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: Characters
VI:Walkthrough
VII: In Closing
     Legal Mumbo-Jumbo
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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, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, to come out. I have 
the PC, GBC and GBA versions of this game, though I like the GBC version 
best. 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 nobody could find a better explanation for 
Voldemort's strange disappearance, most people thought 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 
reading the 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.
     Characters
  First off, let's acquaint ourselves with the characters.
Harry Potter: He is the eleven-year-old hero of the wizarding world and 
of our adventure. He is the only one you actually get to control.
Ronald Weasley: Ron is Harry's red-haired best friend. He comes from a 
poor family. Because of this, he is a little touchy about the fact that 
Harry has considerably more money than he does, and doesn't like to 
borrow money from people.
Hermione Granger: Though something of a know-it-all, Hermione will prove 
to be Harry and Ron's best friend. She might be able to help you out 
with some of her knowledge of magic.
Percy Weasley: Percy is Ron's eldest brother at Hogwarts. He is one of 
the Prefects and is a great believer in rigidly following rules. Be 
careful of him on your nighttime wanderings about Hogwarts.
Fred and George Weasley: These two are Ron's older twin brothers. They 
are practical jokers and play the position of Beater on the Gryffindor 
house Quiddich team, although Quiddich doesn't even enter into this 
game.
Neville Longbottom: Neville is an extremely forgetful boy who has a 
rather large number of magic related accidents. He is one of Harry's 
friends.
Draco Malfoy: Draco is a wealthy Slytherine boy who has an unconcealed 
contempt for those who are not in Slytherine, especially for Harry. His 
father, Lucius, was one of Lord Voldemort's supporters.
Vincent Crab: Crab is one of Malfoy's buddies. He exists only to do 
Malfoy's bidding.
Gregory Goyle: Goyle is Malfoy's other best..friend? Like Crab he is 
extremely stupid.
Rubeus Hagrid: Generally called Hagrid by his friends, this is the 
Gamekeeper at Hogwarts. He's half human and half giant. He has a bit of 
an intense liking for what most people would call dangerous monsters. 
The more dangerous  (or potentially dangerous) the monster, the happier 
he is.
Professor Minerva McGonagall: Professor McGonagall is head of Gryffindor 
house and also teaches Transfiguration. She is fair but very strict and 
favors no students, particularly not those in her own house. Try to 
avoid crossing her if you can.
Professor Severus Snape: Snape is head of Slytherine house and generally 
always favors them. He has an intense hatred for Harry. He teaches 
Potions class. Definitely don't cross him.
Professor Flitwic: This tiny little wizard teaches Charms class.
Professor Sprout: Sprout, as her name implies, teaches Herbology. She 
will teach you the Insendio spell.
Professor Binns: Binns was very old indeed when he fell asleep in front 
of the staff room fire and got up to teach the next morning, leaving his 
body behind in an armchair. Yep, he's a ghost. He teaches what is easily 
the most boring class, History of Magic.
Professor Quirrel: Quirrel teaches Defense Against theDark Arts..or 
tries to. He has a terrible stutter, and his lessons turned out to be a 
bit of a joke. He has a secret...
Albus Dumbledor: Dumbledor is the former Transfiguration teacher and 
current Headmaster of Hogwarts.
Peeves: Peeves is the castle's resident Poltergeist. He is almost always 
very rude and unmanageable. Be careful of him.
Sir Nicholas De Mimsy Porpington:More commonly known as Nearly Headless 
Nick, he was the victim of a botched execution in 1492. His head wasn't 
completely severed, hence the nickname Nearly Headless Nick. He is the 
resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower, and is always happy to point new 
Gryffindors in the right direction.
Argus Filch: Named for the many-eyed monster of Greek Mythology, Argus 
Filch is the bad tempered caretaker of Hogwarts. Be careful of him.
Madam Hooch: This is the Quiddich teacher. She'll teach you to ride a 
broomstick.
Madam Pince: Madam Pince is the school librarian. She is sometimes 
described as looking like an irritable, underfed vulture.
Lord Voldemort: Voldemort lost his physical body the night he tried to 
kill Harry, but he still exists in spirit form and would like nothing 
more than to take revenge on Harry.
His true name is Tom Marvolo Riddle.
Walkthrough
     Diagon Alley
Harry's Level: 1
v  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. 
Incidentally, Lord Voldemort's wand contains a feather from the same 
Phoenix who supplied the core of your own wand. What happens when 
brother wands meet in battle?.. 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 
as it only takes two Flipendo Uno spells to kill them, either way you've 
got an easy fight. 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 sickles 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. I know, I know! But I've been really busy lately. But rest 
assured that I plan to update sometime, even if it's not very soon.