Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $29.93
New (3) Used (3) from $19.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 1962
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 98
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 1
MPN: 14784
UPC: 014633147841
EAN: 0014633147841
ASIN: B0001ONL7O
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New, Sealed. Fast Shipping!
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| Features:
| • | Play as Harry, Ron and Hermione, switching from one player to the next | | • | Face opponents such as Sirius Black and the Dementors | | • | Unravel the mystery behind the wizard prison | | • | Exciting sub quests | | • | For 1 or 2 players |
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Product Description
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban bring Harry Potter's adventures to life, as his third year at Hogwarts brings new trials and dangers! Combine the abilities of Harry Hermione and Ron as they face escaped convict Sirius Black and the Dementors! Explore more of Hogwarts than ever before -- once you unlock the Marauder's Map, almost all of the school is open to you!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 77 more reviews...
 I love this game November 18, 2008
Graphics 10/10. The game is easy as heck I finished it in a week. I highly recommend this game to harry potter lovers.
Fun,and frustrating. December 20, 2007
This game is awesome except for one minor thing. It freezes A LOT. You'll be in the middle of an important thing in the game when it freezes, you have to restart the computer and start your big event ALL OVER AGAIN. This has happened to me so many times and I am starting to get frustrated. And it's not just me either. My friend has this same game and it happens to her too. My advice: Every day, play until you get to a savebook. Then turn off the game and don't play it fot the entire day. Repeat until you have finished the game. Hope I helped!
This game is OKAY June 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is good but will never live up to The Chamber of Secrets. The graphics are really good but the game freezes so much on my computer that I mostly play it at my friend's house. The final exams are really hard. I am still stuck on the Draconifors/Lapifors final exam! The Womping Willow, Peter Pettergriew, and werwolves, have almost nothing to do with the game, even though they do in the movie. And what's with the big path in the Womping Willow full of skeletons?!! In the movie Harry and Hermione just walk through a little tunnel and they're at the Shreiking Shack! I really don't get why after Harry defeats all those dementors at the lake one time, then goes back in time, reascues Sirius and Buckbeack, goes over to the other side of the lake, and does it all over again! There are some positive things though. Portrait passages help you get to where you need to be faster and Fred and George's shop is a cool new feature too. There could be more spell challenges though.
Hope this review helped!
PS: if have the Prisoner of Azkaban movie and have ever watched the game preview on the extras disc, YOU ARE SEEING NOTHING FROM THIS GAME! I'm not sure if the is some better version of POA out there, I'm only sure that is there is, it's not this.
A must-buy game November 8, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved playing this game, and since I've never played another HP game I have to say itwas the best.
this is why I liked it:
1)THE GRAPHICS ARE INCREDIBLE!!
2)bean,pumpkin pasty,& cauldron cake collecting is great fun
3)the ice slide in Harry's glacius challenge was a bit like the 1 in 3D Mario
4)you get 2 fly around as a mini,fire-breathing Dragon in the Draconifors/Lapifors challenge, which is really cool!
5)great mini-games like Hippogriff ridin' which is a bit challenging but great fun!
6)cool secrets 2 discover
7)you get to fit the controls the way you like them
some things I thought could be improved:
1)some things were not explained fully such as HOW Wormtail betrayed Harry's parents.
2)the great hall was missing
Overall:this was an excellent game,the explanations were not full,but otherwise I
loved it.
rating:4 stars
 Different (but not necessarily better) than the Console version July 26, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I originally got this game for Gamecube, and after completing that version, I decided to get the PC version because I heard that it was different.
The layout of the castle is COMPLETELY different from the Gamecube version. The layout of the casle in the Gamecube version seems to be based more on the movie than anything else, but it seems like the makers of the game used their imaginations more when the designed the PC version. Also, there are different spells, and different items to collect. However, I liked the Gamecube version better (I don't know about the PS2 or X-box versions because I don't have them).
The Gamecube version was more challenging, flowed more smoothly, and lasted longer. The PC version, on the other hand, was too easy (I completed it the same day that I got it) and seemed to consist mostly of running around collecting Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans and other items. The PC version was also kind of frustrating because there were lots of characters that encouraged you to explore, but you could never find time to explore because you had to go to class and what have you. Only when you get to the end of the game can you explore freely. In the Gamecube version, you can explore at the end of every day. That was another thing that frustrated me about the PC version; it felt like the story took place over one long day.
One thing that I liked better about the PC version was the graphics. The Gamecube version's graphics were a very low quality and looked rather rushed. The PC version's graphics, on the other hand, were very richly detailed. But graphics, in my opinion, are very unimportant when it comes to video games.
My final suggestion: If you want a game with good graphics, get the PC version. If you want a good game in general, get the Console version.
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