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Survey: who here plays pokemon on their computers?

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I do love playing gen1-3 on an emulator as its a great way to play the older games that you may have never played, the speed up button helps too :)

The emulators for the GBA games are alot better than any of the DS emulators I have tried and I still think that you cant beat holding the console in your hands and taking it everywhere.
 

Olli

I am still bathing in a summer's afterglow
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Whenever I feel the need to playing a Pokémon game, doing it through roms and emulators is pretty much what I've consulted to doing, ever since I made the biggest mistake of my life a few years ago by giving away my oh so once beloved Gameboy Advance SP together with my collection of Gameboy Colour and Gameboy Advance games. That was a decisions I've really dreaded, though if I hadn't done that, I may never even have joined the community.

Anyways, yes, I do play Pokémon on my computer.
 

johnr754

I am JOHN, heck yeah!
78
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14
Years
I play the Gameboy games (GB, GBC, GBA) emulated on VBA, but I play DS games on a real DS because it lags too much. I also use TGBDual for trading (Alakazam, Gengar)
 

Firox

eepz, come help pwease!
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11
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When I'm at home I play on emulator (VBA), to conserve battery, when I'm not home I take GBA along with me.
 
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11
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I play all the different GB and GBA and GBC on VBA. I play HG and Black on DS. I play Mystery Dungeon Ranger and Diamond on Desmume. I play USA conquest on desumume.
 
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15
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  • Seen Sep 2, 2013
I haven't got a DS/GBA but I have played on them, it is MUCH more enjoyable imo but I only play on emulators
 

ZetaZaku

AEUG Pilot
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11
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I only played the 3rd Gen games on emulators, as I only have Ruby. But yeah, nothing beats the real deal.
 

Haseyo

쏘쿨
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11
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I only use an emulator for recording purposes. Not that I feel any "shame" in it, I just always buy Pokemon games so might as well not have to worry about frames or crashing.
 

PokeMMO

Squirtle
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11
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  • Age 37
  • Seen Feb 21, 2015
You could say that I also play Pokemon on my computer but it is a different type of pokemon.
 

Loonie

Mischievous Gamer
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11
Years
  • Seen Aug 3, 2012
Emulators are some times kind of glitchy but they are helpful in some ways..
 

Cerberus87

Mega Houndoom, baby!
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11
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Gen I and II I played on my GBC, past that all on emulators because of speed button and ease of using AR codes.

I used a lot the official Dodrio Tower in the Stadium games for Gen I and II, saved a lot of time! Seems even Nintendo acknowledged grinding is boring. :D
 

Pinta77

Guest
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I hate playing on my computer mainly because of the setup. It's in an uncomfortable spot. But i do play on my iphone :)
 

Tetrakeet

Lilligant's Caretaker
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11
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If I used an emulator, it would be too tempting to abuse the save state and turbo modes. I would be able to grind levels extremely fast that way, reload state over and over until a status effect works, never miss a Pokeball catch, etc. (eliminating the chance factor of Pokemon) basically making the game too easy. I know it's a simple "well just don't do it", but I consider it a time saver more than cheating. Still, I like playing on the actual Gameboy/DS to prevent myself from being too tempted to "save time."
 

Pinta77

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Reloading save state would be too much work for me. Even on VBA and gpsPhone i save the right way.

I used to use save states when i played mother 3, but one day i had so many saves that i couldnt find the right one >.<
 
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  • Seen Jul 27, 2012
I do!

I play it on my cell phone when i'm out, then transfer the save to my PC when i'm at home. Bigger screen! :D
 

The Corrupt Plague

Missingno. hunter
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14
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I have mostly moved on to flash carts. One for the DS and a second one for the GBA. I still have Visual Boy Advance but that's reserved for the few problem games with RTC plus everything involving the Game Boy Color and monochrome brick.
 
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