1st Gen Did you ever play the original green?

Alas, I have not. But I wish I could. Although, I feel like it'd be a whole new game with just the Japanese text and different sprites.

Never have and I never plan to. I don't want to play a game that I cannot understand.

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.

I have played the game because I own all of the pokemon games... (Kind of a collector I guess)

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.

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.

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

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.

Nope, never. ;( It is something I want to try, though! I was considering getting a copy to collect too.

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 :-)

Nope but it's on Trade Me at the moment. *Tempted* *Tempted* hehe :D Boxed too! But nope I dont have the money :(

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.

I'd love to play it someday :) It would be even better if I learnt Japanese too D:

I have a ripped off fake copy that is hilarious, but can't hold a save.

Personofsecrets said:

I have a ripped off fake copy that is hilarious, but can't hold a save.

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What's so funny about it? Does it have a weird translation like Vietnamese Crystal? LOL

He could be talking about the bootleg translated green, like the one below.

Not as funny as Vietnamese Crystal but Professor Aochider is an totally awesome name xD

i actually bought it not too long ago. picked it up for cheap on amazon

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~

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