish I had the opportunity to play _Quidditch World Cup_ but I didn't have a PS2 at the time, and by the time I did, I forgot about it.
I know it's been said so many times, but _Hogwarts Legacy_ is the exact type of game Potterheads like myself envisioned whenever we played these early _Harry Potter_ games.
Shame you didn't cover the Gameboy Colour games, they're really cool little turn based RPG games that would be up your street! Played the first one to death as a kid.
The first one was my first ever video game, followed by chamber of secrets. Loved them!
Did you beat it?
Quidditch World Cup was my absolute favorite, I really wish there was a reboot of it, and I feel like there would be a really big multiplayer opportunity if it was done correctly.
Love the golden sun reference!
Chamber Of Secrets is one of my favorite games ever
Chamber of secrets on ps2 was my shit
When I was young I read the books watched the movies and played the games on ps1 and gameboy so I'm playing hogwarts legacy and seeing the classrooms and all the references is amazing seeing rooms I'd only imagined from book descriptions the devs did an amazing job
Happy potter chamber of secrets, philosopher stone were really good I do wish we could play em
Chamber was definitely the best of the bunch lol You gotta do a video for the handheld ones too! I recently repurchased Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets for the GBC and they hold up!!
in a rare moment of the wii version being a lot of fun, i remember renting the wii version of order of the phoenix and the potion brewing with the wii motes was so much fun
As soon as you said nostalgia gaming I subbed (ok it was something about nostalgia and I love nostalgia)
I remember my sister and I playing GoF on GameCube. She was the HP fan and wanted to play it. Anyway, we finished it one time and never went back for another playthrough.
I had the get the first two again for my new 2002 console, chamber of secrets was my first ever PS2 game and I feel in love with Prisoner of Azkiban when that released also back in the day,so many memories
I grew up loving both Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. In my area people loved both for different reasons, but never really compared the two. As a kid I played the early games on GBA but never the console versions until last year when I saw a video comparing all the versions by Flandrew. I bought the first three games for PS2 and never looked back. I tried playing the first console game after beating the second, but it was too derivative of the former. I enjoyed Prisoner of Azkaban much more than the PS2 version of Sorcerer's Stone.
Quidditch World Cup will always be my favorite. It was the first game I personally owned. All the other games I played before that were my brothers games that my mom forced them to share with me. It is in desperate need of a remake especially because there isn't quidditch in Hogwarts Legacy.
Thank you Lockmort for adding some footage of the PC version of a Harry Potter game (specifically Chamber). Those are the versions of the initial Harry Potter games that I remember most fondly. I’m kind of surprised Matty didn’t talk about the PC versions of Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets (and possibly Prisoner of Azkaban). Then again, the only way to play those PC versions is to get a cracked/pirated version of them due to their usage of install codes on the back of the cases no longer supported on Windows
Yarrrr
Harry Potter and the sorcerer stone was my first game besides lord of the rings RoK on my first ps2 system, I was 8 when I got it , at the time I didn’t understand English, so it was a challenge for little me, good memories.
Chamber of Secrets on GBC. Actually one of the coolest game adaptations of any IP. I replayed it countless times.
22:20 one interesting thing I noticed, I have the PS2 Version of this game, and the manual for it is fully colorized. Weird how they didn't do it for the Xbox 360?! PS2 also came with a physical map of the castle stylized to look like it was on parchment like Harry's Marauder's Map.
5:17 I never expected someone to open an old manual for a game and say it's boring when nowadays there aren't even any manuals at all for modern games. Also back then all manuals, or most manuals were black and white on the inside. (edit: ok I didnt expect the later once to also be black and white lol)
It should also be noted that the copy of Philosophers stone you have was released after Chamber of secrets, which is also why it looks so similar to it. They wanted to rework the old one to match with the new one and have a game to release while there was no new movie.
Its so wild how different these are than the pc
I really like how you went over the game box, that's not something I've seen a youtuber do so far.
I thought about selling my old HP games, but the memories are too good to exchange for money.
About memories: i have two versions of the chamber of secrets: first one was the dutch version, second one in English. The first version was so over played that the game stopped working right before the first duel between harry and draco. For like two years i only played the beginning of the game over and over again until i finally found the game again in a local toy store and begged my mom to buy it again for me
Goblet of Fire PC version was so good it remained my favourite HP part, also with the movie and the book
Matty I know you're wearing the Box Lunch Mace Windu hoodie. Let it's glory grace the screen for all of us to see.
First was my jam, still have it on og xbox