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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone cover
Developers
KnowWonder
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Unreal Engine 1
Release dates
Windows November 15, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) February 28, 2002
macOS (OS X) August 15, 2005
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone guide on StrategyWiki
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on Wikipedia
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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
⤏ Go to series page
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001
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Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup 2003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009
Lego Harry Potter (series)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 2011
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them VR Experience 2018
Hogwarts Legacy 2023
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions TBA

Key points

Released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in North America.
Non-working on some Windows 10 64-bit systems.[1][2]

General information

Harry Potter Wiki - A massive wiki for the Harry Potter universe

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Windows
Amazon.com
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

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Input settings

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Controller support

Triggers can't be mapped in XInput controllers.
Lack of Deadzone in Right Thumbstick, makes camera spinning. See Camera spinning with Xbox 360 Controller.

Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish
Portuguese
Czech
Only available in Czech & Slovak retail release.

Issues fixed

Fails to Start Windows 8.1 and Below

Instructions

Low frame rate on Windows 8 & Windows 8.1

Instructions

Low frame rate on Windows 8 and later

Instructions

Camera spinning with Xbox 360 Controller

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
AMD K6-2 266 MHz		 Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
AMD K6-2 400 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible 		32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible
Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce3, NVIDIA GeForce2, NVIDIA GeForce 256, NVIDIA Riva TNT2, NVIDIA Riva TNT, 3dfx Voodoo5, ATI Radeon, ATI Rage 128 Pro, ATI Rage 128, Matrox MGA-G550, Matrox MGA-G450, Matrox MGA-G400, Matrox MGA-G200, PowerVR3 Kyro II, PowerVR3 Kyro, S3 Savage2000

References