I am halfway done with my vanilla fire red run and wanna give rom hacks a try. Anyone have any suggestions on a fire red rom hack that has alot of qol features like upgraded gfx/level cap etc but stay as close to the vanilla experience as possible in terms of story and no added pokemon from different generations? I discovered recharged yellow but if anyone knows something better im all ears. Thanks!

IS QUICK CLAW AVAILABLE IN POKEMON RUN AND BUN, AND IF SO, WHERE CAN I FIND IT? If not found as an item in-game do any wild pokemon hold it? Not many wild pokemon have items but I know for a fact a handful do. Wild pokemon held items are not mentioned or referenced at all in the documentation. Yet Ive caught mons with held items (Silver Powder on Volacrona for example).

So obviously the list is not complete and why I’m asking on the off chance anyone knows if it is available and where it can be found or what wild pokemon have it. I desperately need it for Magnezone for the championship fight with Wallace. I’m not save stating, so when I lose I start all the way back at Sidney.

Can I fly without teaching HM Fly to my Pokémon in Polished Crystal?

What are some good XY romhacks? I’ve heard of eternal X and wilting Y, but that’s it

I want to play a stadium hack and want a byteswap rom but I can't find any.

Anyone know where I could find one?

EDIT: NVM, I forgot I had to complete the Team Fusion storyline first at Bell Tower. E4 badges check might still be bugged we'll see.

Uh I can't go to Johto league in Pokemon Glazed. The security who checks for badges doesn't let me through even though I have all 8 badges. Is it because I did the 8th badge first before 7th? Man this ROMhack is good but so buggy and janky. I hope the decomp port will fix all of this. Will be top 3 if fixed.

On a sidenote, is appreciation post and maybe hall of fame team pictures allowed or too low effort? I might do one after I finished all of Glazed.

What happened to Pokémon Gaia V4?

any roms that just add a level cap and nothing else? managing xp for any of my nuzlockes are really annoying

Is there a list of hacks that work on mobile devices? I really don't want to play any hacks on my PC only and rather use it like a gameboy back in the day - on the road. I've played a few over the years but the last time was over 2 years ago and I cannot remember where I found those. Or if I simply searched for them and got lucky...

Set your save setting to Flash 1Mb/128k im trying to play a romhack on gsps and i get this message for "too mang types 2" do you guys have any advice? I tried looking into it and didn't find stuff that helped me personally

I'm looking for a romhack of any gen that includes a full/expanded pokedex but with the catch (no pun intended) that the pokemon caught there must be seen as legit and be able to be sent to be traded to retail copies and eventually pokemon Home. So no rebalanced movesets or stats, just more pokemon to catch in a way that doesn't flag them as illegal or something.

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Are there any versions of heart gold generations with increased difficulty similar to a drayano hack

Are there any rom hacks that take place on the Orange Islands and don’t follow the anime? Very similar to a baseline Pokemon experience, where you’re just a trainer from there and starting your journey?

Hey, can anyone confirm that FireRed/LeafGreen Plus is playable on mobile devices? Is there an "ideal" emulator for that?

Anyone ever built the Johto map using HexManiacAdvance for the g3 graphics?

Hi , does anyone has the same issue as mine whenever i wan to save manually this appears . I encounter the same issue w pokemon unbound using retro arch .

Only able to save game using save states . Any tips ?

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How do I change professor oak's walk path at the beginning in Fire Red? I changed the lab location and not the path doesn't match. I am using Hex Maniac Advance

Is there a rom for FireRed that has all pokemon and has a randomizer feature?

Anyone else having issues?

I have the base rom. I download. I patch. Pop up happens for .gba. I click download but nothing actually downloads. The pop up just disappears.

iOS

Anyone had similar issues and managed to fix?

Thank you.

Hi, Can so recommend me a rom hack where your choices lead alteration in the story with multiple ending? Maybe you can be the bad guys or what not

Okay so I beat the champion and the game does the force save thing after the credits. When I try to load the save from the regular menu it is just is a black screen endlessly. How do I continue into the postgame after beating the champion and letting the credits roll and experiencing the force save?

Hello, I received Shiny Gold Sigma on a physical cartridge as a gift and I can't get the real time clock to work. Tried googling and searching the sub but it was all for emulators on other systems. Am I just cooked on the day/night cycle/other? Thanks

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Hello! I am looking to explore some rom hacks, and Prismatic Moon in particular caught my attention because I really like Alola and want a game that has all Pokémon in it. However I have a question about the difficulty. It says it’s more difficult, but I don’t know how difficult it means. I don’t love high difficulty as a blanket ideal; I’m down if it’s just somewhat more difficult than the mainline games, but I am not interested in a game that expects me to do EV training, focus on getting perfect IVs, or that is generally absurdly difficult; I’m just not the type of person who enjoy those things. I did notice that Prismatic Moon’s list of ‘advertised features’ went out of its’ way to mention a way to reset EVs, so I’m not sure if I’m expected to do EV training in the rom or not. Can anyone elaborate on the hacks’ difficulty so I can figure out if the game is for me?

Any good doubles hacks (not Odyssey or Emerald Rogue)?

Emerald Squared came up in the Pokemon Codex but was wondering if y’all played it/liked it

Is Rocket Edition by Dragonsden completed? Just finished the Johto arc and the documentation points to a "DLC" and Hoenn content but have I hit the end of what's available now?

Hey all, im trying to evolve into Sneasler in Pokemon Lazarus. I have leveled up my Hisuan Sneasel holding a Razor Claw and it's 8:48am in-game time and still nothing. What am I missing? Any help would be appreciated!

(Gen4) Can a romhack that changes only things like the language of the game, connect locally or online with an original copy? For things like trading and battle

Help with porymap errors.

Anytime I make even a small tile edit to a map for Pokemon Emerald Legacy using Porymap, I get the following error when trying to "make" the game file afterwards to test.

JSONPROC_ERROR: [inja.exception.render_error] (at 6:121) variable 'map_section.map_section' not found

make: *** [json_data_rules.mk:12: src/data/region_map/region_map_entries.h] Error 1

make: *** Deleting file 'src/data/region_map/region_map_entries.h'

I've checked the file where map_section.map_section exists and its the same before and after the "make" I'm not sure what could be breaking or why it's deleting the region_map_entries.h file after. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Are there rom hacks for the newer 3d games? like XY, etc

Does the inclement emerald hack make you use frame timing to shiny hunt still (I.e. if I just reset over and over with a similar timing am I never going to get a shiny)?

Looking to get a shiny starter

Hi, I got many hack yet to play and want to have a second thought of an order i should play them in. Radical Red; R.O.W.E. and Emerald Imperium. Pretty exited to play all of them and I absolutely loved Unbound (that one is one of a kind) and I love when older games get stuff like Z moves or mega evolution. How would u rank them and in what order would u play?

How normal is it to for romhacks to be built off of other romhacks?

In the world of open source Linux it's normal to use someone elses distro as a foundation and build on top of that and release it. Is it the same for romhacks, if I wanted to use Heart And Soul (Johto remake over GBA) as a foundation for my own alternate storyline romhack? Or using Radical Red as a foundation since it already has all o the later generations added in and then wiping out the world map to create something new?

Is there a FRLG romhack that does QOL updates like EXP share, the usual physical/special and types fix for later gens, no trade evolution, has pokemon from the other version, but does NOT increase the pokedex past the original 151? I want to do a nuzlocke of Kanto but want to play with the original Pokémon

What rom hacks could you put on a 3DS have them work with PKSM (And by work I mean in a way that won't make the 3DS explode so you can edit the ROM to your heart's content)

Does anyone know if there is a romhack where the gyms are theme based instead of type based?

So like, a knight/castle theme, desert theme, circus theme etc

Heyo Im looking for a relativly specific rom hack. I was wondering if there is a RomHack with the Idea of having the strongest Gymleaders of each Pokemon Game in them?

If not I think Id like to create one in Gen5 With like 2 strongest gymleaders of each Pokemon Game (gen1-5) and one of each strongest elite 4 and obviously cynthia as a champion :D

Any recs for hacks with a smaller pokedex? I'm not a fan of every route having like 15+ pokemon to catch, feels like it creates a lot of redundancy/busy work. Ideally a dex size of like 2-300.

how can i unlock the battle frontier in heart and soul and where the location will be ?

How do Rom Hacks/Mods and cartridges interact?

I ask this because there're a few Pokemon games I have on cartridge for my 3DS that I would like to play a modded version of, but I'd like to know what effect one can have on the other. I doubt the mod will directly affect what's inside the cartridge on a fundamental level, but I'd like to avoid losing saves or bricking it somehow.

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Does anyone know where to get pokemon battleship and celebi legends patch? Going through the codex brings me to a black screen for both and they are not on hackdex

What are some romhacks that are challenging but dont:

1. Inexplicably give gym leaders/bosses ubers and mythics without at least an in game explanation. Bugsy in radical red getting arceus and similair situations is honestly just artificial and lazy game design.

2. Give every early game boss eviolite. A couple encounters fine, but when every nugget bridge encounter has eviolite, again lazy and artifical game design

I have a version of Crystal but I'm unsure which hack it is;

- Title screen is the same as the base game, no name change

- gbc sprites

- Standard starters, wild pokemon appear unchanged

- Special/Physical split is present

- I can rematch gym leaders but the lineups are the same as the base game
- I automatically got running shoes, and TMs are reusable

Does this ring any bells for anyone?

Hello I have a question about the Rising Ruby rom. Are the lengendaries shiny locked? Don't want to waste hours of my life for nothing.

Hi everyone!

I made the mistake of starting my ROM hack journey with Unbound, and now I’m struggling to find anything that lives up to it. Could anyone recommend a ROM hack that feels the closest to Unbound in terms of quality and experience? Thanks a lot!

Pokémon Liquid Crystal : Odd Egg Hey has anyone got a Magby from the Old Egg in Goldenrod? I’ve hatched over 30 eggs and gotten all the other possibilities several times but no Magby. Starting to think it’s not possible. Can anyone confirm?

Why aren't ROM devs using the pokemon unbound battle engine??

I just started playing heart and soul, and holy crap the AI is so so so so so so dumb! I forgot what the old pokemon games were like after playing so much unbound. The AI will regularly use a status move while they are faster than me and I'm on no health. I have never seen it switch pokemon ever. The list goes on. All of this begs the question, why aren't devs using the fire red battle engine? What am I missing??

There's also that the engine includes much bigger move pool, and megas. I could see why some devs might not why that stuff. However, I would think everyone would like a not brain dead AI.

I’m new to ROM hacks and loved Pokemon Unbound. Specifically, I played on expert mode. The level caps plus the difficulty was the perfect level of challenge for me and the quality of life features were great. Plus I liked the new region.

I seek a new ROMhack to play that also has level caps and similar difficulty. I’m open to new Pokemon or new regions. Any suggestions?

I'm trying to learn how to make a pokemon emerald rom hack, I'm trying to open the expansion in PoryMaps but I keep getting this error.
Failed to read heal locations from 'src/data/heal_locations.json': No such file or directory

I've done some research and it says I have to merge the folder with something, but I'm having trouble understanding it. How do I fix this?

Any mods that have all Pokémon gen 3 (fire red/emerald) have max iv's?

Any japanese version of Pokémon Crystal romhack?

I'm actually taking japanese lessons and I think playing a simple game that I played a lot of times like Pokémon Crystal would be nice to improve hiragana and katakana reading since it doesn't have any kanji so it's cool for beginners.

But I'm struggling to find any jp version of the game other than vanilla, I'd like to play something improved, I don't want the same game I played 200 times since I was a kid. I'm not looking for a crazy rom, just being able to catch 251 pokémon or something like that would be ok.

I’ve played many Pokemon games. Looking for a fun gba Pokemon hack to mess around with. Rare candy’s and that good stuff

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bought this Chinese console and there a lot of GBA games,I downloaded some games (Pokemon Leafgreen n Pokemon Sapphire) in my language(Russian) from the net and they all run good without problems. But when it comes to Pokemon Unbound there's always that "wrong Flash type 128k problem". I can't change save type on the console (or 1 just don't understand how to do it). Can anyone help me solve this problem or maybe you know any version of the game that doesn't need that type of game save, please

Did I download the wrong version of Glazed or 9.1 is still full of bugs? Tbf it also depends on the emulator but it doesn't happen to other ROMhacks I've played. I'm enjoying it though. Rough around the edges but a diamond in the rough.

Is there a rom hack that takes place in the Sevii Islands?

I can’t seem the spawn in the NPC that’s supposed to give you the elemental monkey on blaze black 2 redux

hello! i'm looking for a pokemon gold/silver remake.
specifically, one that doesnt try to make the game harder.
i really like extra content, especially additions to the story; especially since i JUST finished dark violet (my favorite hack for fire red TBH)
i really want both johto and kanto to be complete... and i heard ultra shiny sigma gold or something like that has a LOT of bugs, and... you can guess i dont want that. though i dont know how bad it is.

i dont expect this to have any answers if i'm being honest, i'm asking out of feeling obligated to, i dont trust asking questions in a comment section will get anyone to see it.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of Sun&Moon hacks around. What are considered the best gen 7 hacks with good qol and difficulty?

Which version of fire red am I supposed to upload on the Hackdex, been trying to download that Aesthetic Red romhack

I played every US release of the GBC and GBA games except for Crystal. I played SoulSilver for whichever DS that was on.

Is there any HGSS Crystal remake, and of the known roms what else has been done to some of them to consider options?

What are some actual Crystal romhacks to consider?

I haven't played anything newer but I did spend a good amount of time doing Gen 6 in Pokemon Showdown so I'm familiar with physical special split , mega, and fairy typing. I played some FireRed romhack that brought that stuff in already. I definitely want no trade evolutions and favor the physical special split, but I would like the available pokemon to catch to match Crystal.

Looking for the (yes, subjectively) definitive Gen 1-3 experience as someone who hasn't played any Pokemon in many years:

Hello everyone,

I haven't played or really even followed Pokemon pretty much at all for almost two decades. Two days ago however I just randomly got recommend a video of someone playing an emulated version of one of the Ruby/Sapphire remakes. Since then I've had a weird nostalgia awoken inside of me, and have been thinking about playing one of these games on my PC after all this time.

I've done a small amount of research but quickly realized that this is a highly active modding scene and community, and that the variety of Pokemon emulation mods is absolutely massive. I did find the recently released Heart and Soul to be very impressive and likely the closest thing to what I'm looking for, but wanted to post here and see if people had any other recommendations for that era.

I'm looking for a fairly traditional experience, no nuzlock or randomizer or anything like that. I love additional content of course, and I'd like an experience that adds all the Pokemon from Gen 1-3 like Heart and Soul does. The only reason I haven't just gone ahead with Heart and Soul is that frankly Ruby/Sapphire were my favorite games growing up and that mod is focused (unsurprisingly) on the Gen 2 experience. I'm not much of a retro-gamer, so the aesthetics like pretty spritework which it seems to have is important to me. Modern Emerald is the other one I'm looking at, though it seems to my untrained eye like Heart and Soul (which is newer) might be the superior experience.

As I said, any input people have on what mods I should consider looking at is greatly appreciated. Thanks for the time anyone take to read and respond to this.

How do I tell which version of the base rom to patch if it's not explicitly listed? For example pokemon prism on the rainbow dev website just says pokemon Crystal. Does this mean just use the 1.0 version as a general rule? On their rijon adventures it also just lists FireRed without a 1.0 or 1.1. If there is no general rule im trying to find which version of crystal to use for Black&White 3 Genesis.

I'm trying to use the universal pokemon randomizer to randomize white 2, it's my first time ever using the randomizer. Whenever I load in the rom it tells me that its not a "clean, official rom" and it shows up as "Unofficial ROM". It says I can still randomize it but may experience some issues. I got the ROM from the same place I always get ROMs from and they've all been fine. Am I still good to randomize or nah?

What is everyone’s favorite “Team rocket” style game? Game where you play as the bad guy

I just finished pokemon Red: Rocket edition. Was wondering what other games where you play as team rocket (or other organization) did you guys enjoy? I really liked the backstory they added to this to make some of the gym leaders evil!

I am looking for Scorupi in Pokemon Nameless , Anyone knows ??

For Pokemon Dreamstone Mysteries does anyone know where to get a snorunt or is it even available in the game?

Does anyone know where I can go for a patch file for Hyper Emerald’s English translation

For Pokemon Lazarus does anyone know a resource that lists how to evolve all Pokemon and a list of all Pokemon in the game? Couldn't find it on the site.

EDIT: Why was I downvoted for asking a basic question in the questions thread?

Hi, is there any other hack like Heart & Soul and Modern Emerald?
More specifically, I'm looking for a vanilla enhancement hack that adds QoL, improve the GBA style but keeps it GBA (battle backgrounds, following Pokemon) and customizable challenge from the start, like how in Heart & Soul you can select Nuzlocke, shiny odds and randomizer.
Mostly for Kanto. I've tried others like Aesthetic Red that look gorgeous but I want something that looks more GBA rather than DS style.
EDIT: found out about Modern Emerald, which H&S is based on.

Is there any romhack to improve or expand Gen 7?

Gen 7 really lost out on the exploration aspect, the opportunity to revisit every island and have new areas with up to date Pokemon. As it was when released, there is no point to visit earlier islands beyond heart scale farming and certain towns. I always saw a lot of potential improving it to be more like Emerald's sense of exploration, but given the nature as a 3d game it isn't so easy to maphack. It's been quite a long time since it's been out, are there any hacks like this now? If not. . . How would one go about making one?

Are there any ORAS or Sun & Moon versions for GBA?

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What are the best games with trading? My friend and me are looking for a game we can play and WiFi trade between. Ideally unlocked early on in the game.

Fire Red Omega or Fire Red Rekindled?

I've been playing what I call a "complete-locke", basically meaning that I've been playing every main game (not every single one, for example I play Emerald and Fire Red, not Ruby, Sapphire and LeafGreen) on nuzlocke rules, and if I beat it, then I "100%" the game (Pokédex, Trainer Card, etc). And the pokemon that SURVIVE during the E4 and are alive in the hall of fame (except legendaries) are sent as eggs to the next game. I also play what I can consider the best rom hacks for each game that fits my journey

So far I've been playing - Shin Red - Crystal Legacy - Emerald Legacy

Now I have reached gen 1 remake games, and I have found myself in a little bit of trouble, not being able to decide which game I prefer actually

• Drayano: The guy is a legend, but in my research, people say that it's noticeable that is his first rom hack. I love pokemon buffs (specially Radical Red ones, but that's beside the point) and man do I love his buffs from when I played his other romhacks. His legendaries events seem kinda weird to me (in altering cave you enter Yggdrasil tree as an example for catching Celebi apparently). I will be playing Sacred Gold, Renegade Platinum, Volt White and Volt White 2 Redux, so maybe I need to enjoy my Drayano-less time.

• Rekindled: Every legendary has an event and the plot has been revamped, which is good, but I'm at the risk of fanfic-levels of writing. You can, confirmed by the creator, change Deoxys forms which is something vastly appreciated. The creator has used Drayano trainer teams but also swapped Dark and Ghost to physical and special, so the enemy trainers seem to be at a disadvantage. Regional forms and Red are something I can appreciate for my complete-locke, since in my headcanon every game I play it's canon, so I will be able to fight against the Red I played as in Shin Red and the one before Sacred Gold/Crystal Legacy, and the regional forms give the sense of "there's more world out there". There are no buffs as far as I know, so some Pokemon will be kinda left out

I'm looking to see if there's a hack out there that is big on my favourite aspect of the games - finding legendary/mythical Pokémon.

I love this aspect of the games, especially when there are puzzles involved and chain-events you need to set in motion.

I'm very much a casual gamer, so not looking for anything hardcore - I'm certainly not into grinding.

Aware that it's a very specific ask, and there will unlikely be a hack that ticks every box, but was hoping the community would be able to name a few that might be up my street. Thanks in advance!

I saw someone say in a post they were sending their hall of fame team into the next game as eggs so they can use them at the start. How do you do something like that?

Where can I find the wall in Pokemon dreamstone mysteries?

I'm having a bit of trouble with Garbage Gold Deluxe. After the fight with the Garchomp before the first gym, the screen turns black and I can't do anything. I can hear the music, I think its going into a time themed cutscene, but there's just nothing. How do I get past this?

I've just recently started playing the older pokemon games (gens 3-5) on emulators, as someone who had only ever played the 3DS/Switch releases. I've been enjoying the old games a lot but the one thing that I annoys me a little is just how much of a pain it is to grind for exp in the older games where exp share didn't work for all 6 pokemon in your party. I prefer the way it's implemented in gen 6 onwards, makes the games much more enjoyable imo.

I was wondering if there are any cheats or rom hacks I can find for gen 3-5 games where the exp share can be used like it is in the newer games.

I'm an enjoyer of Romhacks but know very little about development. I understand it would be much harder but can someone who is more experienced tell me what the odds are on a Legends Arceus from hack (ever) coming out? It's easily one of my favorite experiences in Pokémon but the replayability is lacking, even just like a spawn change for mons and some other difficulty mods; yanno smaller stuff.

Help making a new pokemon romhack as a complete beginner my idea for it is a new story + region romhack (and also ive searched youtube and all tutorials either have 15 million parts or arent helpflul. and i am sorry for the terrible.. well everything related to writing this comment)

Looking for a new rom hack to play that's playable on 3DS virtual console (GB, GBA, NDS, 3DS roms only)

I heard 2025 has a lot of great ones (Pisces, Lazarus, Dreamstone), but I cant decide, so please explain why it's worth playing

I've enjoyed Odyssey, Unbound, Legacy trilogy. Kinda enjoyed Glazed, Rocket, Adventures Red. Did not enjoy Victory Fire, Light Platinum