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1st Gen Did you ever play the original green?

Sirfetch’d

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Never have and I never plan to. I don't want to play a game that I cannot understand.
 
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it's the only main game i haven't played yet :( I know there are roms around but it's not the same... I could get one if i wanted to but it's not on the top of my priorities list.
 
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I didn't know it existed until about three years ago. It does make me wonder how Japan fell in love with such an ugly game, Red & Blue have their imperfections, but Green is on another level. I personally wouldn't want to play it since I can simply enjoy the horrific sprites by finding them online.
 
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I played a fan based english (bablefish translation) port to a "original" green game.
basically a whole cartridge port instead of just an emulation.
It had several bugs within translation issues but the gameplay was all there and it was playable.
I didn't see much differences to Red except minor artwork differences.
 
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my parents got me tha OG cartridge for christmas back in like '99 or somethin

but i couldnt read it so i left it alone

still got tha cartridge tho
 

Heart's Soul

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Yes, a few times, actually. While I didn't understand any of it, it's not the first Pokemon game that I beat in Japanese.
 
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I'd love to play the real thing, but sounds like some serious effort to translate in the ROM hack above, I will try it and see the different sprites :-)
 

Elixir.

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I played a ROM of it, if that counts. As for the actual cartridge, no, I have never owned/played one. Although I would love to own it.
 
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I haven't played it before, unfortunately. I've never understood Japanese in the first place, so there was honestly no point in me playing it. I always wanted to, though, because I've heard a lot of stories about it. The story about Lavender Town music has gotta be the most interesting of them all. Since they have an English patch now, I may finally be able to give this game a try~
 

TwilightBlade

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I briefly played a bootleg English translated Green when at a flea market (a market place where people can sell some used/cheap stuff). The lady priced it at $30. This was about in 2002 or so, and I wasn't impressed with it since I already had Red/Blue.

UNFORTUNATELY, I instead bought the bootleg Diamond / Telefang. Oh jeez, the Engrish. I was deceived into thinking it was a rare Pokemon game that I didn't have yet. It's an alright game by itself, but it was not worth $30. :P
 
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