Pokemon Red Full Color Hack
Hack of Pokémon: Red Version
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Released By | Drenn |
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Category | Improvement |
Platform | GB |
License | N/A |
Patching Information | No Special Requirements |
Genre | Role Playing |
Mods | G |
Patch Version | 1.2 |
Hack Release Date | 25 July 2017 |
Readme | Readme File |
Downloads | 93155 |
Last Modified | 25 July 2017 |
Description:
This is a colorization hack of Pokemon Red and Blue, done entirely using ASM. It takes full advantage of Gameboy Color hardware, which is much more capable than the Super Gameboy. The overworld is fully and properly colorized, and with colorized attack sprites, even battles are more colorful!
In addition to color, Pokemon and Trainer sprites have been imported from Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, and so has the battle HUD. If you don’t want this, the “vanilla” patch does not touch these.
ROM / ISO Information:
- Country: USA/EUR
- Internal Checksum: 91e6
- MD5: 3d45c1ee9abd5738df46d2bdda8b57dc
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Screenshots:
Credits:
Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
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FroggestSpirit | Original Hacking | Started this hack, colorized the overworld |
Danny-E 33 | Graphics | Created the gen 2 graphics patch |
IIMarckus | Hacking | Made the Pokemon Red disassembly |
Drenn | Hacking | Colorized everything else |
Essentially perfect compatibility with flashable cart
Reviewed By: ScoopDunk on 02 Oct 2023I flashed this hack to an inside gadgets 2mb 32kb fram cart using my gbxcart. The game held its save just fine and ran with no problems. There was a handful of graphical “garbage” towards the end of the game, but nothing too jarring. A few tiles weren’t displayed correctly.
The save file was also compatible with my 3DS Virtual console red version. Using homebrew, I was able to inject my full color save into my 3DS and transfer my pokemon to Pokemon Bank. The full color save is recognized as a regular red save, as long as its properly named of course. As far as I can tell there is no compatibility issues with Poke transporter, Pokemon Bank and Pokemon Home. This romhack is the bees knees. I played it for 80 hours on real hardware with essentially no issues. This is the definitely the way to go if you want to experience a vanilla red version without the ugliness of a colorless game.
There also exists another version of this romhack that implements an exp bar during battle and the pokeball caught symbol when you encounter a wild Pokemon. These quality of life changes while keeping the game as vanilla as possible has made this my all time favorite romhack.
Version 1.2 Recommended - Yes
Headline | Author | Date | Version | Recommend |
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Essentially perfect compatibility with flashable cart | ScoopDunk | 02 Oct 2023 | 1.2 | Yes |
Trip down memory lane! | snakeye355 | 29 Jan 2022 | 1.2 | Yes |
Looks unreal! But needs gen 1 sprites | atpstudios | 23 Dec 2021 | 1.2 | Yes |
Great hack | TimBTW | 19 Oct 2021 | 1.2 | Yes |
Wild Gen 1.5 Appeared! | Eldrethor | 25 Aug 2021 | 1.2 | Yes |
The Best version of Red, but | semolous | 04 Dec 2020 | 1.2 | Yes |
Needs an universal patch. | RealGaea | 28 Jul 2017 | 1.2 | Yes |
Wonderful | CeroAbsoluto | 15 Jul 2016 | 1.0 | Yes |
A Better Looking Pokemon Red | dewhi100 | 16 Jan 2014 | N/A | Yes |