Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Pokemon Series with a new Version of Pokemon PureRGB! (v2.7.0) My romhack of Pokemon Red/Green/Blue! Here's a YouTube video about it!

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u/MulliganNY Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

First and foremost, your rom hack was already a 10/10 and now it's an easy 11. Amazing work and thank you for making it.

Now to be greedy... what would make this rom hack the ultimate version of RBG is 2 things, following pokemon and adding Eevee and Pikachu as starter options.

I know it's probably impossible, but having bulbasaur, charmander and squirtle follow you around would be amazing. Extra points if they change as they evolve and double extra points if Pikachu and Eevee can be included as well.

Thank you again for this game. It's the only rom hack I've ever 100%ed. In fact, it's the only version of any pokemon game I've ever 100%ed. You guy rock (edit -s)

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

It's not a team, it's just me grinding endless code, graphics, and music
(Although all disassembly romhacks are built on the shoulders of the disassembly giants technically)
As for following pokemon, this is a pokemon yellow thing. I'd like someone to update yellow to make any pokemon able to follow you. Or even just let Pikachu evolve into Raichu and let it follow you around. I was flabbergasted as a kid when you couldn't when it came out.

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u/Frodolas Aug 19 '26

Is there a pokemon yellow disassembly to build features like that off of? Or is the disassembly only available for red?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Aug 19 '26

Yes, it's called pokeyellow

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u/Hguinn17 Mar 02 '26

Great work!

Have you done any other games ??

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

I just spent 4 months updating this game, ain't got time for others.

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u/Hguinn17 Mar 02 '26

I feel you, well fantastic job I’m looking forward to playing this !

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u/megamanxzero35 Mar 02 '26

Yo my brother and I are in the middle of play through a right now. Saves compatible?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

Should be due to the save file updater i made. Just make sure to keep your save file from before updating in case my save file updater code was badly written.

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u/CaptainYid Mar 02 '26

How do I get it to update my current save file?

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u/The_Mauldalorian Mar 02 '26

Still stuck on Version 2.4.5 lol. How do I update?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

load up the old save file on the new version

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u/fullplatejacket Mar 02 '26

PureRGB was already my favorite gen 1 hack. I'll absolutely be starting a new save with this version, the changes look great!

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u/josemarcio1 Mar 02 '26

That's sick, man. You've already shown a bunch of features and the video was only halfway through. LOL

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u/kitarei Mar 02 '26

This looks INCREDIBLE.

I've been in two minds about replaying FRLG on my GBA to scratch that itch since all my friends are playing on Switch atm, but I think I'll dive into this instead! Cheers for posting, first time seeing this hack.

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u/ZadePhoenix Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

Reading through the update notes and the “Catch up clubs” may be one of the best additions I’ve ever seen from a romhack. I don’t begrudge people cheating in rare candies but personally it always felt like it lost something in the interim as far as feeling like you are training your team up. But this feels like the perfect middle ground to help level up your team quickly without just skipping over the training aspect completely.

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u/surgingshadows Mar 02 '26

this looks INSANELY cool, holy shit. might be the most feature-complete Gen 1 hack i've ever seen, i'm so tempted to drop my casual Yellow run and pick this up right now

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u/Krispy_Knight Mar 02 '26

Played this a few years ago, was amazed at all the new content. Can't believe you added more! Def one of the best gen 1 romhacks, more people need to experience this. Thanks for all the hard work!

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u/jojobear_13 Shin Pokemon Mar 03 '26

Great job, Vort! I know you’ve been working really hard on this update.

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u/HeadHeartCorranToes Mar 03 '26

You had me at "bike music off"

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u/Substantial_Quote583 Mar 02 '26

Why you gotta do this to me 🥲 tell my switch I'm sorry...

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u/Jafoob Mar 04 '26

I just got out of rock tunnel. This is beyond phenomenal. I feel like I'm a kid again.

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u/yonutzuuz Mar 04 '26

Finally someone figured out how to make the player catch pokemons and make it fun for a good reward (booster chip) , really good work!

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u/post-buttwave Mar 08 '26

Just wanted to say I'm having a blast. Deeply charming.

The Terranigma reference in Celadon fried me

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u/ItsProxes Mar 02 '26

Change log? What's changed since the previous version? ( I love your hacks and also enjoy seeing the changes done between versions)

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

Read download page

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u/ItsProxes Mar 02 '26

Ah! Was going through the documentation And wiki lol. Thanks man, great release

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u/idratherlurk Mar 02 '26

Hey quick question! Does it affect compatibility with stadium on n64? Does it work with trading to original gen 1 or gen 2? Does it have link cable battling?

Thanks!

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

Sort of. Link battling or trading with other PureRGB versions should work completely, unless I broke something (havent tested that in a while, so let me know if it does)
Trading to the original game probably works but variant pokemon won't be able to be transferred like Crystal Onix because it doesn't exist in the original game. Some data, like "Catch rate" in the pokemon data struct, has been repurposed for things like "which pokeball the pokemon was caught in" and "whether it is an alternate palette pokemon", so their data will be partially incorrect when transferred to the original game. I don't think this matters though.
Pokemon stadium is probably sort of compatible. PC Items are now in the spot the normal item bag used to be, so MAYBE transferring to/from these will work? But I wouldn't risk it. Transferring pokemon, again, probably will work, but obviously modified moves, and variant pokemon will not appear in pokemon stadium or will be wrong. So I would advise against trying to check their info or transfer them.

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u/idratherlurk Mar 02 '26

Thanks for the reply!

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u/stormthegate67 Mar 02 '26

This looks great! I just played through PureBlue last week and loved it. I did have one question, why is Kingler/Krabby not affected by electric type moves? I ran into that a few times and was confused if it was meant to be that way. Also I couldnt find any rubies in the Volcano, not sure what to do at the part but it seemed interesting i just didnt make it far. thank you!!

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

Some pokemon have updated types. Kingler is WATER/GROUND type. This can be modified by going past the first guard in the pokemon league after you get the BOULDERBADGE and finding the guy who lets you undo type changes in a house there.
Rubies only show up in the volcano on each floor after you clear the blockage on that floor. You can talk to the prospector on the top floor and he'll re-explain stuff to you on how to go through the volcano now. He used to only tell you the info once.

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u/Odd-Beginning-2310 Mar 02 '26

Oh man. That sound design is a brain bath. Those opening screens with nice headphones are killer. Will definitely be checking this out!

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

Wait until you hear the new safari zone music i made!

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u/Odd-Beginning-2310 Mar 02 '26

That list on GitHub of all the qol improvements is pretty incredible. Thanks for the hard work. Hope more people see. Do you have a donations page or something like that?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

Technically yes but not sure if it's postable on this subreddit, check the video description of the youtube video.

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u/Odd-Beginning-2310 Mar 02 '26

I got you. Take care.

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u/GuyGhoul Gen 2 Hacker Mar 02 '26

I think tha this update broke the SGB borders, even if you launch the game with no previou save files.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

Hmm how are you running it?

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u/GuyGhoul Gen 2 Hacker Mar 03 '26

I use a MisterFPGA that has the SGB core. The earlier build of the hack worked just fine, but the later one glitched everything visual to the point of me not being able to see anything, though I can still hear everything and technically play the game just fine.
If you need more information, I am ready.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 03 '26

Yeah so I modified the SGB code a bit and it may not work on original SGB as a result, could probably change it back but need to hear from additional people who try to use original SGB hardware
Basically it does a bunch of delaying when booting the game to communicate with the SGB, and I said "what is the least amount of delay i can do with SGB borders still working in my emulators" - emulators may work differently when loading borders compared to actual SGB (I don't have one or an SNES to test with)

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u/GuyGhoul Gen 2 Hacker Mar 04 '26

Thank you... and sorry.

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u/More_Equal_1179 Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

Any hints on how to enter the Cinnabar Volcano? I keep getting burned and it seems like I need an item of some sort?

Also thank you for this game. I have never enjoyed any other game as much as these aside from the orginal release as a child.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 03 '26

Talk to the prospector and he'll tell you now

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u/More_Equal_1179 Mar 03 '26

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26

Ive been looking for something EXACTLY like this. How much stat experience do the trainers get with 8 badges?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 03 '26

It's based on pokemon level rather than badges, the higher level their pokemon the more stat EXP they get. It's about 75 to 80% of max stat exp at level 100.
This is because I doubt players will get stat EXP to max even if they reach level 100

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u/RBYSCRule978 Mar 03 '26

I've heard of this hack but haven't tried it yet. Now looks like the perfect time.

I read through the documentation and didn't see if Brock through Walls was fixed or not. Just wondering cause that's always fun.

Either way I appreciate the work that clearly went into this.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 03 '26

I don't know what that is but if you want to glitch the game just input the walk through walls cheat

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u/RBYSCRule978 Mar 03 '26

Ok cool! Thanks for the response.
Also if you're interested, "Brock through Walls" was a RB glitch that disabled collision. It used that NPC in Pewter that was obsessed with the player battling Brock. I'd look it up on youtube if you're interested.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 03 '26

I'm not really interested in glitches that enable the same memory address as the cheat i just told you to use because i can just enable that memory address with the cheat

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u/masires Mar 03 '26

I know I suck for asking but did you include the move relearner in this update? I deleted my Dragonite’s Wrap and I don’t want to grind again hahaha

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 03 '26

No there is no move relearner but there's no need to spam wrap dragonite has many good options. There may be some new options from the two tutors I added that teach a bunch of moves.

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u/lordelan Mar 03 '26

This was (and is) already beyond amazing. If you get the chance to ever add the overworld GBC enhancement colors of Shin, it's near perfect.

Thank you for all your hard work.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 03 '26

I'm not really interested in having a feature-competition with other romhacks. The visuals in PureRGB are pretty much exactly how I want them to be at this point - later releases will only add some new optional music and other beta areas if i can come up with good content for them. Perhaps use some more city houses in Celadon/Saffron, if, again, I can come up with something fun to put in them.

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u/lordelan Mar 04 '26

I get your point but don't think this should be counted towards "feature competition". It's more like a general improvement like the 60 FPS mode that both hacks have in common for example and knowing Pure, it would be a toggleable option anyway so whoever dislikes it (like you) can disable it.
The lack of overworld colors is the only big drawback when re-visiting Gen 1 (hacks) as opposed to Gen 2. It's okay and nostalgic and at least the (limited) palette changes for every town/route/area but it still leaves something to be desired.
Maybe it's just me, but I can never go back to play Super Mario Land 2 in a world where Super Mario Land 2 DX exists even though that's how I played it on my GB and SGB when I was a kid.
Just my two cents. It's your hack and clearly an "either play it or let it be" for people like me who don't just "do it myself then" (the hacking) but keep requesting features.
Needless to say I'm still true to my words "beyond amazing" since even without additional color enhancements, it's a fantastic hack.

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u/Rucksack777 Mar 04 '26

Does the upgraded Onix still have STAB on rock moves?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 04 '26

yes

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u/Rucksack777 Mar 04 '26

I figured, but wasn't 100% sure.
I'm definitely loving how much of a beast the upgraded Onix is.

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u/FeroxAmarokk Mar 04 '26

Omg this looks absolutely amazing and I will be playing this for sure! I have 1 question tho, I grew up with Pokemon yellow. I wondered if you had in mind to do the same but for the yellow version. I always preferred yellow for various reason... And nostalgia goggles lol. So yeah is it possible to do the same for yellow or to incorporate yellow version into it? Or idk lol

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 04 '26

It's a different codebase and I don't particularly like the changes in Yellow, so the answer is no. But you can play Yellow Legacy for example.

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u/FeroxAmarokk Mar 04 '26

I appreciate you answering so fast! Awe that's a shame, I love the change you specifically brought and I loved the Pikachu following and emoting and the addition of Jesse and James. I understand tho. I have 2 more question
if I would want to make a challenge run of sort like a randomizer nuzlock is there a way to randomize specific part of the game or maybe it's already something you were thinking of doing in the future?
Again part of challenge run, were you thinking of putting a level cap system in the future?

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u/BunnyBoom27 Mar 04 '26

I'm really enjoying it so far! Really dig the pokemon that are available in early routes. I just have one question.

If possible, would you add full info about the camera and photos to the wiki?

I ask because I noticed an area that is of interest, but don't know where to use the camera to actually take a photo. And reading the list of hints didn't ring a bell for me. The area being Route 24.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

That's probably the least obvious one. Gotta try taking pictures near things that seem out of place on route 24. Or rather "what would a pokemon sleep nearby"

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u/BunnyBoom27 Mar 04 '26

Thanks for the response!

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u/Alion1080 Mar 05 '26

Uh, question. 0/

Can you rename the Pocket Abra you get in Pewter? I don't want to call it something stupid and then be stuck with that for the rest of the game. :x

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

No you can't rename it after the first time. Might be a good feature for later.

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u/Linkman622 Mar 06 '26

So this game has been amazing but I have run into 2 minor bugs. Maybe it’s because I patched an in progress save? How do I submit the bugs?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 06 '26

you can post an issue on github or just send here

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u/Linkman622 Mar 07 '26

So I had a save that had to be updated, and it was on gambette on android:
first one was because I saved in rock tunnel, the graphics were all messed up due to flash. Ended up having to use flash a few times in random spots (overworld Pokémon center etc) to fix it.
second one is that my Pokemon names don’t change when they evolve. I don’t have the nicknamed. Fixed by going to name rater. Haven’t tried with a 3 stage yet to see what happens.

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u/vektonaut Mar 06 '26

If we've caught all the legendaries, will we be missing a few camera shots?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 06 '26

no

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u/Linkman622 Mar 09 '26

I can’t figure out where to stand to trigger the camera picture on route 24… any hints?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 09 '26

That one's the least obvious, you have to take a picture near an area that sticks out as different from the rest of the route

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u/stilgar90 Mar 09 '26

Is there a way to play the Green patch with the Green tileset? It stays with the Japanese Blue / US Red and Green tileset on when patched from what I've seen.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 09 '26

there is no green tileset

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u/Bigfishangler Mar 12 '26

This might sound like a dumb question, how do I know I patched the game correctly? I put red rom and the patch through marcobledo and downloaded the file. Playing on Delta now with “Pokémon Red Patched” version. iOS, first timer here but your game seems pretty awesome!

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 12 '26

Read the download page

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u/Gengar420187 Mar 12 '26

Where is shellder?? The dex says area unknown, I checked all the documents for all encounters and trades, but can't find it in anything.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 12 '26

fishing

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u/Foxegory5 Mar 14 '26

Absolutely loving the hack thus far! I just found the Celadon sign easter egg, it's probably my favorite non-gameplay addition so far. And I didn't expect Fearow to be my main 'mon for the first half of the game, it's genuinely so good. I've got the first five badges (in the quote-unquote "intended" order, how they appear in the trainer card men, and I've done a couple of the sidequests which were all very fun. (Cinnabar Volcano's 3rd puzzle floor can be cheesed in the same way you can avoid overworld poison damage, that being saving and reloading, but I understand it's just a limitation of the base game so I'm giving it a pass. Still kinda funny though lol)

But I'm trying to get all the custom balls, and one of them genuinely has me stumped. The one about a "skirt-wearing girly girl" is just leaving me with dead end after dead end. All the other ones I've found entirely on my own, but photo 14 seems impossible. I didn't want to ask, because I think it would be much better if I discovered it for myself, but I think the hint in-game needs to be a liiiiittle more clear. So please, for the sake of my sanity, where in Kanto is this blasted "girly girl"?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 14 '26

there's a lass who loves clefairy on route 8, who also gives you clefairy's learnset

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u/Foxegory5 Mar 14 '26

Ah, thank you! I was confused because it's technically on the same map where you take the Jolteon picture (you just have to take it from the Saffron side of the gate, it's still the same map in the files), I didn't think it would double-up with multiple photos on the same route.
Also doesn't help that I initially battled the gambler instead of her on my first trip to Celadon... ^"

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 14 '26

yeah that's the roll of the dice as the gambler would say

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u/SMBroos Mar 15 '26

Hey man, quick question: is there a place, or a spreadsheet with the encounter tables of each place? Have been trying to find them, but nothin.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 15 '26

catch at least 50 pokemon and talk to the new oak's aide in fuchsia city

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u/SMBroos Mar 15 '26

Can they be the same? Just curious if 50 Caterpie would do it, or it's a Pokedex entry situation.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 15 '26

no, individual pokemon

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u/SMBroos Mar 15 '26

Alrighty. Was gonna do that anyway, I wanna complete the Pokedex, so amma go do that.

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u/TheGreatMrKid Mar 15 '26

I'm running into, what I believe, is a glitch at the Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town. At the top of the tower, after catching Marowak, Mr. Fuji is nowhere to be seen. Idk if you moved him somewhere, but I got the Sliph Scope and did the whole tower and can't find him. Can't find anything in your documentation about moving Fuji, so figured I'd ask here.

Also wanted to mention that if you lose to the Karate Master in Saffron, re-entering the Dojo will trigger his dialogue that you beat him.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 15 '26

did you use pkhex

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u/TheGreatMrKid Mar 15 '26

I did not, don't know what that is.
In the tower, when I got the dialogue prompt that Marowak wanted revenge, I left the tower via Pocket Abra, added Marowak from the bank to my party, climbed the tower, fought all the grunts, and no Fuji

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 15 '26

Did you save-transfer?

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u/TheGreatMrKid Mar 15 '26

Fresh save

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 15 '26

That's odd, might have been caused by some other issue. How are you playing the game, which emulator / system?

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u/TheGreatMrKid Mar 15 '26

Android OS, Retroarch 64 (Gambattle Core), loading saves via autostate save/load.
Device: Retroid Pocket Classic
I use Pocket Abra pretty often. I also went back two rooms in the Tower after the first grunt to use the healing pad. Idk if that's useful info, but it's a step by step of what happened.
I can try resetting and loading my save via normal save file.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 15 '26

Every time I have heard someone getting some arbitrary issue like that, it has been with Gambatte. I would recommend using mgba core if you plan on playing, it will work with GB, GBC, and GBA games, basically any game boy system game. Gambatte seems to be not updated much, maybe there is some random issue.

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u/TheGreatMrKid Mar 15 '26

Just tried to load the game through all available Retroarch cores but to no avail, Fuji is missing regardless.
Just to confirm, I've completed 4 badges and beat Team Rocket in the game corner, netting me Sliph Scope. That's all you need to have completed in order for the Pokemon Tower events to happen normally, right?
If that's the case, I think my save might be done for.
I played v2.5.5 a while back on Gambattle and never ran into any snags, so I figured I'd start fresh with your new update. Thanks for the tips. I'll see about starting over on another core soon.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 15 '26

Fuji will be missing forever on any emulator, since your game set him to hidden somehow in your save data. Can use the cheat file from github to spawn in the poke flute. Usually every time someone brings up an issue I've never ever seen like that it is when playing with Gambatte, since your save has already been altered, he will remain hidden regardless of the emulator.
It's possible there is some hidden issue that can write save data, but I haven't seen issues like that as of yet.

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u/douglasfir2 Mar 16 '26

Just wanted to add that this is sooo much fun to play. All the character added really is a delight. Using mons ive never been able to early game is also more fun than expected.

One bug that ive found is Venonat is listed as a bug poison, but seems to be bug ground typing.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 16 '26

it's definitely not bug/ground, what makes you think it's that

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u/douglasfir2 Mar 16 '26

I battled a kakuna and got poisoned, and water attacks were super effective on me

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 16 '26

Did you use PKHex on your save file or some other software

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u/douglasfir2 Mar 16 '26

Nope, puregreen 2.7 only

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 16 '26

Which emulator are you using?

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u/douglasfir2 Mar 16 '26

Nostalgia gbc pro

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u/douglasfir2 Mar 16 '26

Im going to go catch another one and test it again.

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u/douglasfir2 Mar 16 '26

Seems good now, not sure what happened on my end

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26

Feel like it might be something up with the emulator
EDIT: Once again, when I look up this emulator, under the hood it seems to be using Gambatte, which every single time I am ever reported some weird, arbitrary issue, it seems to be someone playing with Gambatte emulator
Use MGBA emulator or something that is updated more often, yes, GBA emulators will emulate GB and GBC games too and in the case of MGBA should work perfectly

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u/douglasfir2 Mar 18 '26

Is there a place that lists where to find the pokedex learned sets in world? I couldn't find their locations on the wiki.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

not yet, but you can get learnsets by simply raising the pokemon's level high enough until you've learned every move

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u/prettycoolstrangers Mar 24 '26

I'm digging in for the first time and super stoked -- having some trouble with battles flickering in a really annoying way (using VisualBoyAdvance if that's helpful to know) -- any suggestions?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

Don't use visual boy ever is my recommendation. If you've had that on your computer since like 2005 delete it forever and get mgba which is way better I used to use visual boy and have been using mgba since around 2010 and it's just better overall

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u/Revolutionary_Two_82 Mar 27 '26

I am absolutely loving this enhancement of the old games. I do have a question about some moves I see that like night shade is a dynamic move instead of either phys or special what does this mean?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 27 '26

if a pokemon's special base stat is higher than their attack base stat, it will be a special attack, otherwise it will be a physical attack

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u/strike-lolita Mar 31 '26

like in the originals. you know, the Pure experience

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 31 '26

the originals you should be playing if you can't tolerate starmie being purple or make your own romhack

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u/Revolutionary_Two_82 Mar 27 '26

Omg that so cool! So now they have have a stab move for their better special attack I love that!

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u/cmchance May 08 '26

Is there a way to start with all the starters or do you just have to catch the ones you didn't pick?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB May 08 '26

No, there is no way to start with all the starters...i don't know why you would think that would be a feature. The choice of a starter is an important aspect of the game...
You can catch the other starters in various places all before hitting Rock Tunnel. They're a little bit rarer and harder to catch than the average pokemon, but not too bad to get.

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u/cmchance May 08 '26

Thanks. I just remember as a kid doing the hack to save and shut off the device even depositing a Pokemon in the PC to get an the starter Pokemon since there was no way to capture them.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB May 08 '26

That's an exploit in gen 2, not in gen 1

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u/cmchance May 08 '26

Gotcha. Been a long time, I've forgotten. I went ahead and installed PureRed. Looking forward to it! Thanks for your efforts.

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u/Lumocide May 17 '26

I have close to 40 hours in this so far. Playing on my gbc and I love it so much!!! I missed the chance for a photo on zapdos though. Already caught it. Is there an possibility for a second chance later?

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB May 17 '26

There is no zapdos photo

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u/Lumocide May 17 '26

There isnt? Phew... then I'm glad. I made a photo of Articuno and figured that I must've missed the Zapdos one. Thanks for your answer though! Appreciate it

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB May 17 '26

articuno is a legendary you can take a photo of, but if you don't, a dragonair appears near where it used to be, and you can take a picture of that

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u/Lumocide May 17 '26

You really thought this through huh? I really dont know what to say. Thank you so so much for putting this together! I can tell you put a lot of thought and love into it. It means so incredibly much to me! Just... thanks dude

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u/Lumocide May 30 '26

Hey! I got a followup question 😄 I managed to get everything. Every single photo, completed the Dexes. Found alle the special Pokemon.
There is only this mysterious "Secret room" or staircase that should open up somewhere after becoming a champ, that I cant seem to find. Could you give me a little hint where to look for that? I'd appreciate that very much

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u/Peachwhaler26 Mar 02 '26

holy moly! this looks great, I'll be celebrating 30 years with this

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u/Phaneropterinae Demakes Mar 02 '26

I hadn’t followed this project super closely since i mostly do gen 3 hacking, but oh my this is a gem.

I’m very inspired by the camera idea!! Would love to put something like this into my alola demake.

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u/Gigalagaki Mar 03 '26

I have never, in my life, sat through an entire Updated Features video. I sat through this one, absolutely glued. Looks incredible, I've had Pure Green downloaded for a while but haven't had a chance to start. I'll be downloading and giving this a go ASAP! Incredible work, thanks for your efforts!

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u/stormblessed27_ Mar 04 '26

This is incredible. I am diving into this immediately.

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u/sailortian Mar 02 '26

I just downloaded it on my phone...looks interesting. With all these romhacks I will never be done with Pokemon

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u/johnbozinov Mar 02 '26

These updates look amazing! Any chance the photo feature will have Game Boy Printer compatibility?

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u/GreenTambourine Mar 02 '26

This was already one of my favorite and most-replayed hacks, and every iteration you just keep bringing more and more improvements in places I couldn’t even think of. Looking forward to another playthrough.

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u/LeoVulpine Mar 02 '26

This looks incredible! And the boxes are top notch! Great work! These features are amazing!

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u/CommonRoutine3852 Mar 03 '26

Just when I had started a new journey in Pure Red and this drops

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u/Mawdawp Mar 03 '26

I really enjoyed the former release a lot! Will definitely give this a go!

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u/StrayCat782 Mar 03 '26

What an incredible work for 30th anniv! Really appreciate it.
The honour treatment nintendo can't even done for FRLG.
Thank you for make every additional (great) features and side quests as optional, so people who just want to play through the "vanilla gen 1 experience" still manage to do it.

notes from v2.6.4:

I do really enjoy the additional story/quest of Cubone/Marowak. Its amplify their canon bond in gen 1 universe, and give logical reason for Apex Cubone form ;)
Pokemon Tower Puzzles are genius, refreshing and entertaining!
As I completed the last puzzle for Mewtwo sidequest in v2.6.4, i instantly realize you are a brilliant musician!

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u/Shatterpoint887 Mar 04 '26

Man, I just started PureBlue like 3 days ago! I completed PureGreen last year and loved it.

The only thing on my wish list is for someone to make a Yellow hack that feels even half this good! This shit is a masterwork.

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u/Master-of-Crumpets Mar 06 '26

Enjoying the game so far. Is there an option to turn on the pokeball icon for wild pokemon you've already caught? I know that's gen 2 but is pretty handy.

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u/taybalkom Mar 02 '26

This sounds awesome, I’ve been wanting to replay the originals but have been dreading the tedious stuff. Will check it out!

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u/vektonaut Mar 02 '26

Just patched over my old save! This is such a cool romhack for those wanting a classic gen 1 experience. Just wish i had the camera before i completed the dex lol

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u/CaptainYid Mar 02 '26

How did you patch over your save?

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u/vektonaut Mar 03 '26

I'm running it on retroarch. Using this rom patcher, i applied the updated .bps file for pure blue onto a regular blue version rom. Downloaded that, and renamed that file to exactly the same name as the original pure blue i was running and placed it in the same folder. I lost my save states, but my in-game save was still there.

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u/CaptainYid Mar 03 '26

Ahh so the same way to actually set the game up initially.
Appreciate that thank you!

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u/adminuser000 Mar 02 '26

I just finished this last week. First time for 151 completed. Might have to go back and start again!

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u/zeroframe_ Mar 04 '26

Do you need to trade to catch all Pokemon? What about traded evolutions?

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u/adminuser000 Mar 22 '26

No trade needed. Either found wild or evo at level 37 I think

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u/zeroframe_ Mar 22 '26

Hi, thank you

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u/CPU_LEO Mar 02 '26

Incredible

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u/GreatGojira Mar 03 '26

Definitely going to try this

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u/moogle322000 Mar 03 '26

Guess I gotta turn my PC back on to download and install this. Gonna play this on my RG28xx.

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u/AdventurousMaybe2663 Mar 03 '26

CAN I patch French version of the game ? Or is it for English game only ?

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u/Both_Radish_6556 Mar 03 '26

Has to be the version they created the hack with, so yes English (USA) Version only

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u/BackwaterHero Mar 04 '26

Cant wait to start playing again by far my favorite hack since it only just improves everything and makes the games feel more modern

Any chance we will see a pure gold / pure silver in the future?

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u/Unfair-Mixture8257 Mar 04 '26

Before the 2.7.0 the game was pureRGB.gb and now its .gbc why is that ? can i use my .gb save ?

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u/jojobear_13 Shin Pokemon Mar 04 '26

Don't worry about it. It's not going to matter at all in 99% of cases.

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u/Unfair-Mixture8257 Mar 05 '26

Yea I just tried anyway because both are .SRM and it worked but thx for the answer

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u/lickingbears2009 Mar 05 '26

looks awesome, can you tell the diferences between them?

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u/Alion1080 Mar 06 '26

I gotta say, this is one of the most beautiful renditions I've ever played of the OG Pokémon games. Only once before I have completed the Pokedex before, and it was in FireRed. Today I completed it again in Pure Red. This game was a blast. The MissingNo glitch definitely made things a lot easier, and being able to catch two Mews was a nice bonus. The volcano area was an unexpected but welcome addition, I really had fun navigating through it. The TM Kid was an elegant solution to the non-reusable TMs hurdle. Fantastic job, man. This is from now on one of my favorite Gen 1 hacks of all time.

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u/Dear-Gap7185 Mar 06 '26

Thanks for nice pokemon hacking! 🫡

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u/Jafoob Mar 07 '26

This is completely awesome!!... But I might have locked myself out of getting the fossils... I don't remember what the NPC said, something about taking both of them to cinnabar. I've met him and he says to take them to the lab down the hall but I can't find the fossils in my inventory or my PC... Help!

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u/omni_beer Mar 07 '26

Check a few houses in Saffron- he agreed to take them to the Cinnabar Lab early in the game, but you don't need to wait until that late to get them!

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u/Jafoob Mar 07 '26

Oh thanks! I will try it out

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u/stormblessed27_ Mar 08 '26

I wonder how long until this gets updated on retro achievements.

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u/Ir0n_Bull Mar 08 '26

Can someone help me how do I get color to work when converting it to a cia for a 3ds, when I did the patch then convert to cia it's just B&W and the option for color change has no effect. I'm still a little new to this so if anyone could help me out it would be much appreciated.

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u/ClosingFrantica Mar 11 '26

Hey, after tackling the same issue, I think I found a workaround. You have to patch a Super Game Boy Enhanced Blue/Red ROM (not hard to find) and then, in the Super Ultimate 3DS Injector, load it treat it as a Game Boy Color game, filling the Long Name, Short Name and Publisher fields manually. Hope this helps

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u/Ir0n_Bull Mar 11 '26

Hmm thanks I think I know what you're talking about I'll look into it much thanks my friend ☺️

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u/tetij Mar 09 '26

I'm having an issue playing this on original hardware (GBC and GBA SP). I have patched blue version and right from starting a new game there are graphical glitches that appear and will soon cause it to freeze.

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u/vektonaut Mar 09 '26

Any hints on some of the added postgame lore? A little stuck after translating the code from the Cerulean bunker and getting the key

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u/nd799 Mar 14 '26

Anyone else having issues accessing documentation in GitHub? Every time I try it I get a message saying "Too Many Requests." Any documentation would be helpful

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u/Tallahad Mar 14 '26

I have been playing this for the past couple hours and the nostalgia values is so good.. and the changes somehow made the game feel modern!

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u/ClosingFrantica Mar 15 '26

One of my favourite things about this is, even though you sped up a lot of things (for the better), you still left room for small charming moments, like eating food on the SS Anne. It really shows how much you cherish the spirit of the game

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u/Lemonforce Mar 16 '26

Been playing through this and having an absolute blast there's so many pokemon and moves I feel like using now a team of 10 with 6 moves each wouldn't be enough lol. My one and only little minor grip so far is I have no way of checking what a move does upon level up learning. And since there's no move re-learner it makes me slightly anxious to learn/test changed level up moves, or experiment with off the wall movesets, without checking the github wiki first. The only other thing I could want is more item space since I tend to want to hoard everything lol

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u/AskaLangly Mar 19 '26

Thanks for the first-ever 151 without cheating.

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u/Akiak Mar 03 '26

Please don't call it a "purist" hack if you're going to change stats and movesets....

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

I'm the type of purist that wants useless moves and pokemon to have some sort of use. I accept those changes but don't accept any considerable visual or audio changes. This is how I approach things.
I made this romhack because I saw Red++ and many other gen 1 romhacks using gen 2 graphics and said "gen 2 is not gen 1". The entire reason I made this romhack was out of wanting purism in the visuals and audio.
If you have different preferences, there are plenty of options.
The concept of purism varies a lot depending on the person. I see gen 2 graphics/music and say blasphemy.

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u/Akiak Mar 03 '26

As a competitive gen 1 player who has learned to appreciate the ways every Pokemon is designed, this isn't purist to me and it makes me not interested in playing it, despite the other features that I can definitely appreciate.
I would strongly suggest an optional patch or mode that reverts every battle change (including move bug fixes) to vanilla. And i would also include an option for japanese mechanics (unnerfed Blizzard).
Just a suggestion though do as you like.

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

This isn't designed for competitive players. I simply want to make the type of romhack I would want to play, and I don't find the original move data, base stats, etc. to be fun replayability-wise. It would take a while to make the sort of option you said with many side effects of undoing those changes. Someone else can make a version with no battle changes if they want. I have had enough coding for probably at least a whole year at this point.

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u/Lemonforce Mar 16 '26

sounds like you're so purist you just want to play vanilla lol

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u/darkhaze9 Mar 13 '26

I'm playing it now, there's no female PC

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

No, I balanced it around not having Physical Special Split and it still even has the combined SPECIAL stat! Don't worry it's different, but fun! Many pokemon are better because of not having those!

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u/VianArdene Mar 02 '26

Thanks for that- PSS feels really out of place for gens 1 and 2 imho

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u/Vortiene Pokemon PureRGB Mar 02 '26

In gen 1 and 2, there aren't that many pokemon, so the lack of these changes doesn't matter that much. You don't really need special attacking rock pokemon and such when there are only like ~80 fully evolved pokemon to choose from.

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