Missingno

[Kairi]

Q: What is Missingno.?
A: For most variables on Game Boy games, the fewest possibilities for the variable is 256 (HEX 100), labeled 0 to 255 (HEX 00 to FF). This goes for most variables in RBY, including ones for all the Pokemon lookup slots. However, only 151 Pokemon exist in RBY. So, if there are 256 possibilities, and only 151 slots were defined by the programmers, what do the other 105 slots have? Glitches. And so, Missingno. was created.

Q: How do I find it?
A: You don't know how to find it? Go play some more RBY. But, if you're one of the outcasts who doesn't know how to find it, here goes. Talk to the Old Man at the northern edge of Viridian, and let him catch a Weedle. Then, Fly to Cinnabar (you can also go to Fuchsia and Surf to Seafoam Islands, but that takes a lot longer) and Surf up and down the right edge. After a while, you'll run into some unnatural Pokemon at high levels, and Missingno. (or a Pokemon with a glitched name containing 'M in the middle). NOTE: THIS DOES NOT WORK IN YELLOW.


Q: Why does the above trick work?
A: There are two things that, when combined, made it possible for this trick to exist. Here they are:

1. When creating the map for what Pokemon appear where, they made a crucial flaw. The 1-square-wide strip of water on the right side of Cinnabar and Seafoam Islands was programmed to be a place where wild Pokemon CAN appear. But (and thank GAMEFREAK for this one) they forgot to define what Pokemon can appear there. This wouldn't be that big of a deal, except that means the previous settings for "what Pokemon can appear" will remain, and if you read #2, you'll see why that causes the glitch.

2. When the Old Man catches the Weedle, they change the variables that are assigned to "Your Name" to Old Man, so it shows up as "Old Man threw the Poke Ball." Now, in order to do that, it overwrites the variables you gave to "Your Name". Therefore, the game must store the variables that make up your name to another place, so it can recall them later. So the programmers at NOA probably thought,
"What are some variables that we can overwrite to assign to the character's name for this process?"
"I got it! How about the slots that define what Pokemon you can run into?"
"That's it! Whenever the character enters a new area, they'll be rewritten, so it won't disturb the game at all!"
*points to #1* Umm.....no. As a result, that wonderful glitch can be yours for only *insert whatever price your local retailer charges for R/B*! Of course, it's not JUST Missingno. you can run into. There will also be some L100+ Pokemon, whose species and levels are determined by your name.


Q: How do I determine the levels?
A: First off, look at letters 2, 4, and 6 of your name. Those letters will determine the levels of the Pokemon you can run into. First, take the NUMERICAL equivalent (A=1, B=2, etc.) of those letters, and add 127 for uppercase or 159 for lowercase. In addition, the symbols are as follows:

( 154
) 155
: 156
; 157
[ 158
] 159
PK 209
MN 210
? 239
P(monetary symbol) 240
x(times sign) 241
. 242
? 245
Also, at the end of your name, the game inserts an 80 (HEX 50) to designate "End of Name". Because of how the variables are used, this means that one of the levels your Missingno. (or glitched 'M name) will be is always L80.

While it is determined by name, the lowest number assigned to a character (other than the 80 that is assigned to the "End of Name" character) is 128, for a capital A. In EVERY variable that designates a Pokemon, Mew is assigned the number 21 (HEX 15). If you can make the connection, that means that NO name you enter will result in Mew being a possibility. The low numbers like 21 represent glitch characters that are not available for naming anything and can only be found with a Shark. For convenience, here is the table of what Pokemon will appear for each letter. Letters 3, 5, and 7 are used to determine this:

A: Golduck
B: Hypno
C: Golbat
D: Mewtwo
E: Snorlax
F: Magikarp
G: Missingno.
H: Missingno.
I: Muk
J: Missingno.
K: Kingler
L: Cloyster
M: Missingno.
N: Electrode
O: Clefable
P: Weezing
Q: Persian
R: Marowak
S: Missingno.
T: Haunter
U: Abra
V: Alakazam
W: Pidgeotto
X: Pidgeot
Y: Starmie
Z: Bulbasaur
a: Missingno.
b: Missingno.
c: Missingno.
d: Ponyta
e: Rapidash
f: Rattata
g: Raticate
h: Nidorino
i: Nidorina
j: Geodude
k: Porygon
l: Aerodactyl
m: Missingno.
n: Magnemite
o: Missingno.
p: Missingno.
q: Charmander
r: Squirtle
s: Charmeleon
t: Wartortle
u: Charizard
v: Missingno.
w: Missingno.
x: Missingno.
y: Missingno.
z: Oddish

Note: If you want to try the glitch, DO NOT use one of the special characters in your name. If you do, you might end up facing a Trainer. You will not be able to get out of the match, and eventually one of their Pokemon will be a glitch that can freeze (and possibly erase) your game. Also, species from 3 goes with level from 2, species from 5 goes with level from 4, and species from 7 goes with level from 6.

Q: How about some examples?
A: Okay.
Test #1- Name: PIKACHU
Letters 2, 4, and 6 (levels):
2: I = 9 + 127 = 136
4: A = 1 + 127 = 128
6: H = 8 + 127 = 135
Letters 3, 5, and 7 (species):
3: K = Kingler on chart
5: C = Golbat on chart
7: U = Abra on chart
Combining the numbers, the name �PIKACHU� should yield L136 Kingler, L128 Golbat, and L135 Abra. Test it out; it does.

Test #2- Name: DxDyDzD
Letters 2, 4, 6 (levels):
x: 24 + 159 = 183
y: 25 + 159 = 184
z: 26 + 159 = 185
Letters 3, 5, and 7 (species):
D = Mewtwo on chart
Result: Mewtwo at levels 183-185. Name change, anyone?

Test #3- Name: BLUE
Result: Starmie, Abra, Golduck (????????)
The name �BLUE� only has 4 letters, the third of which is a U, yielding Abra (the L giving L139). But that doesn�t explain Starmie and Golduck! Starmie corresponds to Y and Golduck to A, neither of which appear! The E in slot 4 means L132, which explains the L132 Missingno that I run into sometimes (slot 5 is probably an 80, which yields Missingno.).

Incidentally, you can Rare-Candy these L100+ monsters past 255 to get to L0, then to whatever you want. Or, you can just take them into battle, where ANY experience reverts them to L100.

Q: Where would I get that many Rare Candies?
A:That's the other part of the Missingno. glitch. You see, when I was referring to the 256 possibilities earlier on, it's stored as 8 bits (0 or 1 each). Whenever you run into Missingno., it takes the first bit of the "Copies of Sixth Item Held" byte (D329) and sets it to 1. In simpler terms, if you have 127 or fewer copies of your sixth item, you get an extra 128 copies (if you already have 128+, nothing happens). And since the most copies of an item you can naturally have is 99 = HEX 63 = BIN 01100011, the "127 or less" requirement will always happen unless you sharked items or have used the trick on that item before.

[Koi_Rebekka]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! A topic about MISSINGNO! I was once called the MISSINGNO collector....:) 57 MISSINGNOS

[Porygon]

Q: What is Missingno.?
A: For most variables on Game Boy games, the fewest possibilities for the variable is 256 (HEX 100), labeled 0 to 255 (HEX 00 to FF). This goes for most variables in RBY, including ones for all the Pokemon lookup slots. However, only 151 Pokemon exist in RBY. So, if there are 256 possibilities, and only 151 slots were defined by the programmers, what do the other 105 slots have? Glitches. And so, Missingno. was created.�I suppose this explains the added Pok�mon in GSC. But, wouldn't that still mean glitch slots? And, does this explain how you can find Mew?Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! A topic about MISSINGNO! I was once called the MISSINGNO collector.... 57 MISSINGNOSAnd your game still worked? Whoa. How long did it take you to get out of the "backwards and garbled sprites" phase? And how did you keep them Missingno? As far as I've found, they turn into Rhydon [a Rhydon with Sky Attack� I never thought I would see the day until then] as soon as they're deposited.

[Phantom Angel]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! A topic about MISSINGNO! I was once called the MISSINGNO collector....:) 57 MISSINGNOSYou will cry like insane after you catch them all.:P
I have to restart my because of this glitch.

[Porygon]

The sprite glitches wear off after time, though. Just as long as you don't trade the bloody thing, especially to Yellow and up.

[prolific_rhapsody]

Aww,Not in Yellow?!?!! :'( :disappoin

[Koi_Rebekka]

No, It didn't mess my game up...too bad....my lil' bro erased my game!!

[Sleek]

if you wanted to know another possible reason why missigno exists, it can be from two possible things. one would be that missigno is early data fused into more or less a "virus", and that an early version of the rng generator gives you the ability to catch it. the other reaason is the ones that kairi mentioned, although i find some fault in hers. she said missingno is the other 105 slots, yet you can see the sprites of trainers and trees and stuff. missigno is a game screwer, so i would not catch i only saw it, and my hall of fame is screwed up. it says i beat the elite four with mew :P. unfortunatly it says i beat the elite four with the old man (weedle catcher) which makes me think that kairi's theory is part tru. oh well...

[E. Master]

Can MISSINGNO be shiny?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Sleek]

No, Missingno cannot be shiny, because it isn't really a pokemon. It is a bunch of sprites. Plus, there were no shinies in R/B/Y.

[Roxas]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! A topic about MISSINGNO! I was once called the MISSINGNO collector....:) 57 MISSINGNOS

i caught missingos also!! they're realy cool. i help my friends get level 227 pokemon with the missingo code. and the name is actually "Missingno." . with the dot that the end of the name. the real name is "Missing Number".So the dot is there to make it shorter. that's why the name is Missingno. anyways i caught about as much as missingno baby has and my game didnt mess up. :P

[Sleek]

Well, no ever said that there was a definite possiblity your game would mess up. If anyone's name should be Missingno Baby it should be me. I know all there is to know...

[Roxas]

i also know all about missingno.! i wonder if i should get a name about missingno.?

[Sleek]

I despise Missingno, so I would never name my name that. My knowledge of glitches is great though...

[Porygon]

How could you hate it? Cheats are good! Lol. *twitches*

[Arore]

Wow, who can ever forget Missingno.? :laugh: I just realized that its name might actually stand for 'Missing Number'...but who cares? :laugh: Anyway, it is definitely odd but my all-time favorite cheat/glitch. I once battles one that was level 500 I think, and I knocked it out with my level 80 Venusaur! Heck, I once knocked it out with a level 6 Pokemon, too. It is a good way to level up, but it is definitely weird.

[Sleek]

I explained it above, so just look there for more info...

[Arore]

Ah, I see. *scratches head* Weird...

[MissingChu]

Wow, who can ever forget Missingno.? :laugh: I just realized that its name might actually stand for 'Missing Number'...but who cares? :laugh: Anyway, it is definitely odd but my all-time favorite cheat/glitch. I once battles one that was level 500 I think, and I knocked it out with my level 80 Venusaur! Heck, I once knocked it out with a level 6 Pokemon, too. It is a good way to level up, but it is definitely weird.
Yeah, who could? Missingno. and M were(or, um, are) my favorite glitches in PKMN. To find M WITHOUT entering battle, type in this gameshark code: 010157D0(capture any trainer's pokemon) and read my signature.

[DeadlyAssassin]

I suppose this explains the added Pok�mon in GSC. But, wouldn't that still mean glitch slots? And, does this explain how you can find Mew?
Ok a nintendo gameboy/gameboy color is powered by the Zilog z80 processor (8-bit processor).
1 bit represents a possibility. The nintendo Pokemon Yellow/Red/Blue/Green games have an 8-bit pokemon data base meaning there can be up to 256 types of pokemon. Since there are only 151 at that time, the rest 105 is rendered invalid pokemon data or simply you have Missingno.
Why couldn't have they used 7 bits? Well that would mean there would be 128 Pokemon and not 151.
Having 9 bits of data might be in G/S. Since I believe there are more than 256 Pokemon. Or they might have done a trick or something. Having 9 bits would mean 512 possibilities. If they did have a 9 bit based databank than I guess they looked to render the rest of the invalid slots inaccessable.
After all they did try and hide Missingno. It doesn't appear randomly in the wild now does it?

[Swampling]

LoL - I Tried To Trade My Friends Missingno (Bob) To My Crystal! o.o Twas Strange -

It Just Said "-name-s Missingno Looks Strange...." If We Agreed To A Trade

O.o

I Looked At Its Stats, is said that it was a level 80 missingno on my friends red, but on crystal, its stats said level 39 stantler, its attacks were all fly and it was holding a carbos. Interesting... O.o`


[EDIT] Oh! Ive Always Wanted To Write That! XP LoL, Here Are Some Good names For Missingno! XP


Mississgo
Misingi
Missingni
Missing? NO! (XP LoL, A Joke)
Missingssing (o.O)
missopo
Misino

[Sleek]

I'm back people. How are ya kairi? Yeah, and that is not odd. A glitch can do anything.

[theclaw]

I know what to do... Backup my game saves and find out everything about battling/trading Missingno. with other versions!

[Dragon Tamer Jason]

I heard another theory of why Missingo exists in R/B/Y. Someone said the ppl who made the game were originally gonna create a Pokemon that was a combination of Wartortle and Pidgeot called Wartidgeot. But the programmers didn't have time to add it to the game or something so Wartidgeot became Missingo instead.(Not sure if I got all the details right but that's pretty much how I remember the story)

[Muffin Man]

I heard another theory of why Missingo exists in R/B/Y. Someone said the ppl who made the game were originally gonna create a Pokemon that was a combination of Wartortle and Pidgeot called Wartidgeot. But the programmers didn't have time to add it to the game or something so Wartidgeot became Missingo instead.(Not sure if I got all the details right but that's pretty much how I remember the story)

That doesn't sound right to me...i think someone was lying... :laugh:

[Cassie-chan]

I once caught missingno on my game, but when I looked in the hall of fame, I saw a shape that looked like a circle. It wasn't a glic, it looked like someone drew it in there. It almost looked like a white Ditto that had been mutied. It was odd.

[Lady Umbreon]

How did they fix Missingno. for Yellow?

And no, you can't catch Mew using the method Kairi explained (she says so herself). It's a whole 'nother ordeal there. (more glitches!?) *sighs* Thank you, Gamefreak.

[Muffin Man]

...well i tried the missingno. trick out for myself and actually caught him, but i didn't know that it messes up your HOF even if you dont save it! I restarted the game dunno if that helps

I once caught missingno on my game, but when I looked in the hall of fame, I saw a shape that looked like a circle. It wasn't a glic, it looked like someone drew it in there. It almost looked like a white Ditto that had been mutied. It was odd.
How very odd, how very odd indeed...once i saw a psyduck which looked like it had no eyes :laugh:

[LegendaryDragon]

When Missingno. glitched my HoF, I once saw Mew!

[Porygon]

Yeah, that happened to me, too. There was about 100 Mankeys in there before it.

[Leo]

i was wondering if missingno is a developer's cheat???
will someone answer this?

[123hi45]

they wouldnt do that. a developer wouldnt want to ruin a game. missingo can do that you know

[mewbaby]

missingno is number 000 in the pokedex you can only get it if you a certain things in the game
missingno becomes before bulbasaur in the pokedex too

[Kairi]

Missingno is not in the Pok�dex...don't people read the first post of this topic? Oy.

[Zangooser]

Missingo can be in R/S too ya know
it looks like the ? mark in the pkdx when you dont see the pkmn yet

[Leo]

can some one pls post the pics of missingno for me tks.

[The Pokemaster]

pah! what a waste of chat space, missingno is in my opinion, NOT even a pokemon! he is a glitch, a stupid little waste of space that can corrupt your cartridge and ruin your game, there is no point, i would go and run the risk of losing my data to capture this thing, only to get it and find its a stupid bunch of squiggles with random attacks thats completely illegal and will have you turned away at tourneys and have your friends afraid to play against you becuase they fear for their own game data...there is no point in missingno and i wish theyd get rid of him entirely.

[Pikachufan]

What everyone's forgetting is that Missingno can ruin games and that it is stupid to try and catch it.

[SwampertLover]

Q: What is Missingno.?
A: For most variables on Game Boy games, the fewest possibilities for the variable is 256 (HEX 100), labeled 0 to 255 (HEX 00 to FF). This goes for most variables in RBY, including ones for all the Pokemon lookup slots. However, only 151 Pokemon exist in RBY. So, if there are 256 possibilities, and only 151 slots were defined by the programmers, what do the other 105 slots have? Glitches. And so, Missingno. was created.

Q: How do I find it?
A: You don't know how to find it? Go play some more RBY. But, if you're one of the outcasts who doesn't know how to find it, here goes. Talk to the Old Man at the northern edge of Viridian, and let him catch a Weedle. Then, Fly to Cinnabar (you can also go to Fuchsia and Surf to Seafoam Islands, but that takes a lot longer) and Surf up and down the right edge. After a while, you'll run into some unnatural Pokemon at high levels, and Missingno. (or a Pokemon with a glitched name containing 'M in the middle). NOTE: THIS DOES NOT WORK IN YELLOW.


Q: Why does the above trick work?
A: There are two things that, when combined, made it possible for this trick to exist. Here they are:

1. When creating the map for what Pokemon appear where, they made a crucial flaw. The 1-square-wide strip of water on the right side of Cinnabar and Seafoam Islands was programmed to be a place where wild Pokemon CAN appear. But (and thank GAMEFREAK for this one) they forgot to define what Pokemon can appear there. This wouldn't be that big of a deal, except that means the previous settings for "what Pokemon can appear" will remain, and if you read #2, you'll see why that causes the glitch.

2. When the Old Man catches the Weedle, they change the variables that are assigned to "Your Name" to Old Man, so it shows up as "Old Man threw the Poke Ball." Now, in order to do that, it overwrites the variables you gave to "Your Name". Therefore, the game must store the variables that make up your name to another place, so it can recall them later. So the programmers at NOA probably thought,
"What are some variables that we can overwrite to assign to the character's name for this process?"
"I got it! How about the slots that define what Pokemon you can run into?"
"That's it! Whenever the character enters a new area, they'll be rewritten, so it won't disturb the game at all!"
*points to #1* Umm.....no. As a result, that wonderful glitch can be yours for only *insert whatever price your local retailer charges for R/B*! Of course, it's not JUST Missingno. you can run into. There will also be some L100+ Pokemon, whose species and levels are determined by your name.


Q: How do I determine the levels?
A: First off, look at letters 2, 4, and 6 of your name. Those letters will determine the levels of the Pokemon you can run into. First, take the NUMERICAL equivalent (A=1, B=2, etc.) of those letters, and add 127 for uppercase or 159 for lowercase. In addition, the symbols are as follows:

( 154
) 155
: 156
; 157
[ 158
] 159
PK 209
MN 210
? 239
P(monetary symbol) 240
x(times sign) 241
. 242
? 245
Also, at the end of your name, the game inserts an 80 (HEX 50) to designate "End of Name". Because of how the variables are used, this means that one of the levels your Missingno. (or glitched 'M name) will be is always L80.

While it is determined by name, the lowest number assigned to a character (other than the 80 that is assigned to the "End of Name" character) is 128, for a capital A. In EVERY variable that designates a Pokemon, Mew is assigned the number 21 (HEX 15). If you can make the connection, that means that NO name you enter will result in Mew being a possibility. The low numbers like 21 represent glitch characters that are not available for naming anything and can only be found with a Shark. For convenience, here is the table of what Pokemon will appear for each letter. Letters 3, 5, and 7 are used to determine this:

A: Golduck
B: Hypno
C: Golbat
D: Mewtwo
E: Snorlax
F: Magikarp
G: Missingno.
H: Missingno.
I: Muk
J: Missingno.
K: Kingler
L: Cloyster
M: Missingno.
N: Electrode
O: Clefable
P: Weezing
Q: Persian
R: Marowak
S: Missingno.
T: Haunter
U: Abra
V: Alakazam
W: Pidgeotto
X: Pidgeot
Y: Starmie
Z: Bulbasaur
a: Missingno.
b: Missingno.
c: Missingno.
d: Ponyta
e: Rapidash
f: Rattata
g: Raticate
h: Nidorino
i: Nidorina
j: Geodude
k: Porygon
l: Aerodactyl
m: Missingno.
n: Magnemite
o: Missingno.
p: Missingno.
q: Charmander
r: Squirtle
s: Charmeleon
t: Wartortle
u: Charizard
v: Missingno.
w: Missingno.
x: Missingno.
y: Missingno.
z: Oddish

Note: If you want to try the glitch, DO NOT use one of the special characters in your name. If you do, you might end up facing a Trainer. You will not be able to get out of the match, and eventually one of their Pokemon will be a glitch that can freeze (and possibly erase) your game. Also, species from 3 goes with level from 2, species from 5 goes with level from 4, and species from 7 goes with level from 6.

Q: How about some examples?
A: Okay.
Test #1- Name: PIKACHU
Letters 2, 4, and 6 (levels):
2: I = 9 + 127 = 136
4: A = 1 + 127 = 128
6: H = 8 + 127 = 135
Letters 3, 5, and 7 (species):
3: K = Kingler on chart
5: C = Golbat on chart
7: U = Abra on chart
Combining the numbers, the name �PIKACHU� should yield L136 Kingler, L128 Golbat, and L135 Abra. Test it out; it does.

Test #2- Name: DxDyDzD
Letters 2, 4, 6 (levels):
x: 24 + 159 = 183
y: 25 + 159 = 184
z: 26 + 159 = 185
Letters 3, 5, and 7 (species):
D = Mewtwo on chart
Result: Mewtwo at levels 183-185. Name change, anyone?

Test #3- Name: BLUE
Result: Starmie, Abra, Golduck (????????)
The name �BLUE� only has 4 letters, the third of which is a U, yielding Abra (the L giving L139). But that doesn�t explain Starmie and Golduck! Starmie corresponds to Y and Golduck to A, neither of which appear! The E in slot 4 means L132, which explains the L132 Missingno that I run into sometimes (slot 5 is probably an 80, which yields Missingno.).

Incidentally, you can Rare-Candy these L100+ monsters past 255 to get to L0, then to whatever you want. Or, you can just take them into battle, where ANY experience reverts them to L100.

Q: Where would I get that many Rare Candies?
A:That's the other part of the Missingno. glitch. You see, when I was referring to the 256 possibilities earlier on, it's stored as 8 bits (0 or 1 each). Whenever you run into Missingno., it takes the first bit of the "Copies of Sixth Item Held" byte (D329) and sets it to 1. In simpler terms, if you have 127 or fewer copies of your sixth item, you get an extra 128 copies (if you already have 128+, nothing happens). And since the most copies of an item you can naturally have is 99 = HEX 63 = BIN 01100011, the "127 or less" requirement will always happen unless you sharked items or have used the trick on that item before.
Someone snagged your post!
http://www.dazzled.com/trsrockin/missingno4.html

[Kairi]

This report has been on the internet for years...I didn't write it, but I don't know who actually did. =\

[Eco-Mono]

Hurrah for Missingno.! (see sig)

Such an awesome monster. And contrary to popular opinion, it's totally stable once it's been caught. Just minor graphics glitching, which can be negated by checking a normal monster's stat page. Some of the higher-order glitches on the other hand have been known to do bad, bad things whether caught or not.

[HoundJolter]

I thought that you only had to talk to the man and say your in a hurry and then fly to cinnabar island and surf up the right coast to get missingno. It works for me. I don't have to watch the old man catch a weedle.

[emeraldslay]

From the cheat, I once caught a team of level 251 snorlaxes, they were awesome!

[Dragon tamer]

I never wanted to catch a missingo I have heard it can complete cok up your pokedex

[Someguy-kun]

http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/animerpg/missingno04.gif
http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/animerpg/missingno05.gif
http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/animerpg/missingno07.gif
http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/animerpg/missingno13.png

And the fact that it was the only "Bird" type in the game makes it twice as confusing

[Shinin]

flying type was originally going to be called bird type
missingno is there because pidgey, pidgeotto & pidgeot were originally going to be water/bird (flying) type, kind of like wingull/pelipper. But then they replaced them before they changed bird into flying.

and missingno isn't in yellow because it came out after R/B and they didnt have to put the R/B stuff that was blocked with a block chip there.

[Koi_Rebekka]

Then how do explain trading to yellow,
offenders will be glitched.
~~~~Junpo~~~~

[Eco-Mono]

flying type was originally going to be called bird type
missingno is there because pidgey, pidgeotto & pidgeot were originally going to be water/bird (flying) type, kind of like wingull/pelipper. But then they replaced them before they changed bird into flying.

and missingno isn't in yellow because it came out after R/B and they didnt have to put the R/B stuff that was blocked with a block chip there.
I find that story highly unlikely. I've seen the Pok�mon statistic blocks. True, "Bird" type is probably a throwback to before they called it "Flying". But Missingno. doesn't appear as any kind of stable form in the Japanese editions. Therefore it could not be a legacy of Pokemon design; Missingno would not be there at all until after all 151 were set in stone.

[Aj1]

Does missiongo really crash your game???

[MissingChu]

could, could not. It works sometimes, plus you get wacky effects like the Hall of Fame corrupted. :nervous:

[Abwayax]

Hurrah for Missingno.! (see sig)

Such an awesome monster. And contrary to popular opinion, it's totally stable once it's been caught. Just minor graphics glitching, which can be negated by checking a normal monster's stat page. Some of the higher-order glitches on the other hand have been known to do bad, bad things whether caught or not.

Totally awesome! At least the other three missingnos, the Ghost, Kabutops skeleton, and the Aerodactyl skeleton have powers no other Pokemon possess! (The 'M/GlitchBlock missingno is just a regular Bird/normal type and does NOT share these characteristics.)


These MissingNOs (Ghost, Kabutops-Skeleton, Aerodactyl-Skeleton) have strange abilities. I'll list every one of them I know, and how to get it in each version (Red/Blue and Yellow)

These Pokemons' known abilities (note: "Fuzz" refers to the backwards L shape MissingNO) (and you thought abilities weren't existent until R/S!) are:

Imagine a variable that is filled with a Pokemon (its type and attacks.) This is the variable that the attacks and type of the Ghost/Skeleton MissingNOs are derived from. This variable is overwritten by:

The last Pokemon that made a move in a battle. For example, if your Mewtwo made the last move in a battle, then the next Ghost/Skeleton MissingNO would have Mewtwo's starting moves.

The last Pokemon in your party. For example, if you replaced your last Pokemon with Rhydon, then the next Ghost/Skeleton MissingNO would have Rhydon's starting moves.

The last Pokemon you've seen in the Hall of Fame. For example, when the last Pokemon I saw in the HoF was a glitched Vulpix, the next G/S (Ghost/Skeleton) MissingNO had Ember and Tail Whip, like Vulpix (You can get randomized Pokemon from MissingNO encounters in Hall of Fame. Experiment!).


(continued) This variable is overwritten every time one of the above happens. Basically, if the G/S MissingNO is caught, the variable is once again overwritten with your Pokemon, meaning the starting attacks will be of the Pokemon you used in the battle, not the Pokemon the variable last had. To get around this use a G/S MissingNO at the front of your party (or the Pokemon whose moves you want to duplicate (Ditto and Mew would be good choices))

While in your party, the type of the G/S MissingNOs all correspond to the type of the last Pokemon in your party.

Its level and Stats change every time it gets enough experience points. For example, it may be at Level 100, then drop down to Level 83, then rise up to Level 91, etc. Also, its Stats will change every time the level changes, so at one moment Speed & Special may be the highest, but then a level change and wham, its Attack and Defense are higher.

Here are the ways to get this Pokemon:

(RB Only): Start over, using the letters "w" (lowercase, for Kabutops skeleton,) "x" (lowercase, for Aerodactyl skeleton,) or "y" (lowercase, for Ghost) in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th spaces in your name. For example: : the name "Billy" (note: the 3rd and 5th letters are underlined) will get you a ghost MissingNO. The name "Glitchy" will also get you a ghost MissingNO. Then, talk to the old man in Viridian, and fly to Cinnibar. You will find MissingNOs corresponding to the name you entered. Note: calling yourself "Zowayix" will get you all types of MissingNOs. "Vox" gets you an Aerodactyl fossil.

(RBY): Follow the steps necessary to capture PkMn, .4, A, pPkMnp, or X - x, only use a Pokemon with a Special of 182 (for Kabutops skeleton), 183 (for Aerodactyl skeleton), or 184 (for Ghost). This MissingNO, unlike the regular Yellow Version MissingNO, is safe to battle and capture.

Last edited by the professor: Tuesday, April 20, 2004




If you're wondering what is a PkMn or .4, it's on my site (which is in my sig.)

[MissingChu]

well if you get MissingNo by gameshark on Yellow its ok too, i tried it on a rom and my cart.

[Abwayax]

MISSINGNO BIRD/NORMAL 000 RED&BLUE&YELLOW
'M BIRD/NORMAL 000 RED&BLUE
PKMN NORMAL/NORMAL 250 RED&BLUE
.4 POKEMANIAC 234 RED&BLUE
3TRAINERPOKE ? 176 YELLOW
X - x 203 YELLOW
PPKMNP ? 230 YELLOW


Code for 3TRAINERPOKE is 0100D7CF in YELLOW. To obtain the rest, check my site (below.)

[MissingChu]

Hey i got 3TrainerPoke! I got him using the Capture any trainer pokemon code outside of battle. Hes one of my favorites(see my user profiles under favorite pokemon)

But, it was on Blue version.

[AJHalliwell]

Hm, I found what I think is the most likely story on Wikipedia I think it was, (it wasn't a fan site)
The developers of the Beta Version needed a way to te- Wait a minute, I'll just copy and paste it. ::laughs:: Sorry, I'm a bit off today!

Missingno. was a deliberate glitch added by the programmers of the game to aid them in testing. It allowed them to progress quickly by giving them access to many items straight away. It appears that the beta version of the game had land paths to Cinnabar Island that were removed in the final version - this would be the area where Missingno. is usually caught (see "Details" for directions on how to find it.) The Box Trick would appear to be for the same reason.

For this information, and more go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missingno

Other comments of mine: The Water-Pidgy sounds so fake. Also, I've heard of missingno. put a few glitchs (visually) in the game. But of the people I know with the game, i've never known it to actually ERASE the game. It's my belief this is a rumor, but It may be true!

[Abwayax]

Was it still 176? Please tell me which code you used to get it.
I HAVE NO DATA FOR THIS!

[MissingChu]

All i used was the capture any trainer pokemon code at lavender town.

Check my sig image which shows what i did:
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/missingchu.gif

[MissingChu]

also if you want to see the pictures still:
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/glitch1.png
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/glitch2.png
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/glitch3.png
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/glitch4.png
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/glitch5.png
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/glitch6.png
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/glitch7.png
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/glitch8.png
http://www.angelfire.com/pq2/xcreator/glitch9.png

I also caught it on yellow in saffaron city using the steal trainer pokemon code.

EDIT: i just realized i double posted!

[Poke'gangster]

What does each glitch do to your game anyways....
Are they all the same......
What is the worst glitch that can screw up your game......
And how come I keep on finding 'M not Missingno.?

[MissingChu]

It depends on your name, unless you use a gameshark to fight Missingno. or M.

[Mew22]

umm but if u catch the missingno wont your game data get erased?

[Mewlove]

well it depends... Once, my pokemon has weird pics on it, once my game became slow, and once, my head went missing...

[Eliana]

*angry* I will never forget what it did to my game.....it started freeezling it, and it messed my hall of fame........ i know thtas what happens but i didnt know better 3 years ago..... *cries*

[Bhati]

Missingno screwed up my hall of fame. It appered as a ice/flying type if I remember correctly. And I couldn't trade, or else both games would freeze up.

[Eliana]

Ya same here. if you notice, it also says things like team rocket.....
MIGHTY STRANGE....

[Pine]

*sigh* I wish I had bought a Red or Blue when they came out...I think they fixed the games after a while so that the Ms and Missingno.s wouldn't show up...And I wanted one...*sigh*

[Cassie-chan]

*sigh* I wish I had bought a Red or Blue when they came out...I think they fixed the games after a while so that the Ms and Missingno.s wouldn't show up...And I wanted one...*sigh*
I don't think so...my blue has Missingno, and I bought it when gold/silver came out....

[Pine]

Okay then, but is it out now? Like does it still have M and Missingno. now?

[Cassie-chan]

Okay then, but is it out now? Like does it still have M and Missingno. now?
I'm not sure they still sell it, period. Although you could get one on Ebay...

[Pine]

...I'll look into it. Do you think that they'll be in Fire Red and Leaf Green? Since they're remakes of Red and Blue?

[Bhati]

No, I doubt it. They will proably fix it up for the new games, it cuased a lot of trouble in the first two versions.

[Pine]

Hmm, yes...Good thing I won't let Missingno. be forgotten *hint*siggy*hint*...:P

[LugiaMaster76]

There is a way to avoid that glitch! Here it is:

1. You go to Glitch City with Missingno..
2. Then you will see that it doesn't work because Missingno. is with you.
3. Do the Missingno. glitch again and fight Missingno. with Missingno.!
4. Make your Missingno. die.
5. Go to Glitch City with a :dead: Missingno..
6. You will be able to enter G. City.
7. Then fly to the PKMN League.
8. Look in the HOF.
9. There is only a 19.7% chance that that will work!

I did that cheat like I just told you in my Blue version. I did it about 100 times and later, it worked!

[Megasupercoolcoolguy]

what kinds of trouble did it cause?
by the way it messed up my hall of fame as well, all those years ago (it was a loooong time) im pretty sure i was like less than 10 years old or only a bit more

anyway they probably wont go to all the trouble to fix up the game i know people and i know that probably no

[Blitz~2005]

but how does it get the name missingno. (whitch stands 4 missing number)

[Cartmic]

I had a go at fixing a missingo's pic once heres how i did it:

First I gave monster 191 a name;I called it gloop; then I repointed the pic of monster 191 to a dito.

And there you go a new pokemon.

I have yet to fix the pokedex entry for the new pokemon.

[KDE King]

how do u do this? how can u make miisongno a rela pokemon? whaqt does he turn into? please post and email gamesharkmike@yahoo.ca letting me know when u replied. Thanx.

[Pine]

First, learn to spell correctly. It's rather annoying.

Now, missingno. doesn't turn into anything else, but there are a lot of rumors, even though they have been disproved.
It's also not a real pokemon and will never be one (in r/b/y that is, my game will include it as a real one!)

Blitzballchamp, it's called missingno. because it wasn't supposed to exist, therefore it's not real and wasn't assigned a pokedex number.

[MissingChu]

If you give Missingno a rare candy, it will evolve into Kangaskagn(man i cant spell today). Thats how you make it a real pokemon.

[Pine]

It does not. What are you trying to get at with these bogus fibs?

[MissingChu]

Try it. Its not a fib. :tired: *yawn* i'm soo tired....

[Pine]

No. I'm not going to waste my time.

[MissingChu]

I'll make a video using VBA. I'll send it to you once my cable(and internet) comes back up(it goes out tomarrow, blame my mum for that)

[MissingChu]

Ok, dont believe me? check this out.
http://www.pokemonvillage.com/cheats/regular.asp
From Pokemon Village.com:

"Kangaskan From MissingNo.
Feed a rare candy to a MissingNo. and it will evolve into a Kangaskan."

EDIT: oh boy i double posted. sorry bout that.

[Pine]

All right...I'll be waiting...

[Cartmic]

dude use my way and you can have new monsters in the game.

[Pine]

Unless you're talking about the M pokemon, which are technically not new pokemon, there is no possible way for that to happen in R/B/Y/.

[Eco-Mono]

Unless you're talking about the M pokemon, which are technically not new pokemon, there is no possible way for that to happen in R/B/Y/.He's referring to cartridge hacking/editing. And Missingno DOES tend to evolve unexpectedly; as I recall, Chu is telling the truth.

[Pounce]

he is telling the truth about the kangaskhan. I remember that happening in my games, too.

I also remember finding a lot of Tauros... and I don't see that listed anywhere in Kairi's letter chart.. o_o my name was usually "BEKAH" if that means anything.

um... what else... oh yeah, there's also a strip of land beneath pallet town where you can find unusual Pokemon while surfing. I can't remember if I ever tried the missingno trick on this strip of land/water or not, though. come to think of it, I should try it. ::thinks:: it was the strip of water directly to the left of the field beneath pallet town. I remember finding really odd land Pokemon while surfing there. o_o

[TinTower]

Oh, the reason you get multiple pokemon with the name "Blue" is because the default names wrap like BLUEGARYJO or GARYJOHNBL i think...

[ash ketchup dood]

i remember when i caught a missingno. =( i saved when i was at the celedon city pokemon center. and everytime i went to the box and exited my game froze and i was team rocket DX

[Cartmic]

try my way and you can have new monsters in the game

[Cookie]

Why doesn't the Missingno. trick work in the Yellow version?

[RaichuLatias]

It doesn't work in yellow because the guy who shows you how to catch a weedle, leaves, And there is a different way to get Missingno. and Mew,
I don't have time to type it, but it's listed on here,
http://dynamic3.gamespy.com/~psypoke/rby/faqs.php
It'll be listed on the with other FAQS.
You can do it with all the trainers in the game.

[PokeGlitch]

omg missingno does evolve into kangaskahn. give it a rare candy
and the letters in your name have to do with what pokemon appear there and what levels they are.
and raichulatias, you can also just beat a ditto that turned into one of your pokemon that has a special of 27, instead of beating that trainer with the slowpoke

[Stuffman]

whoooooh u certainly know your gliches but i would try to lower the computor language for the young kids bud!

[HanaTanaka]

I caught 4 'M and counting! But I don't dare put them in my box, and I've only got two more room for real pokemon :o

[HanaTanaka]

First, learn to spell correctly. It's rather annoying.

Now, missingno. doesn't turn into anything else, but there are a lot of rumors, even though they have been disproved.
It's also not a real pokemon and will never be one (in r/b/y that is, my game will include it as a real one!)

Blitzballchamp, it's called missingno. because it wasn't supposed to exist, therefore it's not real and wasn't assigned a pokedex number.


UHHH it can turn into a Kasganksan (can't spell) :badsmile: Starmie, possibly a pokemon skeleton from the fossil muesum (I've recently heard that!) and there's a fake rumor about if you feed it a rare candy it will evolve into a Mew.

[MissingChu]

Yeah i heard about that rumor with the Mew.

[Danzo]

My missingno. evolved into kangaskhan at level 1 and the icon for him is BILL, do you think bill has anythink to do with missingno.?

[MissingChu]

No, its just MissingNo picks out random icons to put, corrupted or not.

[Frost]

What if you trade it to Gold/ Silver/ Crystal?
Who has been to glitch city?
Its freaky!
Ive been wondering how people hack into gameshark and make their own pokemon codes and they actually work!

[Tentachu]

LoL - I Tried To Trade My Friends Missingno (Bob) To My Crystal! o.o Twas Strange -

It Just Said "-name-s Missingno Looks Strange...." If We Agreed To A Trade

O.o

I Looked At Its Stats, is said that it was a level 80 missingno on my friends red, but on crystal, its stats said level 39 stantler, its attacks were all fly and it was holding a carbos. Interesting... O.o`


[EDIT] Oh! Ive Always Wanted To Write That! XP LoL, Here Are Some Good names For Missingno! XP


Mississgo
Misingi
Missingni
Missing? NO! (XP LoL, A Joke)
Missingssing (o.O)
missopo
Misino


I have a theory to explain the outcome of that stantler...

Stantler is No. 234 in the Pok�dex in GSC.

GSC - Pok�mon Slot 234 - Stantler
RB - Pok�mon Slot 234 - Missingno.

So you must've got the 83rd Missingno. (Slot 234)! So I take it that the missingno.s look the same, but are completely different slort nos.


PS: Let's party like it's post #99!

[Antoshi]

Hmm, this thread caught my eye, but it's been a while since anyone posted here.


he is telling the truth about the kangaskhan. I remember that happening in my games, too.

I also remember finding a lot of Tauros... and I don't see that listed anywhere in Kairi's letter chart.. o_o my name was usually "BEKAH" if that means anything.

um... what else... oh yeah, there's also a strip of land beneath pallet town where you can find unusual Pokemon while surfing. I can't remember if I ever tried the missingno trick on this strip of land/water or not, though. come to think of it, I should try it. ::thinks:: it was the strip of water directly to the left of the field beneath pallet town. I remember finding really odd land Pokemon while surfing there. o_o


That must be because you recently came from the Safari Zone, which is where the glitch process originated from (As the Safari Zone Trick). What happens there, is you enter the Safari Zone, and leave again, then go to the Seafoam Islands, and surf up and down the east edge of it there. The Pokemon that show up as wild are all Pokemon from the Safari Zone. The trick made it easier to catch the uber-rare Pokemon from the Safari Zone (Kangaskhan, Tauros, Chansey, etc). I believe the trick does work if you surf on the east edge of Cinnabar, as long as you hadn't talked to the Old Man recently.

Still, I do wonder how a supposedly glitched Pokemon got a name that works with it so well. MissingNo, the 000 Pokemon. If I missed someone talking about that earlier on this thread, my bad. :P

By the way, I've never heard of some of these glitches, and I've been around the block as few times. o-O What is Glitch City? And 3TrainerPoke? Those are new ones by me. Any threads here on them? I'm too lazy to search. :D

[Mr. Jack-Covert Warfare]

Alrighty, I am far too lazy too read this whole thread so some stuff may be a repeat.

Q: MissingNo. In yellow version.....

A: Yes, you can get it without a gameshark. There is a "get anything at lvl 7" cheat in RBY. I am too lazy to post it so use google.

Q: Why does my hall of fame mess up when i don't save.

A: Try finding MissingNo in the gb tower in stadium. When you find it, the screen does not load for a while. However look at the bottom during this and you shall se that the game partially saves itself.

Q: Can I get Mew out of this?

A: Probably not.

Q: I saw MissingNo on accident...

A: Kill it. It'll only mess up your hall of fame.

Q: Does it evolve?

A: Yes, It can evolve into a Rhydon and a kangaskan.

Q: DUDE!?!?

A: .... that's not a question

Q: But I dont want to mess up my game...

A: Get a rom. You own the game, you can have backup copies of it. If you dont wanna mess that up than copy your .sav files before you get missingno.

Q: Why is this so long?

A: Bite me.

Q: Why sould i get him?

A: Utterly screwing around with your game is fun.

Q: What about those 100+ pokemon...

A: They wont mess up your game.

Q: Should I get a gameshark version of missingno?

A: Those are MUCH more harmful than the normal MissingNo. It is not suggested

Q: I am running out of questions.

A: Good, go home stupid kid.

Q: Is it a pokegod.

A: No. MissingNo is number 000 in the game. Pokegods have a number above 150 (this includes Mew).

Q: Pokegods look like missingNo, are they related.

A: They are all space fillers to meet the requisite number of pokemon (P3 [P3 is 256]). But they were never meant to be created because the creators were on a deadline to realease the game. So they filled up the game with random garbage. This garbage, however, was NOT created carefully. If it was, there would be no extra effects.

Q: Where can I get a savegame editor to make cool stuff for no reason.

A: Im in a good mood, it is in this post.

Q: Do you think that it was blah blah blah.....

A: I dont care.

[Antoshi]

Exactly what does that "saveeditor" you attached do and what is it for?

[The S]

One has to wonder if MissingNo. (one one of its cohorts) will show up in the DS games...

And I know with 'Shark you can catch MissingNo. in Pok�mon Pinball. But is the same true for Pok�mon Pinball R & S?

[mew_master]

I think my blue version is really screwed up. i had just done the first part of glitch city, so i still had to walk 500 steps before i was actually in. so i talked to the old man in viridian city then flew to cinnabar and surfed until i found 'm. i caught it, and a hundred steps later i caught missingno. they're both in my party(i only had four pokemon before)
so i put missingno in front of my party, and challenged the elite four. in between lance and gary, my 500 steps ran out and i was sent to the safari zone. i saved out of caution and entered glitch city. it looked like the elite four, except 9's and 2's were all over the walls. i went straight through a locked door and entered an infinite ocean. i kept on exploring, but then all the land disappeared. i took a step and an 'm appeared. i caught it as well as the ditto after it. then my character froze and i flew to viridian city. i went to the elite four again, but the first four were still still defeated. so i got to walk straight to gary who had taken on the form of the old man. i got close to him and my game froze. it was really messed up, has anything like this ever happened to any of you?

[ultimate mewmaster]

whats glitch city?how do you get into it?

[mew_master]

whats glitch city?how do you get into it?
glitch city is just the normal game, but it's really glitched, with halves of houses, you can go straight over entrances to caves, and stuff like that. if you go too far, your game might freeze. so before it does, just fly somewhere and everything will be fine. it's just a cool glitch is all. and what it looks like depends on where you were when your 500 steps ran out. so here's how you do it:

1.) go to the safari zone, and say "yes" to the man behind the desk, pay 500 dollars and enter the safari zone.
2.) save, turn off, and turn on
3.)go back out the way you came. say no to the man.
4.)exit the safari zone and go anywhere you want. walk 500 steps, and then the safari person will say ding dong, your time is up! your safari game is over!
5.) once you are there go out of the safari place again. you're now in glitch city. it's a good idea to save before doing this.

so does anybody know what to do about my elite four problem? please don't say restart the game, i have such a cool one right now; i've done every one in the book: missingno, glitch city, the marowak/pokedoll, fishing in statues, surfing to the right of the ss anne, and the cooltrainer/ditto. my game must be messed up, but it's still really awesome! any suggestions?

[ultimate mewmaster]

destroy your game.you said not to restart it,and its not restarting.and,what game do you go into glich city?ferget
about destroying your game.just a joke! :laugh: :P

[Antoshi]

Glitch City is found in Red/Blue versions...

It's scary. :P

[The S]

Do you think MissingNo. would be as popular if Nintendo made it an official, non-glitch Pokemon?

[Triaspia]

probably but if they did they would of made it look alot better

[こがおかみ]

I'm not sure how many forms of MissingNo. are in R/B/Y, but I know the equations to figure how many they are:

(155)x(# of PoKeMoN moves+2)x4= # of MissingNo. forms. (glitch PoKeMoN)

and if you've used a GameShark to unlock fake PoKeGoDs.....

(310)x(# of PoKeMoN moves+2)x4= # of MissingNo. forms. (glitched Pokemon)

[Jirachi3]

i've done every one in the book: missingno, glitch city, the marowak/pokedoll, fishing in statues, surfing to the right of the ss anne, and the cooltrainer/ditto. my game must be messed up, but it's still really awesome! any suggestions?[/QUOTE]

what are the last 4? :\

[Lord Jaws]

Pardon my ignorance but I know all those except the cooltrainer/ditto glitch and the marowak/pokedoll. What the?

[こがおかみ]

I think they are referring to when you battle a ditto then change your pokemons moves around after it transfored, the wild ditto will have a move called cooltrainer. The marowak I'm not sure of. I do know if you go to the part of Pokemon stadium that you can take pictures in, missingno appears as a Rhydon doll.

[こがおかみ]

..... I thought Glitch city only existed in Yellow version |?|

..... Has anyone ever had their Pikachu to die? I have. Fist I caught another Pikachu then I traded my original Pikachu for a Missingno, then traded it back. My Pikachu when I clicked on it had a skull over it's head when I talked to it and it wouldn't move. When I walked into a building, it stayed at the entrance blocking my way out, and when I walked out of a building it appeared on the outside of the door (still not moving) blocking my way in. Has anyone had this happen before?

[justokre]

..... I thought Glitch city only existed in Yellow version |?|

..... Has anyone ever had their Pikachu to die? I have. Fist I caught another Pikachu then I traded my original Pikachu for a Missingno, then traded it back. My Pikachu when I clicked on it had a skull over it's head when I talked to it and it wouldn't move. When I walked into a building, it stayed at the entrance blocking my way out, and when I walked out of a building it appeared on the outside of the door (still not moving) blocking my way in. Has anyone had this happen before?

Whoa! That's crazy! I gotta try that sometime! Did it battle?

[The S]

Poor Pikachu :( Hold a funeral for it...

[Kylie-chan]

I'd say it died. Wow, that's extraordinary~ O_O

[Lion Heart]

I've never heard of dying Pikachus.

[こがおかみ]

Whoa! That's crazy! I gotta try that sometime! Did it battle?

Yeah, it did battle, but it wouldn't obey me, and a while later when I oppened its Pika-Window, Pikachu made a wierd sound and glitched up.

[こがおかみ]

PS: it's been a while but if I'm not mistaking Pikachu completley dissappears after going inside any building or cave that contains wild Pokemon. (ex: Pokemon Tower, Lavender, Mt.Moon, etc.) But it does return after you save the game, and turn it off/on. It still replies dead though...

[Bobby]

Please don't double post.What are you talking about?This is missingno thread.If that does happen, then that's kinda weird lol.

[Eevee Trainer]

That doesn't sound right to me either. Missingno is just a screw up in the game.

[thyplosion]

missigno messes up the graphics when you watch its stats/go in a battle using it.. to cure it check the stat of another pokemon(unglitched) :rambo: and he dosent really break the data..just give problems when you start a new game like frequent game loss :\ a bit bad...

[thyplosion]

I got an very very very very wierd experience...while trading with my silver and crystal(my crystal is messed up:most people speak useless stuf like you ar champion and in battle when they send monsters its like this "en's dsadgwqdas mujef" watta bummer) so when i tried trading it and i kept scrolling down and one monster came out with the num.000 so it must be missingno....and there are also glitch pokemon(since they appear in later versions)which is #255 which is combusken(maybe) so i have no pictures yet...i'll post sum when i have them

[thyplosion]

probably missingno is just a test to try if the system of the game is correct and then they updated all of the monsters and forgot to replace the part where missingno roams..he must be a pokemon which was almost deleted but forgot to delete the pixels of missingno. but the name was erased and the system of the game cannot read the number of the pokemon so the name became MISSINGNO.

[Nicks]

[off topic] Typhlosion, please refrain fomr Double or Triple posting, it is called the edit post button ^_^, did you read the rules XD, but don't sweat it, I wont report ya, I'm a nice guy

I saw a Gary when i was Surfing for a Missingno, and i had to fight him

[kimino]

Heres what missingno. looks like

http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/skeleton_missingno.png

http://www.turquoisecity.com/Labs/Studies/254.gif

http://www.kartypokemon.friko.pl/Img/No%20Stat.gif

and as your searching pokemon at high levels may appear like so


http://www.kartypokemon.friko.pl/Img/No%20Mon.gif

http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/ghostmissingno_files/ghost.png this is a wierd missingno pic


http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/ghostmissingno_files/aeroskel.png

[Lord Jaws]

THeyre all just existing sprites (except the 2nd) that are already in the game that Missingno has pulled out in an effort to be a pokemon.

[DeathScape]

Heres what missingno. looks like

http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/skeleton_missingno.png

http://www.turquoisecity.com/Labs/Studies/254.gif

http://www.kartypokemon.friko.pl/Img/No%20Stat.gif

and as your searching pokemon at high levels may appear like so


http://www.kartypokemon.friko.pl/Img/No%20Mon.gif

http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/ghostmissingno_files/ghost.png this is a wierd missingno pic


http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/ghostmissingno_files/aeroskel.png

I thought he was a glitch, he's an actuall pokemon?

[Dark Penguin]

how do you get those other sprites? I have only got the blocky one. the others are really cool.

[Big Smoothin]

It's possible that Missingno isn't just a glitch. He could be a test. It causes a little too much major things to happen in the game like the cloning of the 6th item, the 6's and stuff. :P

[Skarmorylugia]

Heres what missingno. looks like

http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/skeleton_missingno.png

http://www.turquoisecity.com/Labs/Studies/254.gif

http://www.kartypokemon.friko.pl/Img/No%20Stat.gif

and as your searching pokemon at high levels may appear like so


http://www.kartypokemon.friko.pl/Img/No%20Mon.gif

http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/ghostmissingno_files/ghost.png this is a wierd missingno pic


http://tbp.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/ghostmissingno_files/aeroskel.png

I'm wondering. Did the Missingno have cries when you encountered them? I mean, you know, like when you encounter Rattata it says its name? I wonder if Missingno does that.

[PokemonPichu]

I have caught Missingno. in Pokemon Yellow with these gameshark codes: 01B6D7CF, 01B7D7CF, or 01B8D7CF. You might want to also try combinaitons of these codes. Missingno. has never messed up my game, just the sprite glitch. (the glitched up Pikachu and other pokemon in my party was because of a gameshark code that I thought might give me a Mewthree.)

I don't think Missingno. is a bad glitch Pokemon. You just have to be careful with them. I think that ghost/skeleton Missingno. are safer to catch than the blocky Missingno.

I think I know why the blocky Missingno. has such a weird sprite. In the tiles, there's no sprite for Blocky, but the game uses the other data as a sprite!

[Skarmorylugia]

how do you get those other sprites? I have only got the blocky one. the others are really cool.


In the games, it has to do with your name. It all depends on what letters and symbols are in your name. If you have a y at the end of your name, you'll get the ghost Missingno. (I've had that happen before....with the name of Charity! :))

[ArKiVe]

hm, I've never had any problems with the Missingno. When I see one though its all blocky but sometimes it was a Kanghaskan (sp?). I think it's a glitch too or it was meant to be there for a reason. Maybe to peak our interests like we're talking about it now eh lol.

[code zerro the deluge]

Are you shoure it isn't a legindary bird that got forgotten that is possible. it says there are flying types and Missigono is a bird type. so i could be a legindary bird forgotten

[Charizard_Fire_God]

W00t! A topic about Missingno. made sticky too! ^_^
W00t! Lol I can remember back when Iused ta catch as many as I could, tryin' ta get good, powerful lvl 193 Rhydons outta 'em! ^_^
Hey, I've got a Q -- I never believed Missingno. could actually mess up a savegame until one version of it did that ta my Yellow -- it happened 'cuz its last move was a glitch move an' if deposited on tha pc it messed everythin' up, but if I removed that move tha glitchy Missingno. would still be safe ta use. ^^;;
Now my Qs are: is there a way Missingno. can corrupt savegames in R/B too an' if so what ish it, an' second -- is there a way Missingno. can corrupt yar save EVEN IF YA DON'T SAVE? For example that save-screwin' method I mentioned earlier with tha comp deposittin' ONLY corrupted tha save IF ya saved after depositin' it. If so, then I may have an answer ta not losin' savegames anymore -- after depositin' that Missingno. My name got messed up an' I think it would be a good pointer if ppl would just take a good look at their names BEFORE SAVIN' after they've played with tha Missingno.s. ^^;;

[Smeargle_boy]

I'm wondering. Did the Missingno have cries when you encountered them? I mean, you know, like when you encounter Rattata it says its name? I wonder if Missingno does that.

When I run into Missingno., it makes the Zapdos cry (or at least I think), but I'll check right now on my red version, which, on R/B, I've heard that during the Missingno. trick, you can VERY RARELY run into Mew! Although, naming yourself Mew won't work.

[Skarmorylugia]

W00t! A topic about Missingno. made sticky too! ^_^
W00t! Lol I can remember back when Iused ta catch as many as I could, tryin' ta get good, powerful lvl 193 Rhydons outta 'em! ^_^
Hey, I've got a Q -- I never believed Missingno. could actually mess up a savegame until one version of it did that ta my Yellow -- it happened 'cuz its last move was a glitch move an' if deposited on tha pc it messed everythin' up, but if I removed that move tha glitchy Missingno. would still be safe ta use. ^^;;
Now my Qs are: is there a way Missingno. can corrupt savegames in R/B too an' if so what ish it, an' second -- is there a way Missingno. can corrupt yar save EVEN IF YA DON'T SAVE? For example that save-screwin' method I mentioned earlier with tha comp deposittin' ONLY corrupted tha save IF ya saved after depositin' it. If so, then I may have an answer ta not losin' savegames anymore -- after depositin' that Missingno. My name got messed up an' I think it would be a good pointer if ppl would just take a good look at their names BEFORE SAVIN' after they've played with tha Missingno.s. ^^;;


Uh....okay....but...the first thing you should do BEFORE going off to look for Missingno. is SAVE YOUR GAME!!! That way, if it does mess up the game, you can just shut it off then turn it back on. Then you'll be in the place you saved, and the game won't be messed up anymore.

Secondly: In R/B(I have blue, but I don't know about yellow), Missingno. is actually less harmful than 'M, when you take 'M out of the PC, it freezes your game(I've had that done to me more than once), but when you take Missingno. out, it doesn't do anything. But be warned: When Missingno. is in your team, it causes the glitched up sprites and the backwards graphics. (Again: I've had that done to me more than once.) If you just leave it in your PC, that won't happen. (at least I don't think it will...)

Okay, I'll shut up now.

[こがおかみ]

I got an very very very very wierd experience...while trading with my silver and crystal(my crystal is messed up:most people speak useless stuf like you ar champion and in battle when they send monsters its like this "en's dsadgwqdas mujef" watta bummer) so when i tried trading it and i kept scrolling down and one monster came out with the num.000 so it must be missingno....and there are also glitch pokemon(since they appear in later versions)which is #255 which is combusken(maybe) so i have no pictures yet...i'll post sum when i have them

That is kind'a wierd because I thought when someone tries to trade a Missingno. to Silver/Gold it showed stats as Remoraid, Tyrougue, etc. and said a message on the gaming screen "This Pokemon appears abnormal, cannot trade." or sumthin' like that... right?

[Charizard_Fire_God]

That is kind'a wierd because I thought when someone tries to trade a Missingno. to Silver/Gold it showed stats as Remoraid, Tyrougue, etc. and said a message on the gaming screen "This Pokemon appears abnormal, cannot trade." or sumthin' like that... right?
Yeh, I know about 'M an' tha comp. Tch, my Missingno. showed up as a Stantler when I wanted ta trade it. XD

[Marine1988]

I remember the first time I ever saw MissingNo. It was pretty cool, and I had heard so many fake rumors, I was suprised that MissingNo. was real.

[alakazamisbest]

LMAO i faced a missingno trainer guy in silver it wasin the cave that you have three ways to go straight goes to elite four left goes to a cave like thing where you face a an ash like trainer i fought him all his pokemon wher missingno but i think my friend did something to my game to do that he did something with a gameshark

[Marine1988]

I've never seen a Missingno. that looked like skeleton Pokemon, or a ghost. I always get the block thing too. But I think finding the kabutops fossil would be cool to have as a Pokemon.

[PokemonPichu]

If you have the Pokemon RBY ROM, then you don't have to worry about messing up your game. Just backup your battery save!

[EvilDunsparce]

I made a thread about this but no one answered so I'll ask it here:is it possible to get missingno in gold/silver/crystal and if it is can you get it shiny?

[Charizard_Fire_God]

Tch. They closed it an' said no, but I say ya can. Ya CAN'T get tha Missingno. in RBY shiny but I think ya can get tha ??????????s in GSC or RSE shiny if ya get lucky or use GameShark shiny-ness codes... o.0

[Xeon]

Missingno was just something to fill the empty slots. And the only reason its mostly always glitched is because its reading bad pointers and loading BAD data. The developers did not do any bounds checking to make sure the number couldnt go over a certain number.

[Fury of Ninetales]

I saw a Gary when i was Surfing for a Missingno, and i had to fight him my friend saw a TR member while surfing the missingno spot. he had lv 153 haunters and he only got 300 bucks for winning :(. my friend also tried to catch a missingno. and it said you missed the pokemon. do you think that if him and i used the bait or rock glitch that we could catch it? by the way, his game name is ???.

[Spirit Wolf]

can missingo be caught in silver or gold............and can it be added to pokedex?




one more thing................can someone explain misinigo to me. (my head hurts)

[SRV]

It can't be caught in Gold or Silver, and it does not get added to the pokedex , hence the name "Missingno."; Missing Nunmber. Missingno. was added to the game by the programmers, but they decided to remove it. Instead of that, they just hid it in one of the places which has no game memory; Cinnabar Island coast.

[Charizard_Fire_God]

Well there are some glitch-pkmn in G/S/C that can be generated with codes, an' though some can be caught, there is one in particular that I haven't been able ta catch, even with tha Master Ball... wierd, huh? O_O

[jc_rcw]

Its like the marowak in R/B/Y

[AmpharosLightning]

I made a thread about this but no one answered so I'll ask it here:is it possible to get missingno in gold/silver/crystal and if it is can you get it shiny?

I'm not sure, but there is such thing called ?????.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_70.png ????? vs ?????.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_35.png Lv 23 EGG.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_12.png GSC Glitch City???

[shadow909]

*EDIT* i deleted the whole thing cause it made the pokecommunity bigger

hmmm i solved the pikablu problem!

the pokemon maril is pikablu some kids just mistunderstood the pokemon and thought it was a pikachu rthat was blue!

look search pikablu pics and itll show maril!

[DarkKrystal]

Q: What is Missingno.?
A: For most variables on Game Boy games, the fewest possibilities for the variable is 256 (HEX 100), labeled 0 to 255 (HEX 00 to FF). This goes for most variables in RBY, including ones for all the Pokemon lookup slots. However, only 151 Pokemon exist in RBY. So, if there are 256 possibilities, and only 151 slots were defined by the programmers, what do the other 105 slots have? Glitches. And so, Missingno. was created.

Q: How do I find it?
A: You don't know how to find it? Go play some more RBY. But, if you're one of the outcasts who doesn't know how to find it, here goes. Talk to the Old Man at the northern edge of Viridian, and let him catch a Weedle. Then, Fly to Cinnabar (you can also go to Fuchsia and Surf to Seafoam Islands, but that takes a lot longer) and Surf up and down the right edge. After a while, you'll run into some unnatural Pokemon at high levels, and Missingno. (or a Pokemon with a glitched name containing 'M in the middle). NOTE: THIS DOES NOT WORK IN YELLOW.

I have never heard such a scientific and/or reasonable outlook on Missing No. But is there any way to make this work for Yellow?

Here's the thing. I started a new game a while ago. I have yet to beat Sabrina, Giovanni's Gym and the League, but that's it.

Other than Glitch City, is there some other cool Glitch for Yellow that doesn't require me going back a few steps and/or starting a new game?

[DarkKrystal]

I'm not sure, but there is such thing called ?????.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_70.png ????? vs ?????.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_35.png Lv 23 EGG.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_12.png GSC Glitch City???

How'd you GET those? They're AWESOME!

[SRV]

DarkKrystal;

Don't double post. In the future, just use the Edit button. :)

[Shadox]

I heard that if you go to the back yard of the house that doesn't get robbed and search around you will find a rare candy.If you then fly to Cinnabar and do the Missingno cheat for long enough, you will get infinate rare candys!Try it.

[Shadox]

The house in Cerulean, I mean.

[Digital Mage]

Don't double post either Shadox.

[Recknin]

I'm not sure, but there is such thing called ?????.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_70.png ????? vs ?????.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_35.png Lv 23 EGG.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_12.png GSC Glitch City???
wow where did u get those

[Eirikr]

Um, I dont know about were to post this, but it involves Missingno., so here we go

First of If any one has the R/B BETA roms, if they were found, do they have the beta names, eg Abra=hocus, and can you pm me were to get them?

I know for a fact, flying was bird in the BETA, like most names, changed in release editions, so that parts true, about "bird"

The beta was written over, in the JPN editions, after getting all 150, you get MEW(duh!!!), I am assuming Missingno. is the result of taking this out, this is strange because there is nothing like this in Crystal.

Therefore NINTENDO Of AMERICA's fault for not just doing a translation, a hacking instead(I call this a hack, US/E R&B)

I have been told by many that Y was written by itself

R also had all its pics changed to JPN Blue special Ed.

so if they did it in the JPN way, we wouldnt be ANGERY/happie

EDIT I found my JPN copy of G/S/C and noticed they changed the stats screen and format of the battle menu for the english release, If they did that in G/R/B, might explain a bit...

[DarkKrystal]

I play the ROMs, and my friend sent me one that was complete Engrish. It was Pokemon Blue. But I have a theory.

When I played it, things were different...Glitchy. I thought it was a joke! In fact, the man in the top hat in the Viridian City Pokemon Center says "You can use that PC over there in the corner... It was my dead brother's *sniffle". So I automatically assumed it was a joke version. But it was also glitchy - Ratatta... Rattata.. Um, however you spell it, I forget at the moment - his name was like... "W(minor glitch)Y(big glitchy boxy thing)R" or something like that. And at the beginning, the Professor calls his grandson rude rather than just saying he's your rival. You also get different name choices. And another thing! Professor Oak's name is Professor Orchid! Also, all the beginner pokemon's names are actually nicknames! (e.g. Charmander is Liz, Squirtle is Trtl). And all the descriptions are really lame and kind of funny.

But here's the part you might find interesting.

When Pidgey attacks in this screwy version, it's name is Byrd. You got it.

I have a theory that this is a pirated version of a first-attempt Pokemon Blue, that's been screwed around with.

If anyone's interested, e-mail me at Higher_On_Fire2003@yahoo.ca and I will send you the ROM (and an emulator if you need it), as well as some screenshots and junk.

[DarkKrystal]

Huh? I didn't double post.

[saint jimmmey]

i think the missingo cheat is the most widley know cheat in the worls.
i hope they bring it back for diamond and pearl just for old times sake..

[Rokusho]

Someone can't remember who rearanged Missingno.'s picture and ended up with a yoshi picture. Weird yes.

[saint jimmmey]

cool.
i caught missingo and my blue isn't mucked up..

[It@chi Bl@st]

I have a cheat!:cool: If you want to encounter a ghost or a skeleton MISSINGNO., then restart your game. Then you name your self as Okwayix or Zawayix. After that, play your game as normal until you arrive at Cinnabar Island. Do the missingo. trick and you will encounter a ghost/skeleton MISSINGNO. You know why? Cuz your name hase a w in the 3rd letter in your name, a y in the 5th, and a x in the 7th letter. you can encounter a Kaputops or a Aero skeleton and even a Ghost from the tower of Lavender Town. It's cool cuz you can catch it and it doesn't muck your game. And if you wanna teach your MISSINGNO. Fly and it is not able to learn fly, Then go to your Pokedex and find a flying type pokemon that can learn fly, you can now teach your ghost/skeleton MISSINGNO..:cool:

[DarkThunder]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_70.png ????? vs ?????.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_35.png Lv 23 EGG.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/JinChongBlaziken/Pokemon_Gold_12.png GSC Glitch City???
How did you get those?They're pretty cool.

[MissingNo. Wrangler]

Do you think MissingNo. is an evil "Poke'mon"? Is its intentions really on destroying our game data and possibly corrupting it permanently? Some say yes, some say no. Others probably don't even know who, or what, MissingNo. is. Few do. I am on of those who isn't afraid to experiment a little. I am known as the MissingNo. Wrangler, because I literally capture them and try to figure out more about their strange effects and powers; what they can learn, and what they can't. This is all something I wrote to explain MissingNo..

MissingNo., or Ketsuban, in Japanese which means "Missing Number", is an unknown Poke'mon. But, this MissingNo. 'character' is arguably the most well-known Poke'mon glitch.

There are tons of different rumors about MissingNo., but I've only chosen the most reasonable ones.

- Some have suggested that MissingNo. was going to be the fourth legendary bird, but it was left in the making. Possibly Ho-Oh? I recall seeing the first episode of the Poke'mon series. Ash saw a glittering rainbow Poke'mon flying in the sky that closely resembled a Ho-Oh. Perhaps the game designers decided to save this creature for the second generation of Poke'mon.(?)

- The game has a total of 255 slots, which contains information including items, Poke'mon, and other related matters throughout the game., but MissingNo. is in slot 256. The game doesn't know about this particular Poke'mon until it runs into this (Hexidecimal) code, but its number is 000 (all Poke'mon have a particular code depending on their number in the Poke'dex. Pikachu's number is 25, so this tells the game to go find yellow tiles, etc.). And then, since the number is 000 and that there is no particular code for MissingNo., the game tricks itself into grabbing random information (patches of grass, houses, people, text, etc.) and putting them all together because this is what it thinks MissingNo. is made of.

- MissingNo. is supposedly a gaming oversight that was never removed in the final version. In the beta version, it is said that MissingNo. was purposely added to the game to aid the game designers in testing. (MissingNo. probably gave them items straight away instead of having to look for them themselves, and also probably helped the designers construct the Poke'mon battle scenes and animation.)

- Depending on your name, MissingNo. my or may not apear. This is mainly due to the hexidecimal values in your character's name. The more symbols (?, ., !, etc...) in your name, the higher the chance of a trainer appearing on Cinnabar's Coast for no apparent reason. This trainer will usually have random Poke'mon who will battle the trainer. The trainer, along with other glitched Poke'mon (like MisingNo. or over level 100), will sometimes attack with moves named after TMs, such as TM42, which can possibly crash the game.


- Finally, in the beta version of R/B (Red and Blue), there was orginally going to be a land path to Cinnabar instead of an ocean route. This is where MissingNo. would be caught.

MissingNo.'s types are Bird, (probably the beta version of Flying-type) and Normal. It knows the move Water Gun more than once (which is impossible for other Poke'mon) and Sky attack. MissingNo., if placed in the PC then withdrawn, will probably evolve into a Rhydon. Yes, just encountering MissingNo. will ruin your Hall of Fame data, but as you should know, this will leave an increased amount (by 128+) of the sixth item in your bag.

Capturing MissingNo. is said to always delete your saved game data, but I've proved this wrong, along with many others, who have experimented with this glitch.

-- Capturing MissingNo. could corrupt your game (over a period of time), as well as making battle screens appear garbled. This can usually be solved by looking at the stat screen of a real Poke'mon, because the game will be familiar as to what it's looking at, instead of something it isn't programmed to.

--Also, as listed before, the letters in your name can also change MissingNo.'s apearance, such as:

[There are other MissingNo. besides this one?]
Having a lowercase "y" as the third, fifth, or seventh letter in your player's name (to find a ghost MissingNo.) This one appears as one of the unidentifiale ghosts that can't be ID'd in Poke'mon Tower when you don't have the Silph Scope.
Having a lowercase "x" as the third, fifth, or seventh letter in your player's name (to find an Aerodactyl Fossil MissingNo.) This Aerodactyl Fossil also appears in the Pewter City Museum.
Having a lowercase "w" as the third, fifth or seventh letter in your player's name (to find a Kabutops Fossil MissingNo.) Same as Aerodactyl Fossil.

MissingNo.'s most common appearance is a form of a mass amount of pixels in the shape of a backwards "L", mainly because it can appear without many naming restrictions.

Note: MissingNo.'s pixelized "body" doesn't really move in the game, although when you capture it, the little MissingNo. icon--when viewed in the Start menu screen--will change depending on your character's current location. If it evolves into a Rhydon, it will look like the sprite of a Rhydon and won't change, no matter where you are, just like any other Poke'mon's picture. Hopefully, if your game does not malfunction after capturing MissingNo., you can deposit it into the PC, withdraw it, and use it in battle just like any other Poke'mon in the R/B versions.

[Is there a Yellow Version MissingNo.?]
Poke'mon games after Poke'mon Red and Blue version don't have MissingNo., but people claim to have encountered such Poke'mon in other versions. For Poke'mon Yellow, there are a few exceptions.

When Pok�mon Yellow was released, the original MissingNo. and 'M glitches were removed from the game. However, some time after Yellow was released, a new code was discovered that allowed the capture of any Pok�mon, including MissingNo. and Mew. This code is detailed in a guide at the GameFAQs Pok�mon Yellow page (said FAQ is Glitch Guide).

[How do I get it?]
However, if a player is unsuccessful at finding MissingNo. in the Yellow version, he or she can simply have it traded in from a Red or Blue version. If this is done, MissingNo. will affect the Yellow version in the same way it affected the Red and Blue versions, including messing up the Pok�mon Hall of Fame.

[What are MissingNo.'s effects in the N64 Poke'mon Stadium games?]
MissingNo. will be unable to battle in Poke'mon Stadium (1 or 2), and its pictures will not develop properly in the photo gallery section. When MissingNo. is trying to be viewed for its stats in the Poke'mon Center in the Poke'mon Stadium game, the game will freeze, playing the music in the background without the beat. MissingNo.'s appearance when viewed through Poke'mon Stadium is a Substitute-- a small, Rhydon-like figure when a Poke'mon uses the move Substitute. Even if you have MissingNo. in your party, or in one of our PC boxes, MissingNo. will not appear on the GB Party screen when choosing Poke'mon for battles.

The other rumors that MissingNo. can evolve into a Mew are incorrect, but because of this, MissingNo. wil always have a place in Poke'mon culture.

[insectduel]

I'm a Missingno. Collector? Even Pokemon Green as well before the Jap version of blue is released.

[PokemonPichu]

Hey, who knows about all the other glitch pokemon? PKMN, .4, u 8, U, you name it. I am a glitch collector, and soon I will have all 256 pokemon on Blue.

[Drew]

o__o wow....8 pages in 3 years? .....thats just..... Wow. o__o

Anyhoo, I like Missingno. I had one once, and I named it Mino... I loved my Mino... For awhile it didn't hurt my game at all...but once it did I got rid of it ... T-T

[djvolcom]

i had a contact with a missingno, and it really messed up my game for some reason, what a waste that was.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

Mines did not mess up my game but it has weird attacks like-2 water guns and a Sky Attack and it said its type was bird.

[philip1992]

Missingno is a great gitch.

[Lt. Surge's Raichu]

Missingno is a bug on blue/red lol

[Fl0W:HHGURU]

My Blue version and my brothers Red version didnt mess up, they were fine ^_^

[Lt. Surge's Raichu]

Oh, that's in fact very rare i think^^

[It@chi Bl@st]

Hey guys!!! I have a new discovery to share with you... you can now fight missingo. in YELLOW VERSION!!! I'll tell you now, get a pokemon that knows how to fly...then, go to celedon and go to the underground...once you are outside,don't move cuz the Old man is facing at you but you can't see him and you have to avoid him from battling you...Save your game before you do anythig else...If you are ready,go one step down and press the start botton right away...You can now see the old man facing to you...Now go to the pokemon menu and select the pokemon that knows how to fly and fly to lavendar town...Once you reached there, go to the tower at the 3rd floor and beat the channeler at the bottom of the screen...After this, go outside and then go to the west of the town and you will fight a missingno. sometimes the game will freeze, if that happens, do it again...After beating the missingno. people will be roaming around your game, even balls will be flying...Trust me, i'm 100% possitive sure...If you have comments about this discovery of mine, just reply at this page and i'll sove your problem...!

[MissingNo. Hunter Jake]

have people noticed that missingno. and 'M have back sprites but missingno. kabutops, aerodactyl, and ghost do not? weird huh. also, you can get missingno. in r/s/e using gameshark, but theyre not the real missingno. just 2 question marks or a circle with a question mark in it (like in the pokedex for an unseen pokemon)

[Hyster-ia]

Kabutops, Aerodactyl and Ghost are created from a item, maybe that has something to do with it?

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

not only that but if you use a rare Candy on missing no. it will evolve into a Kangaskhan weird right?

:t003:Dark Venusaur:t003:

[Hyster-ia]

It won't... It just starts over again at lvl. 0.
What is true is; that certain devices do equal Missingno. to Rhydon, since Rhydon is the first Pokémon from the Hexial list (And Missingno. #0, which doesn't excist, else it would add pages on your Pokédex).

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

It won't... It just starts over again at lvl. 0.
What is true is; that certain devices do equal Missingno. to Rhydon, since Rhydon is the first Pokémon from the Hexial list (And Missingno. #0, which doesn't excist, else it would add pages on your Pokédex).
It is true. it can turn into a Kangaskhan, Rhydon or go back to level 0. Or sometimes when certain people claim that they found it in high levels and it stays that level no matter what. the only thing as a see of missing no. is pixels and a backwards L like Waluigi

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[rmxpman]

Now I know what I was hoping to learn about missingno.!

[Kuri-Chan ♪]

I heard that if you catch a Missingo, you have to evolve it into a Kangaskan using a rare candy or it will start erasing data. Wieeerd.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

I heard that if you catch a Missingo, you have to evolve it into a Kangaskan using a rare candy or it will start erasing data. Wieeerd.
yeah that is true. but sometimes that doesn't happen, maybe for you.

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[Hyster-ia]

It's not the smartest thing to do, but I never encountered any problems.

[rmxpman]

I have encountered missingno. in both my firered ROM and regular cartridge using two gameshark codes.Apperently if you encounter a wild pokemon but don't have any pokemon you get missingno..

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

I have encountered missingno. in both my firered ROM and regular cartridge using two gameshark codes.Apperently if you encounter a wild pokemon but don't have any pokemon you get missingno..
How did you encounter missing No. in Fire red. Well unless you are talking about the one with the black circle and the question mark inside of it. Thats not missing no.

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[philip1992]

Dont catch it ok. It erases your save data. Hey seen my sig.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

I take my last post back that is Missing No. It might erase your game

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[philip1992]

Dont do it. Its not like the other games.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

I have one question
How does Missing No. Look in GSC Version:t201-qu:

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[weirdo1]

missingno. is cool. You can get Alakazams without trading!


Oh sorry, Missingno is a Alazazam.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

missingno. is cool. You can get Alakazams without trading!
But most of the time Missing Numbers come as Alakazams. They come in Glicthy style

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[Johnny Boy~]

Missingo is not in GSC, as i know...

[MissingNo. Wrangler]

It's been a while since I last visited this site.

Well.. like in most Poke'mon games, there are glitches somewhere, even if they aren't MissingNo. or 'M Block. Although games today are far more advanced, that's not really the case. Point is, you may find glitches through Poke'mon cloning or anything related that may require your PC. Why don't you do some research on these weird glitches in Gold, Silver and Crystal?

[Jax Malcolm]

Forgive me for bringing up old posts, but...

But most of the time Missing Numbers come as Alakazams. They come in Glicthy style

To clear something up, no, Missingno is not an Alakazam, glitch-style. Missingno is a filler glitch for when the game summons a Pokemon that doesn't exist. The game can summon an Alakazam if you follow the same steps of the Missingno glitch and have fulfilled a certain requirement (have the third, fifth, or seventh letter of your name be V, meaning it's not even a happening that occurs most of the time), but unless you see a Kabutops fossil, an Aerodactyl fossil, or a block of static labeled "Missingno," it's not a Missingno.

Not to mention Missingno doesn't have Alakazam's stats or movepool. Yes, I've experimented with TMs/HMs and Missingno. Provided momentary amusement, it did, but Missingno just wasn't that great of a Pokemon itself. I'd much prefer the Alakazam when it comes to stats.

Also, in answer to your question about GSC Missingno, if I recall correctly, they appear as large squares of static.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

Forgive me for bringing up old posts, but...



To clear something up, no, Missingno is not an Alakazam, glitch-style. Missingno is a filler glitch for when the game summons a Pokemon that doesn't exist. The game can summon an Alakazam if you follow the same steps of the Missingno glitch and have fulfilled a certain requirement (have the third, fifth, or seventh letter of your name be V, meaning it's not even a happening that occurs most of the time), but unless you see a Kabutops fossil, an Aerodactyl fossil, or a block of static labeled "Missingno," it's not a Missingno.

Not to mention Missingno doesn't have Alakazam's stats or movepool. Yes, I've experimented with TMs/HMs and Missingno. Provided momentary amusement, it did, but Missingno just wasn't that great of a Pokemon itself. I'd much prefer the Alakazam when it comes to stats.

Also, in answer to your question about GSC Missingno, if I recall correctly, they appear as large squares of static.
No its okay. But thanks for clearing and correcting things up for me.

:t094:~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~

[philip1992]

Hi guys. Whats up. Like my new sig.

[The Hunk]

philip1992, that is spam. Please stay on the topic of Missingno. If you continue to go off-topic like that, a warning is in your future.

[Jorah]

Oh, I've found Mssingno before. But the only reason I did was because I had no idea what it could do to your game; I only found it because I was trying to do that rare candy trick that someone told me about and anyway, I was only about 9 or 10 at the time, I had no idea about what glitches were. After seeing it, like everyone else, my Hall of Fame went really glitchy, so I thought I'd see what happened if you caught it. When I did all the graphics for the people went weird, like the hand was the wron