Magic Emperor Ghaleon's Guide To: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on GBC Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Technical Data Platform: Gameboy Color Genre: RPG Number of Players: 1 Save Ram: Yes Cart Size: ? Contents I: Legal Mumbo-Jumbo II: Intro III: Story IV: Controls V: Walkthrough Legal Mumbo-Jumbo This document is copyright 2002 by Magic Emperor Ghaleon. Do not use it for any profitable purposes and don't alter it. If you want to post this FAQ on your own webpage, you are free to do so as long as it remains unaltered. If I find that someone has posted it on their webpage and changed anything I will be forced to get very mad! However, I am always glad to get help when writing an FAQ. Any suggestions will be welcome. My addresses are gades88@attbi.com or Ghaleon2001@hotmail.com. I prefer taking game related questions at the Hotmail address, but as we all know there are times when Hotmail is down due to technical problems. One note on E-mails. Don't send me file attachments unless you explain what they are in the message. And, most importantly, do not flame me for writing a review for a game you like or don't like. A few days ago I got a very nasty E-mail from a guy who was pissed because I didn't like Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Atari and said so. If I write a bad review for a game you like or a good review for a game you hate, don't flame me. It's perfectly all right to express opinions, but do it in a good way. The git who flamed me has since had his E-mail address banned from my accounts. Suffice it to say, don't flame me unless you don't want to be able to contact me. With the legal business out of the way, let's get onto the FAQ. Intro Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Philosopher's Stone if you're British), is based on the popular fantasy novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling (it's actually pronounced Rolling), the first volume in the Harry Potter series. Oh yeah, and did you know that the Philosopher's Stone and Elixir of Life are two slang names for whisky? I am an avid Potter fan, having read all four books and being eager for the fifth novel to come out. I have the PC, GBC and GBA versions of this game, and in many ways the GBC version is better..as far as I'm concerned. The music is very cool, even if it's not right out of the movie. You might even hear some of these tunes in the PC and GBA versions of this game. In fact you will. The title screen theme I know for sure is featured in the GBA version. As for the battle system, it's a turn- based battle system unlike the GBA and PC games. What's turn-based you ask? Well, it just means that everyone takes turns attacking each other. You make your selections from a menu, then battle is joined. Story The story of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (or Philosopher's Stone if you're British), is like this. For almost twenty years the secret community of witches and wizards in England has lived in fear, for they are threatened by an evil wizard, Lord Voldemort. But one night, Voldemort mysteriously disappears after attempting to kill a small boy, Harry Potter. As no other explanation is reached, people believed that something about Harry had finished Voldemort off. Unfortunately, Voldemort succeeded in killing Harry's parents. The small boy was sent to live with his horrible aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, who had a small son called Dudley. For eleven years, Harry lived without any idea that there was a secret community of wizards and witches who all knew his name. The Dursleys did everything in their power to try to keep Harry from discovering what he really was, but to no avail. For on Harry's eleventh birthday, Rubeus Hagrid, Gamekeeper of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, came to Harry and took him off to wizards' school. I recommend finding a copy of these books if you haven't already read them. They're an excellent read. Controls A: Make selections on menus, talk to people and search for items. B: Cancel commands. D-Pad: Moves Harry or the cursor. Select: Not used. Start: Brings up menu screen. Walkthrough Diagon Alley Harry's Level: 1 The game starts off in Diagon Alley. Players who have read the book will remember this part. Hagrid will enter Olivander's Wand shop, so follow him. Talk to Mr. Olivander. You'll see a cutscene as Harry tries out various wands with no results. Finally, on the third wand, Harry finds the one for him. You'll receive your wand. It's eleven inches long, made of holly and contains one feather from the tale of a phoenix. You will already know two spells, Flipendo Uno and Vermilious Uno. When you leave Olivander's, a man will stop you and ask you if you need any Wizard Cards. Say yes. He'll then explain that if you have cards you can learn card combinations which might be able to create new magics. He'll give you a Folio Magi for storing your cards, and a Folio Triplicus for storing combinations. He'll give you four cards and two card combinations. When that's done you've got two choices. You can either advance the story now by going to meet Hagrid in the Gringotz lobby, or you can go exploring. I recommend the latter, as exploring will allow you to gain experience and money. Enter the alley between Gringotz and Olivander's (Gringotz is the white marble building), and you'll find some enemies. They're rats, so they're not hard to take out. You can take them out the easiest way with one Vermilious Uno spell, but it only takes two Flipendo Uno spells to take them out. You can enter the alley and leave as many times as you want. Note: Try to use both spells a lot. If you use a spell often enough it'll gain a level. Try to get both your spells up to Duo before entering Gringotz, and don't worry if you run out of HP. The game will resume in the medical shop where you can heal for free. When you're ready, head into Gringotz. Hagrid will be there, so follow him to your vault The Gringotz dungeon is fairly easy. Just go up at every junction and eventually you'll reach your vault. Before you can enter it however, you must fight a boss. Boss: Giant Rat Just use Flipendo Duo or Vermilious Duo on the big guy. The small rats are just there to get in your way. Once you win you'll get a Hardened Boot, so equip that. Then enter your vault. Hagrid will only let you take out 800 sickles at a time (what happened to the Knut and the Galleon?), but if you went and explored like I suggested money should be the least of your worries, and I would think 800 silver would be more than enough for now. First off, let's use this money for school. I suggest you buy the following: three sets of robes, school books, name tags, a hat and cloak, a pair of gloves, a leather belt, a couple cauldrons and potion ingredients. Don't try to buy a broomstick, you won't be allowed to. The same goes for an owl. If you've got money left over buy some sweets and some potions. They might come in handy. Once that's done, speak to Hagrid outside Gringotz to leave for the Hogwarts express. First, Hagrid will give you your birthday present, Hedwig the owl. I need to stop the guide here, as I haven't gotten further than this point yet.Rest assured that I plan to update soon.