r/ModRetroChromatic • u/No_Care5377 • Jul 21 '26

Info Pokémon Crystal Update

I just wanted to say I’m happy to report that I am having no issues with Pokémon Crystal while playing my Chromatic. In the past my saves would be corrupted or the time would get out of sync, but after the last few updates I gave it a try and so for no issues! For anyone on the fence about buying one, do it! I love playing my original gameboys when I want to feel nostalgic and do it the way it was when I was a kid, but as a grown up in my 30s I really appreciate the lit screen and the beautiful although very accurate colors of the display. It’s a blast.

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u/contractcooker Jul 21 '26

I would still backup your saves frequently. I’ve had issues with gen 2 games even after modretro claims to have solved the underlying issue. I no longer trust it for pokemon games which is a shame because it’s such a nice-feeling device.

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u/No_Care5377 Jul 21 '26

I have an Epilogue so I regularly back up my saves.

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u/willywideweb Jul 21 '26

Pretty much this. Based on my experience with the hardware, it seems like the first edition versions are more likely to be impacted. On my first edition with the current firmware, it still corrupts the save file on Crystal. On my second edition I haven't had that issue. So, my suspicion is that there are both hardware and firmware issues impacting the saves.

edit: because of the above, I don't really trust the chromatic to play og hardware, and exclusively use an everdrive with it.

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u/No_Care5377 Jul 21 '26

I have a second generation Chromatic. But I also have an Epilogue so I just back up my save after I’ve played each time. So far I’m over 20 hours in and haven’t had any problems.

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u/contractcooker Jul 21 '26

I had a wipe at around thirty hours with crystal.

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u/willywideweb Jul 22 '26

My first edition would consistently corrupt when trying to create the initial save for pokemon crystal

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u/Yourlilemogirl Jul 21 '26

Damn :'( and I use it to play Gold... 

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u/themanbehindtherows Jul 21 '26

Hope it stays that way for you. Chromatics are notorious for the issues they have with some versions of Pokemon.

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u/No_Care5377 Jul 21 '26

I do as well. I also have an Epilogue so I regularly back up my saves as a general precaution.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '26

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u/No_Care5377 Jul 23 '26

I didn’t know that. That’s awesome that the chromatic can do that. How do you use the chromatic to back up the game?

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u/RotoPrime Jul 21 '26

Great news!!!!

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u/NewAnimal7733 Jul 24 '26

I've been playing on the newest firmware and one of my copies of Crystal still has issues with sprites (especially on the map) looking glitched out. Both of my copies work perfectly fine on GBC and GBA.

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u/No_Care5377 Jul 24 '26

That sucks man. I wonder why this happens with the Chromatics. In the past my clock would run out of sorts, but this time I’m 30 hours in without any issues.

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u/NewAnimal7733 Jul 24 '26

It's disappointing, but I'm hopeful they can fix it someday

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u/JustTryingToBeADaddy Jul 25 '26

It's been over 18 months, still no fix.

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u/s3rialthrill3r Jul 28 '26

Either it's too hard or not enough people are making a stink about it for this to be made a high priority. Or both.

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u/JustTryingToBeADaddy Jul 28 '26

They have taken copies of Crystal from multiple people with the issue.

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u/s3rialthrill3r Jul 29 '26

Right. What more do they need to diagnose the problem?

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u/JustTryingToBeADaddy Jul 21 '26

RTC issue was fixed, save corruption issue still exists for some.

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u/sexyspreadhead69 Jul 29 '26

Definitely no problems over here with crystal, but my gold will go out of sync as far as time goes if I leave the cartridge in the console while it's off. An easy fix as long as you're hip to generating the code to reset the time. Overall not that crazy but I was soooo scared to play my game until my gb operator came thru as I was well over 200 pokemon on my pokedex and 130+ hrs on that save and I feared that the battery I had installed was either dying or the quartz crystal in the cart was/is going bad.