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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for PlayStation 2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for PlayStation 2 lets you explore Willy Wonka's extraordinary factory as Charlie Bucket. A Golden Ticket grants him a tour, but the other children cause serious trouble. You help repair the damage by investigating rooms, jumping over obstacles and getting machines running again. The factory is more than a backdrop: each strange device can present a new problem.
The Oompa-Loompas are essential to repairs. You tell them to follow, wait or work on a machine. Some workers have a speciality: a welder repairs leaks and an electrician restores the power supply. You therefore consider not just where Charlie can go, but also whom you need to guide to a workstation. Icons show which helpers are busy or need help themselves. The adventure combines running and jumping with assigning tasks.
Wonka's sweets also give Charlie special powers. He can throw candy balls, bounce higher on a Candy Balloon and float with Fizzy Lifting Drink. Other sweets help with enemies and obstacles. You choose the power that fits the situation and watch your supply. Collected sweets refill the power meter. This solo journey alternates physical movement with choosing tools and working with the factory's inhabitants.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
High Voltage Software developed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for PlayStation 2. Released in 2005, the game accompanied Tim Burton's new adaptation of Roald Dahl's story. The publishing names Global Star Software and 2K Games both belonged to Take-Two and are associated with this game. The project thus formed part of the publisher's film-based games portfolio. High Voltage's own project page still refers to this adaptation of the 2005 film.
The design took the film's visual world as its starting point, but did not simply recreate the tour. Rooms from the book that do not appear in the film were included too. The consequences of the other children's behaviour became tasks for Charlie. Where a scene ends with a broken machine, the player begins looking for helpers, a useful candy power or the next route.
The original PS2 manual shows how this approach translates into the controls. The directional buttons issue orders to Oompa-Loompas, while other buttons handle candy powers and interactions. Workers with different professions make repairs part of progression. The film's world thus gained its own gameplay structure: Charlie does not merely clear up mess, but learns to understand the factory as a collection of interdependent machines, powers and inhabitants.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Ratatouille for PS2 also lets you explore a film world from a small protagonist's perspective. Remy climbs, balances and follows scent trails through human environments. Charlie relies on candy powers and Oompa-Loompas to solve factory problems. Both make everyday objects large and strange, but Remy's own movements more often determine the route; Charlie must also bring the right worker to a machine and set them to work.
Madagascar for PS2 divides a film adventure between animals with different moves. Alex roars and Marty sneaks, whereas Charlie remains the protagonist and gains new abilities from sweets. Both connect obstacles with special skills and collecting. Madagascar changes its animal leads between chapters; Charlie keeps exploring the factory himself and gives Oompa-Loompas orders. The difference is therefore between controlling a different body and guiding helpers to a workstation.
Over the Hedge for PS2 also combines familiar film characters, objects and tasks in a three-dimensional environment. Two animals travel together through houses and gardens and can be controlled locally by two players. Charlie explores his factory alone and directs helpers with short commands. Both require attention to a character's abilities, but food raids and shared battles differ from repairing machines and using candy powers to open a route.
The Spiderwick Chronicles for PS2 also lets you discover hidden aspects of a film world and collect special powers. The Grace children and Thimbletack investigate a house and forest; captured creatures fill a field guide and grant powers. Charlie uses sweets and factory workers with Wonka's machines. Both connect exploration with tools, but Spiderwick alternates characters and recording creatures, while Charlie sends his helpers to make repairs.
Barnyard for PS2, like Charlie, offers a familiar film setting with inhabitants who provide tasks and activities. You create your own cow, explore the farm and ride a BMX. Charlie is an established story character investigating rooms with broken machines. Both encourage looking around and performing short tasks, but Barnyard focuses more on farm life and recurring side activities; Charlie connects his actions to restoring Wonka's factory.
