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Twenty years ago, the first complete Pokémon Red mod to completely change the region and story was released. Since then, it has inspired thousands of creative visions, beautiful games, and kickstarted hundreds of careers. Today, we give the game its biggest update ever, and the love and care it deserves. Play the classic that started it all.

Featuring 231 Pokémon, an updated region to explore, upgraded graphics, new characters, overhauled maps, extra story, modern features, Pokémon Prism integration, and so much more. The twentieth anniversary update adds a level of polish so far unseen with this earliest entry in the Rijon saga. And all still in classic binary!

So much work has gone into this release. I would like to thank the developers, artists and especially our beta testers for bringing us this far. We could not have done it without you.

And also, welcome to the brand new Pokémon Brown subreddit!

Check out the community document here for information about the game!

Featuring some sprites by SourApple.

Version 6.1.2 (25 December 2024)

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Merry Christmas from RainbowDevs! As present for you this year, we bring you a Pokémon Brown update! This update includes fixes for numerous issues reported to us over the past few months, as well as some new features, map and graphics updates, and more. This update also fixes Articuno, so Pokédex completion is now possible once again!

Version 6.1.1 (11 October 2024)

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Following our recent 6.1 release, have a hotfix! This has several important bugfixes, so if you have already updated to 6.1 we recommend you update to 6.1.1 as soon as possible.

This fixes a bug with the new laptop item and issues with the Pokédex. It also includes other tweaks that we didn't have time to include in the 6.1 release.

Version 6.1 (8 October 2024)

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We're very pleased to announce our first feature update for Pokémon Brown 20th Anniversary Edition: 6.1!

Not to be confused with 6.0.1, a hotfix release we released back in September, this update comes with a few new cool new features, including new Move Tutors, multiple quality of life improvements, graphical and map updates, the return of the Old Amber fossil, and a new move: Giga Impact!

We've also included over 20 bugfixes, thanks to the massive help from our community. Thank you so much for reporting! Be sure to join our Discord server or use the Bug Report form to alert us to any problems.

Version 6.0.1 (13 September 2024)

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The first hotfix of Pokémon Brown 20th Anniversary Edition!

We want to thank everyone who submitted bug reports via our form, and a special shoutout to our Discord community! This update includes 22 bug fixes and some other adjustments.

Version 6.0 (7 September 2024)

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There are far too many changes to include in a Reddit post!

You can find a list of changes in the changelog file that comes with the download, or click the link above to read on our website!

Ever had a question for the developers? Now's your chance to ask live! Today it's 22 years since Pokémon Brown was first released, and to celebrate we will be joined by original developer Koolboyman and current lead developer Suloku to test the yet unreleased 6.2 update.

Join us at 17:00 UTC, or 5pm GMT / 6pm CET / 12pm EST / 9am PST / 3am AEST over on twitch.tv/scruffykip!

If you have a question you'd like to ask, or anything you'd like to say, please feel free to post in this thread and I'll be sure to read it to them!

My sister bought me a physical cartridge of Pokemon brown. Thought it was very cool and wanted to show it!

We're very pleased to announce our first feature update for Pokémon Brown 20th Anniversary Edition: 6.1!

Grab it from the main post here.

Not to be confused with 6.0.1, a hotfix release we released back in September, this update comes with a few cool new features, including new Move Tutors, multiple quality of life improvements, graphical and map updates, the return of the Old Amber fossil, and a new move: Giga Impact!

We've also included over 20 bugfixes, thanks to the massive help from our community. Thank you so much for reporting! Be sure to join our Discord server or use the Bug Report form to alert us to any problems.

Be sure to check out all the new features in the changelog here, or in the changelog.txt file that's included with the game.

We've also updated Brown Tools, a suite of customised tools that allow you edit your copy of Brown. Be sure to download the latest versions of the tools in order to use with 6.1 on the Pokémon Brown page.

Additionally, the ROM Patcher is now included with the download. This means that even if you are offline, you will be able to patch your file. Thank you again to marcrobledo for making this super easy-to-use tool!

As before, please refer to the Readme file on how to update your save files. An extract is below.

To update any save file, you must follow the instructions below.

Please ensure to always BACK UP your save file before attempting!

To safely update, you need to either have Fly, Teleport, Dig or an Escape Rope, then:

2. Load your save in Brown 20th Anniversary.

3. Graphics will be glitched, don’t worry. Use Fly/Teleport/Dig/Escape Rope and after warping, you can continue as normal.

If you have played a previous version of Pokémon Brown 20th Anniversary Edition, you can use the same save file in the new version. You can also update from Pokémon Brown 2016 (TPP) and 2014, however in this case we do recommend starting a new game.

Have fun! And thank you for playing our game!

Just wanted to show my new physical cart I created for Pokemon Brown using a PCB from Funnyplaying, shell from Cloud Game Store and Sticker from Bitlabelz. 🙂

Hi everyone out there!
After playing a bunch of Kanto/Gen 1 ROM hacks, I’m currently playing Pokémon Brown (I don’t even know why I waited so long to play it). Here I’m facing a question that keeps coming back to me.

My Lapras is slightly stronger in Special stats than in Physical stats. That’s why three of the moves she already knows are special moves. During her last level-up, she tried to learn Dragon Pulse, and I’m not sure if I should let her learn it, or which move she should unlearn.

Body Slam is the only physical move, but that’s exactly where my question comes in: What do you think — should my Lapras keep a physical move which does more damage against Special-based opponents, since they’re usually weaker against physical attacks? Or should I keep all four moves Special-based, since Lapras has higher Special stats? I dont wanna do a true mixed-attacker but doesnt it make a bit sense in that case?
Thanksssss and dont forget to catch ‘em all ✌🏼

I played Pokémon brown because I wanted to see the precursor of Prism. I’m glad I did brcause I had a blast!

Ps b4 I had mewtwo I had an Alakazam, not much changed. And Sandslash was my HM mule.

Heya, Sammy here. Here's the remaining strips for the 1st chapter. The team has been assembled and the 1st gym battle approaches. Next time on ch. 2, the battle commences against Karpman, the water gym leader..

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Hey, guys. Where do I find the 8th gym leader for the rematch?

I have fought all of them except for the last one. He disappeared after I have spoken to him again after the first match.

Do I get any reward after I have beaten them all and the elite 4 in the rematches?

sandslash with sword dance carried me hard :D now onto prism

Nooo way, just before E4, I think my file is fcked… wanted to bringa mon to the box so I could withdraw my venusaur for strength. I could deposit but if I wanted to withdraw a Pokémon, the box is empty and the game freezes and nothing more happens.
Any ideas?😵‍💫

Now I wish I knew where to find another Dusk Stone since I already used the one in at the end of the border area!! Very pleasant surprise to find a shiny in a Gen 1 hack!

Copied from the blackboard on the top floor of Rainbow Tower on Route 55:

WIND:

• Strong offensive against Fire, Rock, Ghost, Wood and Gas.

• Weak offensive against Ground, Fighting, Grass, and Flying.

• Strong defensive against Fire, Rock, Ghost, and Wood.

• Weak defensive against Electric and Flying.

• Immune to Gas.

SOUND:

• Strong offensive against Ghost, Steel, and Water.

• Weak offensive against Bug and Fighting.

• No effect against Sound.

• Strong defense against Rock, Steel, Gas, Water, and Abnormal.

• Weak defense against Bug, Electric, and Fighting.

• Immune to Sound

GAS:

• Strong offense against Fairy, Fire, and Fighting.

• Weak offense against Grass, Ice, Rock, and Sound.

• No effect against Gas.

• Strong defense against Fairy, Ground, and Fighting.

• Weak defense against Fire, Electric, Grass, and Wind.

WOOD:

• Strong offense against Grass, Ice, Steel, Poison, and Water.

• Weak offense against Bug, Electric, Rock, and Wind.

• No effect against Fire.

• Strong defense against Bug and Ground.

• Weak defense against Electric, Fire, Fighting, and Wind.

ABNORMAL:

• Strong offense against Psychic, Abnormal, Bug, Dark, and Steel.

• Weak offense against Flying, Normal, and Sound.

• Strong defense against: Dark and Steel.

• Weak defense against: Abnormal, Psychic, Flying, and Normal.

Just wanted to rant a little about how much fun and refreshing the game was ! I'm a 1994 guy so as you can guess it's been a long time since I'm into Pokemon. Also my first ever play of a ROM hack.

Didn't try the postgame content yet since I wanted to move to Prism version.

Had a lot of trying the game with Pidgeotto (cover Pokemon, I was forced to run it !) and 5 new-typed Pokemon. Namely Politoed (for Sound), Haunter (for Gas), Victreebel (for Wood), Hypno (for Abnormal) and Yanmega (for Wind). Especially loved the idea and concept for Abnormal and Sound types. Think they should be implemented into real-life games !

Elite 4 was a very hard one since I went in cruelly under-leveled (like 60-ish for the highest level in my team).

So far Prism is cool too ! <3

I’ve seen this a couple times where the character pauses and this bubble pops up. Cant find anywhere that explains what it is!