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Pokemon Red
Typically in a generation of Pokémon games, three main titles are released. One would have the initial two titles released alongside each other as a pair with a third game following. The third game is usually the same game as the other two with various revisions, such as different Pokémon placement, some moved bosses, changed dialogue etc. This formula does not ring true with the first generation, however. Instead, while the two games released alongside each other (Red and Green in Japan, Red and Blue outside of Japan) are the same but for minor Pokémon placements, Pokémon Yellow offered a different story-line and game play style as it followed the anime. As a result, if someone was to desire a conventional Pokémon game from the first generation for their collection, then Pokémon Yellow would not likely fit the requirements as the refinements made were game changing. Is blue or red worth revisiting beyond nostalgic musings, and if so which game?
To answer the latter question, it doesn't completely matter which one beyond what little Pokémon differences there are and that they got a different overall lens tone. In Pokémon Red, red is the dominant colouration depending on the handheld it's played on or in some versions (like the emulators on Vizzed) black and white. A translated version of Green would later be found online but the translations, unlike for Red and the remade Blue, were extremely poor and the sprites can range in quality so that version is not generally recommended.Now, what of Red? Was Red a good game, or was it over-hyped and overrated in subsequent years of it's release? For the purposes of this documentation it will almost be perfectly applicable to Pokémon Blue so should one find Pokémon Blue available for sale and wondering whether or not to purchase, then read onwards.
To those unfamiliar with the series, Pokémon is about catching these wild creatures known as Pokémon and raising them in teams for battle and (later) contests. Teams of up to 6 will be constructed of Pokémon caught from the wild, or traded/given to the player. They would have to be raised by battling wild Pokémon or other trainers, with he player eventually hoping to become the champion. Yet are the hours and trudging along to raise the team worthwhile?
The soundtrack is considered a memorable one and one that would be rather recognizable in subsequent years, but is this a good thing? This game's soundtrack is relatively diverse encompassing different tunes, but the majority tend to take on a more upbeat feel. For the system that this game was released on, the actual music is fairly high quality. It may not necessarily hold up as well over 15 years later, but those with nostalgic memories flooding from the deepest cores of their brain won't mind: it isn't a mish-mash of random 8 bit audio. The biggest issue with the music itself is the bicycle music: it never stops. Whenever one should decide to speed their journey up, the music starts to play...and NEVER stops! If one should enter an area that has a music theme they like, they instead get the bicycle theme. Admittedly, this is not a problem if someone should enjoy the bicycle theme, as music is subjective, but the approach in later games where entering a new area changes the music is a much desired fix (whether a bug fix or simply a change in direction). The sound effects varies from effective to just meh...the effects used for the poke ball is excellent as is the healing at Pokémon centers. Like with most games with cartridges instead of CDs or beyond, the effects can grow annoying to gamers accustomed to CD quality audio but for the game boy, it is sufficient.
Visually, a simplistic but functional game bearing a resemblance to Final Fantasy. Since it isn't possible to mention the visuals without talking about the game play, as each visual style has their own game play aspects associated with them, this segment will also talk about the basic game play mechanics. The three big styles are the character adventure mode, the battles and Pokedex views, and the various systems like the inventory and PCs.
The adventure mode is basically where the player controls their trainer and travels across the region, Kanto. This style is most reminiscent of the original Final Fantasy in that it is a birds eye view, which makes sense seeing that Nintendo published this title. The big difference is that instead of icons on a map for towns, the player actually enters the town as they would in real life (unless using a map or flying). The scale isn't perfect by any means but it don't need to be, especially on a game boy cartridge. This is where the player would travel from town to town, cave to cave, building to build etc. In caves, tall grass, or on water is where Pokémon will naturally "spawn" and can be battled and caught. Considering the limits of the handheld and what needed to be done, this aspect works well enough for the most part. A lot of strategy is done this way, as teams would be customized and items bought outside of battle. The actual customization, however, actually is done through the text.
The majority of the applications where teams and items would be tended to are purely text based. The text and, technically the interface can be described as...exceptionally cluttered and clunky to say the least. While some of the criticisms is due to it being among the first games in the series can theoretically be void, it still deserves criticism. The TM and HM (both are items that can be used to teach Pokémon moves) names in particular is annoying as instead of clearly being labelled, they are simply called "TM 14" or similar. Admittedly, since there are only five HM (repeating items, the moves taught are permanent) items, they can be memorized easily enough but there are 50 TM moves...to add further insult to injury of having to sort through them all, they are almost guaranteed to take up a lot of inventory space and must be deposited in the PC. The PC itself is also cluttered and time consuming to sort through, as there is no means to organize items properly unless done manually with the select button. The Pokémon storage admittedly is better, as there are boxes of Twenty but as it is also purely text based with minimal organizational capacities it also grows cluttered as the capacity increases. Furthermore, there is little indication of when a box starts to fill up making it more frustrating.
What of the battles and the visuals associated with them? When a battle starts, sprites of each Pokémon will appear and they would use a basic battle command menu: attack (with one of up to four moves), use an item, look or switch to another Pokémon, or try to run away (in trainer battles this isn't possible). This formula would largely stay unchanged except for enhanced visuals and animation. The images aren't fantastic but again considering the limited hardware capabilities, they are still quite nice. The animation is very basic but it doesn't need to be that elaborate for what the game is trying to accomplish.
The two big game play goals are battling to build a strong team to beat all opposing trainers, and to collect all 150 Pokémon (152 if one counts Mew and Missingno). In battling, there is a fair variety of Pokémon and the actual system itself works quite well. The actual mechanics are good and when in an actual challenge or an important battle, this burn based system could easily be a lot of fun. However...it has two key flaws. The first of which is simply that the training in this game simply to grow stronger can easily grow rather dull, repetitive and simply boring. The other flaw is that it is impossible to re challenge defeated trainers or gym leaders severely reducing the replay value of the game (it is simply rubbing salt into the wound when one person wishes to build a new team but have to delete their level 90 team simply because the other trainers refuses to play against one again). This would be alleviated in the second and third generations with re challenging players and gym leaders being added respectively, but here...it is non-existent.
Gathering all 150 Pokémon has always been a huge challenge for the time and to this day remains a personal goal of many Pokémon collectors, especially people only just beginning to enjoy the series. It is not supposed to be easy, which is perfectly fine (who would want such a goal to be a cakewalk anyways?) but one aspect brings the whole experience down...
The trading system.
If it has been said once, it has been said many times: This is a royal pain to the quotidian gamer. The immense annoyances of trying to accumulate all 150 Pokémon without a friend is evident like in all other games. Fortunately, since it is the first generation the numbers of necessary Pokémon are limited (only around 15 of the 150 are necessary to have another game for) but it still does not alleviate the irritations caused to players without a friend who would trade with or another handheld readily available with another game.
The storyline is kept rather vague in many regards, but some aspects are recurring. For instance, the concept of a rival continuously beating the player is a recurring plot point and the fact that a gang is trying to take over, while the means is cliché and potentially moronic, is also present. For the most part, however, the story is kept rather vague...and this is a good choice in this type of rpg adventure game. The reason is that these are the types of games players will pick up because they want to put themselves in another person's shoes and craft their own story around the world created: Pokémon allows that to be done.
The game itself is one of those games that the first play-through can very easily be challenging but once the player knows exactly what is coming and/or how to handle every single situation (knowing the elemental tables to perfection for instance)...the challenge is largely lost. The only way then to maintain a true sense of challenge is set those self-imposed challenges like the nuzlocke game-play mode. The real challenge in the vanilla game in the long run is actually in multiplayer against other humans and deciding how to handle their diverse and potentially sentient adversaries but without access to multiplayer, this is completely useless.
After all the Pokémon waged their battles and they rest inside their Pokeballs, the trainer sits and wonders "was that battle really worth it?" just like how a person may think when seeing this game on a pawn store's shelf. Despite flaws associated with being a first generation release within the series, and some flaws that were never fixed for anti-social gamers, it is still an excellent game in it's own right. It is definitely worth checking out, if not for actual game play reasons then for nostalgia of what many consider a groundbreaking game.
Graphics 9 Sound 7 Addictive 8 Depth 8 Story 7 Difficulty 4
Pokemon Red Box Description: You've finally been granted your Pokemon trainer's license. Now, it's time to head out to become the world's greatest Pokemon trainer. It's going to take all you've got to collect 150 Pokemon in this enormous world. Catch and train monsters like the shockingly-cute Pikachu. Face off against Blastoise's torrential water cannons. Stand strong when facing Pidgeot's stormy Gust. Trade with friends and watch your Pokemon evolve. Important - no single Pokemon can win it all. Can you develop the ultimate Pokemon strategy to defeat the 8 GYM Leaders and become the greatest Pokemon Master of all time?
Pokemon Red Description: You've finally been granted your Pokemon trainer's license. Now, it's time to head out to become the world's greatest Pokemon trainer. It's going to take all you've got to collect 150 Pokemon in this enormous world. Catch and train monsters like the shockingly-cute Pikachu. Face off against Blastoise's torrential water cannons. Stand strong when facing Pidgeot's stormy Gust. Trade with friends and watch your Pokemon evolve. Important - no single Pokemon can win it all. Can you develop the ultimate Pokemon strategy to defeat the 8 GYM Leaders and become the greatest Pokemon Master of all time?
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Say what?!?! | | | | t1e2n3g402-25-11 05:05 PM 4.4/5
no f***ing way | | | | | Retroboy01-06-11 03:11 PM 4.3/5
how can you be baby rivals? | Axll08-08-12 10:51 AM 4.3/5
Who needs a condom when you have pokemon! | | | | | | littleguy0102-06-12 04:33 PM 4.1/5
took awhile but it was worth it | t1e2n3g402-25-11 05:44 AM 4/5
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Pokemon Red Cheats and Codes
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Pokemon Red Cheats, Codes and Tips:
An Extra Bike
Simply attempt to put your bike into the computer at any Pokemon Center. Instead of going in, you will have one in your bag and one in your computer as well.
Clone Pokemon
**THIS GLITCH CAN DELETE YOUR GAME SAVE DATA.**
**This glitch requires 2 Gameboys and a link cable.**
Have one Pokemon game with a pokemon that you both want (generally a starting pokemon, a legendary, or Mewtwo). Have the other game have a pokemon that you wouldn't miss, as it will be deleted forever (Example: Level 4 Ratatta). Once you both have your pokemon, enter a trade. Now, trade the bad pokemon for the good pokemon, and at the end of the trade, right after the screen flashes "Waiting..." but before it flashes "Trade Completed," the person who originally owned the good pokemon should turn off their Gameboy or pull out the link cable (turning off the power is the preferred method, but should work). The person who originally had the bad Pokemon should have the message "Trade Completed" on their screen.
If done correctly, you will both now have the good pokemon. The person who originally had it turned off their Gameboy before it could save, so his gamepak doesn't know the trade ever took place. The second person's Gameboy remembers the trade, and has the new Pokemon.
Get about 150 of your sixth item (Great for master ball and rare candy)
First talk to the guy in Viridian City that tells you how to catch pokemon. Tell him you aren't in a hurry, and when he's done fly to Cinibar Island and use surf to surf on the half water half land shore area. When you run into Missingno run away. Your six item will have a random thing instead of a #. It is now duplicated. You can this glitch as many times as you want. *!*You can also use this trick to catch rarer pokemon like Starmie or Taurus and sometimes one of the 1st three (the wil usually have insanely high levels so I recomend a master ball, after all you should have a lot of them!)
Missing No. Kangaskhan.
Item's needed for glitch:
Pokemon Red
Master Ball (infinite is recommended)
Rare Candy
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This can only be done on Red Version of Pokemon. Do the steps described for infinite items. When you encounter the bar shaped thing (also refered to as Missing No.), use a master ball (if you have infinite) and capture the Missing No.. WARNING: Only do this is if Missing No. is at level 80. Level 0 Missing No. WILL lock your game up. It will say that you captured #### n' #### as it's name will look in the screen. For some reason it will continue to attack. Just run. If you can't, keep trying until you do. Get Missing No. into your party and give it a Rare Candy. It will move to Level 81 and say that it is evolving. I t evolves into... TAA-DAA!! Kangaskhan! This is no ordinary Kangaskhan. It has three attacks; Water Gun, Water Gun (again), and Sky Attack.
Re-board the S.S. Anne
To Re-board the S.S. Anne, have a Pokemon that knows Surf with you. Go to the guy who says "the ship set sail". You'll be diagnall from him. now go in front of him and save. Turn your GB off and back on. Use your SURF Pokemon and hold DOWN. You'll be SURFing on the guy. Press DOWN the after SURFing, and you should be in the ship.
Safari Zone Pokemon Caught easy
1) Go to the Safari Zone and wander around until you run into one of the more rare and hard to catch pokemon.
2) Run away from it and immediately use dig, teleport, escape rope, fly, or anything else that will take you immediately out of the Safari Zone.
3) Surf down to the Seafoam Islands from Fushia City (Use repel if you got it to avoid encounters)
4) Surf up and down the East Coast of Seafoam. (Make sure you stay on the very edge so you are half on land half in the water)
5) Your first pokemon encounter should be the pokemon you last saw in the Safari Zone.
I highly recommend using the infinite item glitch to get loads of master balls first so you don't risk killing your quarry.... or worse being killed by it. Very nice little trick, that will save some serious annoyance when trying to catch Pokemon like Tauros and Ryhorn who just don't want to seem to want to stay in the safari balls.
Skip Marowak fight
The top floor of the Pokemon tower is blocked by the ghost of a Marowak, which can't be identified and defeated until you get the Silph Scope in Team Rocket's Hideout. Or apparently not, because if you use a Poke Doll item in this fight, with the Silph Scope or not, you'll escape the battle and Marowak will be defeated! With this trick, you can get to the top floor and save Mr. Fuji and get the Poke Flute without ever going into Team Rocket's hideout.
Cut's secondary effect
You may already know that Cut cuts down small trees to clear a path for yourself. If you use Cut while standing in a patch of grass, it will cut the grass so you won't encounter Pokemon in that spot. The grass is reset if you leave the area.
Get a diploma
To get the diploma catch 150 Pokemon and go and see the designer in the mansion in Celedon City. He will then give you the diploma.
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Pokemon Red User Reviews
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9.5 Graphics 7.8 Sound 8.1 Addictive 8.8 Story 7.6 Depth 7.9 Difficulty 6.1
9.8 - Pokemon Red - marcus047
The Pokémon game that already had a huge success/ fan base in Japan, then brought Pokémon franchise to Ame...
Graphics 10 Sound 10 Addictive 8 Story 9 Depth 8 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 4.6/5
Submitted: 03-14-13
Review Replies: 1
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10 - The GameBoy's Shining Star. - hidood5th
Another IGN-like review lets start: PS: since the only difference with red and blue is Pokémon you find, this is actu...
Graphics 9 Sound 10 Addictive 10 Story 9 Depth 10 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 4.5/5
Submitted: 08-06-11
Review Replies: 0
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10 - Pokemon Red - MordecooLol23
Oh my gosh, I am finally getting the chance to review my first game! What is really ironic is that this is the first Pokemon gam...
Graphics 9 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Story 9 Depth 7 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 4.5/5
Submitted: 05-04-13
Review Replies: 2
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9.6 - Pokemon Red: The Beginning of the Pokemon Era - pacman1755
Pokemon Red. A game that really started the Pokemon business in its variety in games such as Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Emerald...
Graphics 7 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Story 4 Depth 8 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 4.3/5
Submitted: 04-05-12
Review Replies: 8
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7.2 - Pokemon Red - Redrunelord
An official staff review...
Graphics 9 Sound 7 Addictive 8 Story 7 Depth 8 Difficulty 4
Review Rating: 3.6/5
Submitted: 12-17-11
Updated: 12-18-11
Review Replies: 2
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10 - Pokemon Red Review :) - claudevandog
Pokémon Red. My favorite video game ever. In this game your finally 10 years old and get to have your very own Pokémon...
Review Rating: 3.5/5
Submitted: 04-19-12
Updated: 11-03-12
Review Replies: 1
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9.7 - Pokemon Red Review - catfight09
This is the review for Pokemon Red for the Game Boy Color (in case you didn't read it up there). I wanted something classic...
Graphics 9 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Story 8 Depth 9 Difficulty 3
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 06-10-12
Review Replies: 1
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9 - Pokemon Red Version - supercool22
Pokémon Red Version : Game Review !
Pokémon Red is a Great Game , you can't say its not . Overall I believe this Pok&...
Graphics 6 Sound 9 Addictive 7 Story 9 Depth 9 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 03-15-13
Review Replies: 1
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6.4 - A flawed game, but a classic - penzycubone
Ahhhh Pokemon red, a classic among Pokemon games. Looking at it now, lets face it... it sucks, ignoring the nostalgia factor and...
Graphics 9 Sound 6 Addictive 7 Story 5 Depth 3 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 03-30-13
Updated: 03-30-13
Review Replies: 7
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9.2 - Pokemon Red - achyboy777
Pokémon Review. This is the first ever Pokémon game made.
Graphics - 9/10
The graphics are obviously not going to be...
Graphics 9 Sound 8 Addictive 8 Story 7 Depth 7 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 11-27-12
Review Replies: 0
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10 - Pokemon Red A Legend is born - supersayianbroly
Pokémon Red Version one of the two that started the craze is still alive in many fans hearts, and souls, this game had it a...
Graphics 7 Sound 5 Addictive 10 Story 10 Depth 10 Difficulty 10
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 10-12-12
Updated: 10-12-12
Review Replies: 1
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8.8 - Pokémon Red Review - Ghost.Busters
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Graphics 6 Sound 8 Addictive 9 Story 9 Depth 7 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 09-29-12
Updated: 10-14-12
Review Replies: 2
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9.4 - Pokemon Red - Mobouis1
Pokemon Red and Blue is the Pokemon game that start it all. Pokemon Red is one of the first two Pokemon game so it will have som...
Graphics 9 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Story 6 Depth 10 Difficulty 4
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 09-16-12
Updated: 09-16-12
Review Replies: 0
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10 - What did we do to deserve such beauty?! - dopeydonald362
Pokemon Red: What did we do to deserve such beauty?!
Let me teach you a little something you'll never forget. Pokemon games ...
Graphics 7 Sound 10 Addictive 9 Story 4 Depth 7 Difficulty 5
Review Rating: 2.5/5
Submitted: 01-03-13
Review Replies: 1
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5.5 - A Retro Review from RetroKid - Pokemon Red - retrokid12
Pokémon Red. This game is what started all these crazy Pokémon shenanigans. We've got near $40 games, expensive dolls,...
Graphics 4 Sound 8 Addictive 3 Story 6 Depth 9 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 12-08-12
Review Replies: 1
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10 - isaacjedi5
I rate this a ten because not only do I loove retro games, but I love the Pokemon series.I'm only on my second battle and this game already rocks!
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 02-25-11
10 - deadblackkat
please do not play this if you plan to finish this, and aren't part of the vizzed community. it is too long. otherwise great game recremended for all pokemon lovers of generation x.
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 07-30-09
- FFFighterDill
this game is awsome i chossed bulbsaur beacause i honestly like bulbasaur and his the first pokemon on the pokedex i know charmander is the most used i know people are gonna call me crazy but im trying to not use charmnder im useing blastoise for pokemon firered its a very good game and you can do the mew glitch on here over all i think you should check this out
Review Rating: 2.8/5
Submitted: 11-27-10
- HGSSjapanese
This is my favorite game out of all pokemon games (except maybe it will be my second when Pokemon White come out). I recomend playing this as your first game in the pokemon series. Bulbasaur is a sucky pokemon so dont choose that for this game. Charizard is everyones favorite but Blatoise still beats them all. Like if it was against a Venasaur then it would use Ice Beam/Blizzard. Charizard is an easy nock out with Hydro Pump. This is also I think the only game (that include blue and yellow) to have the rival as an elite four! When your done with this you should go to Fire Red or Leaf Green!
Review Rating: 2.5/5
Submitted: 07-29-10
10 - shinigami64
good game, it was my favourite game as a kid... but you cant trade, even if you open both versions in two windows
Review Rating: 2.5/5
Submitted: 11-06-09
- analomiga
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Review Rating: 2.3/5
Submitted: 10-01-10
8 - slaymer90
The game is great, but I would still play Pokemon Yellow if you HAD to play a GB Pokemon game. Plus having lvl 100s before the end of the game (Missingno. + Rare Candies = A LOT of Rare Candies) is kind of cheap, but Nintendo removed it in Pokemon Yellow. Just to let people know.
Review Rating: 2/5
Submitted: 05-23-10
9.8 - jake11
The graphics are defiantly outdated by today's standards, but remembering that this game came out over 10 years ago, they're still pretty darn good. Of course, being one of the first Pokemon games, there are a few glitches throughout (though some like the Mew glitch are nothing to complain about.) I'd recommend this game, as well as Blue since they're basically the same, to any diehard Pokemon fans who are willing to give up all the features that are in the newer games. If your new to the series or not willing to give up all the updated features, defiantly go for Leaf Green or Fire Red.
Review Rating: 2/5
Submitted: 03-20-10
- Fastestsammy96
This is the best better than the remake Fire Red i hate new pokemon games ive always loved the old ones you should get it on game boy its alot better in it all THIS IS THE BEST GAME (not better than BFBC2) IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!
Review Rating: 2/5
Submitted: 03-15-10
- venoking4
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Review Rating: 1.8/5
Submitted: 11-27-10
10 - warriorxy1
This game is pretty good. I'm surprised... the graphics although not as good as say Diamond but it seems like very nice graphics. This game is good. Its better than Blue! This game is 2nd place next to Silver! Its great!
Review Rating: 1.5/5
Submitted: 06-20-10
- hoxtonmaniac
yeah by golly this game is awesome but the graphics sucks compared to today thats why people play fire red and leafgreen
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 11-12-09
- gunnerbear
i love this game its the first pokemon game ever.
its better than pokemon gold silver or crystal.
i give it a 999999999999999999999999
but after you beat this game it becomes completly pointles.
wish there was a ROM on here so i could walk through walls...
its still the best game boy game ever.
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 02-26-11
- gamergirl44
i missed playing this as a kid but know it is on the computer i am happy. i had it and it is great game to play
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 12-17-10
10 - ShinBei96
I rate this game 10, because it's the first Pokémon -game ever and reminds me of my sweet childhood. I never got GameBoy even though I asked for this many times. But now I can play it on computer, it still reminds me of my childhood. Pokémon was a HUGE hit in my kindergarten.
I play this because I respect the originals. I hate Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. But without them I wouldn't respect Kanto region so much. Thank you very much I can play this game here. Gotta catch 'em all!
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 12-14-10
- elijahhandley
10+. Best game ever. As a kid, I had a Venusaur the same level as Champions Charizard and Venusaur owned it so i recomend Bulbasaur!
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 08-12-10
- DemonMoogle
The graphics weren't the best at the time it was released. But the game play in this game is fun, you'll be sucked right into the game. I grew up with Pokemon Blue and yellow. I recommend this to all Pokemon fans.
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 06-26-10
7.5 - crshohasiree
good game, but the fact that there are very few poelpe you can battle twice and that you can't get all the pokemon in the game without trading outside the game. It creates definite problems.
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 06-12-10
9.8 - altemusprime .
this is a great game sure the graphics are not the best but this game was also make ten years ago this game is one of the best pokemon games out there
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 05-05-10
- VizardAizen
I have to disagree with you shinigami. People play this game SPECIFICALLY because of these graphics. Firered and leafgreen were made because..
1. New grafix and gameboys
2. No glitches.
As for my review, great game. Don't know what's up with the music, but nothing is perfect, in fact its pretty good. Idk what's up with these screenshots, because color only appears in pokemon yellow. If the first pokemon game you ever played was ruby or sapphaire and up..I HIGHLY recommend you play this.
Review Rating: 1/5
Submitted: 12-19-09
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iseeu44 06-17-13 - 02:49 PM You can't you must trade. Or glitch.
JSnow 05-31-13 - 08:29 AM
How do i get gengar seeing as i can`t trade?
klop860 05-18-13 - 08:00 PM
just making sure my chat box works
jizlilz21 05-18-13 - 05:32 PM
I do the same :P I can't help it, I have to go with the pokemon that suits the colour.
SacraRain 05-17-13 - 10:54 PM
Ah, strange thing is... whenever I play Pokemon RED, I always go with Charmander... but when I play Pokemon BLUE, I always go with Squirtle... and obviously Bulbsaur for GREEN.
TigerDragon 05-14-13 - 05:46 PM
Thank you, Abra. No, people didn't actually commit suicide because of music... If that happened, I think GameFreak would be sued.
Abra 04-14-13 - 01:02 PM
But the high-pitched song in Lavender Town is a myth nether less
pops189 04-07-13 - 05:51 PM
i can't play the game be cause i buy a sword an have yo pay to play the game
mrhello 03-16-13 - 04:52 PM
the one with the high-piched music is japenese red and green (japan only)
Xzman 03-16-13 - 03:27 PM
BTW, to get 150 pokemon u have to catch and some trade with ingame characters, to get the 151th one do the Missing No. Glitch, Look in ur pokedex after that and u SHOULD(dont quote me) have 151
Xzman 03-16-13 - 03:21 PM
Is this the original. This might be the one with the Laveneder town song with high pitch frequency(I call it Lavender Town SUICIDE song :O)
LOLer6454 02-15-13 - 06:08 PM
MISSINGNO
break 02-13-13 - 01:16 PM
hmm...that new "proud eyes edition" hack i more fun ^_^ !!
iN008 02-07-13 - 07:16 PM
*Buys Porygon at games corner,
Better not mention Electric Soldier Porygon*
Gamerman920 02-01-13 - 11:55 AM
I just got 5 mews before brock
awzum 01-19-13 - 03:06 PM
OMG DID YOU HEAR REDS ON FIRE
Pinkdragon2001 12-31-12 - 05:13 PM
beat the game now im gonna play Fire Red! :D
Pinkdragon2001 12-28-12 - 03:11 PM
i got 2 mews before misty ;)
DerrickHall 12-28-12 - 12:50 PM
got a Missingno
alphapoke888 12-18-12 - 06:49 PM
porygon let's go save the world!
linklink 12-15-12 - 07:52 PM
does this work with the super game boy thing
cromio 12-03-12 - 05:42 PM
can i download this???
darthsonic123 11-25-12 - 01:56 AM
i have a level 57 charizard and i just pwnd team rocket lol
Red626 11-22-12 - 05:09 AM
I am so confused with my gloom. It is great that it learned acid. However I can't figure out how well it damages certain pokemon types. The effects on oddishes and kakunas were different than I expected. They may have been changed in the second generation
goofyn1nja 11-14-12 - 09:46 PM
I have a charmander pickachu nidorino fearow raticate gloom arbok jigglypuff drowzee beedrill and i'm planing on catching an onix
thetotherguy93 11-11-12 - 02:47 PM
i can't find pikachu in veridean forest and i really want him as part orf my collection
Hidden Phantom 11-09-12 - 07:10 PM
Is there eny way in order to trade with another user on Vizzed in pokemon games?
that would make the game AMAZINGer than it already is
Muramasa15 09-24-12 - 11:09 AM
@wmadbdog continued- to the player. these words were being spoken by dead loved ones. they would be saying "We love you so much and we miss you. Come follow us. Please, come follow us and be with us again." this was programmed into the games by a man who
Muramasa15 09-24-12 - 11:08 AM
@wmadbdog continued- there was a secret in the coding that let you walk into the grass in the beginning and you wouldn't be stopped by Oak. it would appear to be a random encounter but when the screen should be a battle screen it was words talking directl
Muramasa15 09-24-12 - 11:06 AM
@wmadbdog actually the suicides couldn't be caused by Lavender town because all the children had 1 pokemon when they killed them selves and they were only in the beginning of the game.
spookyhomer 09-03-12 - 02:30 PM
no sucides by the way and burried alive is fake
mgharper94 08-16-12 - 11:15 AM
there was also supposed to be a buried alive in the game where marowak was but...
wmadbdog 08-13-12 - 08:22 PM
@Mother3fan5 did you know in the beta, Lavender town had it's music at a higher pitch. The reason why they lowered the pitch was because of the spike of suicides in 1995 (the year pokemon beta came out). But you probably knew that...
Mother3fan5 08-11-12 - 08:03 PM
lavender town... IT MUST BURN
lolboredatwork92 08-07-12 - 08:14 AM
i am
ryanmjburton 08-07-12 - 08:05 AM
hey is anyone else on this chat?
wmadbdog 08-05-12 - 09:29 PM
how do you get 151 pokemon? I see the people with their deploma already.
ahaty71 07-26-12 - 01:57 AM
mew cheat? i thought that was just for mew
smbisme 07-25-12 - 05:53 PM
ahaty71 they do the mew cheat, to get any pokemon they want, google the mew cheat.
smbisme 07-25-12 - 05:52 PM
istevie I take it you are young, or only have played 4th/5th gen games?
1stevie 07-24-12 - 09:37 AM
this game isnt really that good translaition:this game sucks!
ahaty71 07-24-12 - 09:04 AM
ok so i have heard of people on here getting all 151 pokemon but i cant see how since there are 5 of them you have to trade in order for them to evolve into said pokemon and also red doesnt have 150?? how do they do it?
saifskull 07-20-12 - 04:54 AM
i save but it doesnt load
saifskull 07-20-12 - 04:53 AM
guys its not savin or loadin wht should i do?
Dodd7055 07-16-12 - 10:37 PM
any way we can battle aginst some one one here?? as in online battle thru patch mabey??
Pikachufan134 07-10-12 - 07:35 PM
I swear if I see Buried Alive in Lavender Town I'm gonna destroy my computer
yuseftheman 07-01-12 - 09:54 AM
holy s*** i glitched a lv 180 charmeleon !!!!!
marsongamer 07-01-12 - 09:28 AM
me to
zanewrick729 06-30-12 - 11:06 PM
lavender towns music made me have a headache
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:29 PM
i think thats it
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:28 PM
the three legendary birds mew mewtwo
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:28 PM
yes
jmalon 06-30-12 - 12:14 PM
hello?
jmalon 06-30-12 - 12:07 PM
is there any legendary pokemon in red?
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:07 PM
np
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 12:06 PM
then don't mind if I change my game to crystal
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:06 PM
if u want to do that play pokemon crystal
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 12:06 PM
****
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:05 PM
lugia is not in this game either
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:05 PM
ther is no breeding or pichu in this game
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 12:04 PM
I don't want a mew I want lugia when I get that far also a pikachu and 2 pichus
yuseftheman 06-30-12 - 12:04 PM
a lv 100 tow
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:03 PM
and there r two ways to get mew too
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 12:03 PM
whatever i'm training
yuseftheman 06-30-12 - 12:03 PM
my bad
yuseftheman 06-30-12 - 12:02 PM
thats right
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:02 PM
before gets mew he has to get through cerulian cave first
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 12:01 PM
i'm not that far in the game >:(
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:01 PM
viridan forest but it is only a five% chance of finding it
yuseftheman 06-30-12 - 12:01 PM
no get a mew with the mew glithc
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 12:00 PM
where did you get the pikachu?
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 12:00 PM
i won with a nidoran male a pikachu and a charmander
yuseftheman 06-30-12 - 12:00 PM
its suck try geting a butterfre it lerns confusion at lv 12 and as you know psy moves rapes everything
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 11:59 AM
then **** the pidgey and let's get a rattata
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 11:58 AM
level it up until it learns sand attack then throw it right back at him
yuseftheman 06-30-12 - 11:58 AM
brock is a rock gym leader so its f***ed
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 11:57 AM
what about my pidgey ;)
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 11:57 AM
but if it doesnt work try evolving charmander
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 11:56 AM
save before every trainer u battle and keep trying your luck
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 11:55 AM
but the ****ing sandshrews just lower the chance of my pokemon hitting them D:
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 11:54 AM
my advice is to lower the attack and defense of brock's pokemon
yuseftheman 06-30-12 - 11:54 AM
well if you got charmander so good luck
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 11:53 AM
:p i'm in brock's gym now :D
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 11:52 AM
yeah i see
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 11:52 AM
cool and me I named it Mario just because Mario does fireballs and Charmander is a fire type
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 11:48 AM
yeah i did
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 11:47 AM
just kidding :P anyways, did anyone choose charmander?
PokemonMan1993 06-30-12 - 11:46 AM
maybe lol
Darkus4223 06-30-12 - 11:40 AM
it's in yo butt :P
tsarfatirox 06-30-12 - 09:52 AM
where the heck is my pokeball
yuseftheman 06-30-12 - 09:49 AM
nugget bride here i come (time to rape everything with confusion)
tsarfatirox 06-30-12 - 09:48 AM
naming rival beverley LOL
PokemonMan1993 06-29-12 - 09:42 PM
that got me too when i first played it
PokemonMan1993 06-29-12 - 09:42 PM
no the pokemon show started in 1995 the project was started in 1996 and was released in 1998
Darkus4223 06-29-12 - 06:53 PM
how can this game be made in 1995,1996,1998 at the same time!?
Darkus4223 06-29-12 - 06:52 PM
FINALLY LOADED
PokemonMan1993 06-29-12 - 02:44 PM
because there r two different ways to do it
PokemonMan1993 06-29-12 - 02:40 PM
ok where r u in your game?
jmalon 06-29-12 - 02:19 PM
How do you glitch mew?
jmalon 06-29-12 - 02:18 PM
I'm on
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