Play Harry Potter Collection Online

I picked up the Harry Potter Collection for Game Boy Advance when it came out. It was published by Electronic Arts, which put out a lot of movie games back then. This was a time when you could find a licensed game for almost every big film, and this collection bundled the first couple of Harry Potter adventures into one cartridge. It fit right in with the other handheld titles of the early 2000s.

You play as Harry, navigating through Hogwarts and its grounds from a top-down perspective. The main goal is to follow the story of the books and films, completing objectives like finding items or learning spells. A big part of the game is casting spells; you collect beans to buy new ones, and each has a specific button input to activate. You explore the castle screen by screen, solving simple environmental puzzles and avoiding or confronting enemies like pixies and trolls. The pacing is fairly straightforward, though some of the platforming sections can be tricky to judge. It feels like a condensed, interactive version of the early Harry Potter years.