Is there more to Philosopher’s Stone, though, than a humble film port with crooked visuals? Also, given the secrecy that must have surrounded the highly anticipated big-screen counterpart, how faithful is the game as a recreation? The PS1 version is worth focusing on for two reasons: an estimated eight million copies were sold, making it one of the console’s all-time best sellers, and, more recently, it has become notorious for some shoddy graphics. Among the memorabilia for the film, a tie-in video game was released for PC, Game Boy Colour and Advance and PlayStation One. So when the first film based on the books, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was released in November 2001, tickets to it were inevitably going to sell as would the slew of accompanying merchandise. Whatever form the biggest phenomenon in recent publishing history finds itself in – stage plays, theme parks, apps – those behind it can feel assured that they will see big returns on their work. Perhaps no other property enjoys greater reassurance of success as Harry Potter. For its first edition Jack Ford looks at Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Lights, Camera, Action Button! is a series exploring film-to-game adaptations in regard to their faithfulness, quality and value long after the original film may have passed into nostalgia.
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