Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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Developer(s): EA Games
Publisher(s): EA Games
Genre: Action, Adventure
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: GameSpot7.2/10, Metacritic70/100, IGN6.1/10
Game description: The Dementors are coming, and this time Harry needs his friends. From the opening scene on the Hogwarts Express to the climatic finale on the shore of the great lake at Hogwarts, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban immerses you in the world of Harry Potter. As Harry, Ron, and Hermione, you'll face the dreaded Azkaban guards, fly the Hippogriff around towers, and explore Hogwarts with the Marauder's Map. Learn spells that allow you to freeze creatures, control dragons, and conjure a Patronus. New two-player minigames include Flying Seahorse Fishing and Dueling Club minigames.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

NTSC-U cover
Game general and emulation properties:
CERO rating: A
ESRB rating: E (Fantasy Violence)
PEGI rating: 3+
OFLC rating: G
GRB rating: ALL
Game supports EyeToy
Widescreen patch available
Supports up to four local players
Languages supported:
English: SLES-52440 & SLES-52527 & SLUS-20926 & SLUS-20926GH
Japanese: SLPM-65612
German: SLES-52440
French: SLES-52440
Spanish: SLES-52440
Dutch: SLES-52440
Italian: SLES-52440
Swedish: SLES-52527
Polish: SLES-52600
Danish: SLES-52527
Norwegian: SLES-52527
Portuguese: SLES-52440
Korean: SLKA-25172
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers: SLUS-20926
SLUS-20926GH (Greatest Hits)
Release date: June 2, 2004
2005 (Greatest Hits)
CRCs: 51E019BC
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers: SLES-52440
SLES-52600
SLES-52527
Release date: May 29, 2004
November 19, 2004 (Platinum)
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers: SLPM-65612
SLKA-25172 (Korea)
Release date: June 26, 2004
July 8, 2004 (Korea)
Windows Status: ?
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?


Test configurations on Windows:


Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
PAL Windows
  • AMD Athlon II X3 440 @ 3.0 Ghz
  • Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1024MB
1.1.0 (r5586) GSDX
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
Europe v02.00(14/06/2004), None, Automatic Game Fixes, Gets to the main menu but freezes as soon as you choose "New Game". Very unstable, it often crashes as the main menu appears or sometimes even crashes as EA logo FMV starts. The console shows lots of "Unknown VifCmd" and "TLB Miss" messages., Freezes when attempting to start a new game.
PAL Windows
  • I5 3330
  • HD radeon 6850
1.1.svn5854 GSDX
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Error-Vif1: Unknown VifCmd! in emulog,multiples warnings., Freezes when attempting to start a new game.
PAL Windows
  • I5 3330
  • HD radeon 6850
1.3.svn5932 GSDX
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Error-Vif1: Unknown VifCmd! in emulog,multiples warnings.Status unchanged yet,gamefixes cannot repair., Freezes when attempting to start a new game.
PAL Windows
  • i5 8400
  • GeForce GTX 1070
1.50 GSDX
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
Japan v02.20(10/02/2006), Working perfectly
NTSC-U Windows 8.1, 64-bit
  • Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz
  • NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 @ 2 GB
1.5.0 (special version for this game) GSdx 20200506140834 (MSVC 19.25 SSE2/SSE41) 1.2.0

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  • Renderer: OpenGL (Hardware)
  • Native Resolution: 1920x1080
  • Texture Filtering: Bilinear (PS2)
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 2x
  • CRC Hck Level: Partial (OpenGL)
  • Widescreen patch

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  • SPU2-X 20200506140834 2.0.0
  • LilyPad (20200506140834) 0.12.1
Japan v01.00(17/01/2000), as they said in the comments on the official website of the PCSX2 emulator for PAL-game and everything works 100% at 1080p (60 frames). There were artifacts from small black squares, and now they are not there, because, I reconfigured the emulator. Chern40+7


Trivia

  • Original names: ハリー・ポッターとアズカバンの囚人 (SLPM-65612), Harry Potter och Fången från Azkaban (SLES-52527), 해리포터와 아즈카반의 죄수 (SLKA-25172), Harry Potter i Więzień Azkabanu (SLES-52600)
  • Also known as Harry Potter to Azkaban no Shuujin (JP), Harry Potter og fangen fra Azkaban (EU)


Fixed Issues

Game crashes at title screen.

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Major
  • Description: The game will not work properly since it will crash when starting a new game or loading a saved game.
  • Workaround: This patch makes the game playable.

Graphic corruption.

  • Status: Fixed
  • Type: Major
  • Description: (Hardware Render) Graphical artifacts on the right quarter/third of the screen.
  • Workaround:
  1. As of November 2017 on the latest v1.5.0 development builds this issue can be fixed with enabling the "Frame Buffer Conversion" Hardware hack.
  2. For older versions use Direct3D with Partial CRC Hack Level.

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