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Harry and his friends are not the only ones having magical fun with the wizardry of Hogwarts. The Internet is bursting with sites that let you play Harry Potter-based games. Some are truly wizard inspired, and based on the places and characters in the books and movies.

Others are more familiar games like connect the dots, memory or hangman that have been adapted - Potterized! You'll also find info about the world of wizards translated to Wii, Xbox and Play Station ...

Chiff.com presents... HARRY POTTER WHOMPING WILLOW GAME - Give this one a minute to load and see if you can reach the whomping willow - without getting whomped! This game requires the Flash 6 plug in. Also check out the HARRY POTTER KNIGHT BUS DRIVING GAME - Drive the Knight bus that rescued Harry as it travels through London stopping for wizardly passengers.

HARRY POTTER STAIRCASE GAME - Remember those wacky staircases that were constantly changing? Warner Bros brings you an online interactive game where you have to make it upstairs from the ground floor before a teacher finds you and reprimands you... Stop in to play this and many other Harry Potter games... including Quidditch Tryouts. If you click on the map and wander through Hogwarts, you'll come across other games...

Kid's Reads Harry Potter Game Page - Learn how to play the Harry Potter version of "Hide & Go Seek" or try your hand at trivia, word scrambles, quizzes and more trivia for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Harry Potter Games at EA Games - You can play the Quidditch World Cup Demo and see the games they have for Nintendo, Xbox and Play Station 2. The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire video game is coming soon. They also have movie clips and wallpapers from the movies for downloading.

Harry Potter Wizard Challenge - This is a quiz from Scholastic, based on questions that have been sent in by Harry Potter fans. The quiz goes on until you miss three of the wizard challenges. Are you ready to test your knowledge against the world of Harry Potter fans?

Harry Potter Slider Puzzle Games - These are mixed up puzzles that let you slide the pieces around until you get them in the right order. You can also send them as e-cards.

Harry Potter Games - A connect-the-dots games, the Sorting Hat, Match the Spells, Harry Potter Hangman and others...

Harry Potter Activities - You'll find links to lots of great sites with word games, quizzes and puzzles in the Chiff.com Harry Potter Activities section.

Hogwarts Extreme - An online interactive roleplaying game based on the Harry Potter books and movies. Enroll for a chance to play against other Harry Potter fans.

Slytherin Attack - A selection of downloads - go down to the section labeled games to see the titles. There are no previews so you have to download them to see exactly what they are...