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The 2002 video game Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was developed by KnownWonder for Windows and Mac and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for PC and Mac. As its sequel, it has similar action-adventure platforming gameplay. The game was succeeded by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for the PC, which also has similar gameplay.

Characters[]

Harry in greenhouse COS PC

Harry Potter in the Hogwarts greenhouses

Spells[]

  • Flipendo: "Knocks back" enemies and objects. Harry learned this spell in Philosopher's Stone.
  • Alohomora: Unlocks locks, including those found on doors, chests and secret doors. Harry learned this spell in Philosopher's Stone.
  • Lumos: Cast on Gargoyles, temporarily illuminates the caster's wand and reveals magically hidden things. Harry learned this spell in Philosopher's Stone.
  • Skurge: Clears ectoplasm (an "unpleasant greenish substance left behind by certain ghostly beings") from doorways and off floors. Harry learns this spell in Charms.
  • Expelliarmus: Available only in wizard duels. Deflects spells cast by the opponent.
  • Diffindo: Severs ropes, spider webs, and plants, such as Venomous Tentaculas and Spiky Bushes.
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    Diffindo being applied to a rope

    Harry learns this spell in Herbology.
  • Mimblewimble: Available only in wizard duels. Prevents opponents from accurately casting their next spell.
  • Rictusempra: Stuns magical creatures and reduces stamina in wizard duels. Harry learns this spell in his first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson.
  • Spongify: activates certain specially marked "Spongify" carpets and paved floor, making it bouncy, allowing Harry to leap high off of it. 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 partially replenishes lost stamina after he's been injured. The two ingredients are Wiggentree Bark and Flobberworm Mucus.

Behind the scenes[]

  • In the previous computer game , 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.
  • In the previous game, there's only 727 beans to be collected (150 of those can be traded for wizard cards), but in this game, you can constantly collect beans, such as winning dueling. You could also constantly get beans and Wiggentree barks by playing Diffindo challenge and getting beans from mushrooms and Wiggentree barks from 5 Bowtruckles.
  • In the previous game, wizard cards are either for trading only, or can't be traded for at all. In this game, all wizard cards can be collected without trading beans for, and any bronze or silver wizard cards missed can be for trade. However if you trade beans for a wizard card, then go to an area where that card would be, it wouldn't be there, and if it would be in that chest, it would give one bean instead. So be sure to find all wizard cards without trading any beans for, and save beans for quidditch supplies and Flobberworm mucus.
  • Unlike the previous computer game, in which casting Lumos at a gargoyle directly made things appear, casting Lumos at a gargoyle does differently in this game; it lights your wand, which then makes things appear or disappear. Any Lumos related objects would be affected within distance from Harry's lighted wand, regardless of which gargoyle you casted Lumos at. The only exception is a last gargoyle at Gold Wizard Card Challenge, which directly makes a floor disappear, then reappear if you cast at it again, and so on.
  • Unlike the previous computer game, there are levels that can be replayed any number of times which are Hogwarts grounds, Hogwarts main, grand staircase, and all four spell challenges, and Gold wizard card challenge (PC only due to resetting bug on Mac), Quidditch, and wizard duelling.
  • Unlike the previous game, it's best to play spell challenge at least twice due to timer, one to get goodies, and other to master the challenge.
  • Colin Creevey and Justin Finch-Fletchley are omitted in this version of the game.
  • In this version, Dobby only appears briefly in the initial cutscene, warning Harry not to go to Hogwarts and then disappearing.
  • 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 is only accessible 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.
  • Even if Slytherin had the most house points at the end of the year, they will still get second place.
  • 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.
  • Neville Longbottom is not present in this version of the game, despite being present in the previous game.
  • There is a cheat in this game that allows the player to move Harry to anywhere in the current area, that can be done with debug mode via delete key. This cheat does not allow the player to access different areas, however.

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