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1. HARRY POTTER QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP PS2 BIOS ROM LICENSE
2. HARRY POTTER QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP PS2 BIOS ROM SERIES

HARRY POTTER QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP PS2 BIOS ROM LICENSE

Long-time Potter fans will no doubt appreciate the solid use of the license in this respect. Detailed FMV cut-scenes highlight the action sequences as the Quidditch players do battle with, say, a poltergeist who has taken hold of an arena, for example. The House Cup consists of a mere three matches and there are story elements to be found in each. There are nine international teams to compete against, from America to France and Australia (the latter two were the only arenas opened in today's demo.)

HARRY POTTER QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP PS2 BIOS ROM SERIES

The goal in the game is to advance first through the House Cup and eventually go through a series of Quidditch World Cup matches and win it all. The game takes place in the era of Chamber of Secrets, according to Electronic Arts, so if you choose to play as Gryffindor you'll take hold of Harry and pals meanwhile, if you want to go over to the dark side, Draco Malfoy awaits your commands on the Slytherin team. In Quidditch World Cup, you can choose to play in one of the four houses of Hogwarts: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. So how does it translate to the digital - er, arena? Well, in our play experience today there seem to be both positives and negatives to detail, so let's get to it. On paper of film, Quidditch is a fast, brutal sport. But if you've read through the Potter books or followed the movies for any respectable amount of time, you probably already have the basics down and if you don't, Quidditch is as easily learned as soccer. Then there is the "snitch," a tiny golden sphere that hides itself around the arenas each team has a single "seeker" whose only goal is to find and capture the snitch, which is worth so many points that whichever team finds it first usually wins the match. The sole job of two "beaters" on each team, or wizards armed with bats, is to make sure the bludgers don't zoom in and take out one of their chasers. Players must also witch out for "bludgers," or hard spheres with minds of their own that blaze around arenas and try to knock wizards off of their broomsticks. Because now things become a little stranger. One "keeper," or goalie, on each end tries to block and return those attempts.

Three "chasers" on each team offensively move the quaffle up and down the airborne court and attempt to throw it through one of three goals for 10 points. The quaffle, a floating sphere, serves as the equivalent of a soccer ball. Each team member soars up and around a play arena on a broomstick. Two teams comprised of seven players each compete against one another in the air. Quidditch is essentially wizard soccer, so to speak.

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup, scheduled to ship this fall for GameCube, PS2 and Xbox, attempts to recreate the frantic, magical nature of Quidditch in its entirety. But now EA has devoted an entire game to the high-action, fast-moving fantasy pastime which revolves around floating broomsticks, beaters, seekers, chasers, bludgers and other words that don't seem to make any sense, but do. You may have even played the 'sport' in abridged form in last year's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for current-generation consoles, developed by Eurocom. You've read about Quidditch in the Harry Potter books.