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So, there's an old man besides Viridian Gym. Whenever I talk to him, it triggers the dialogue with Oak where you get the Bulbasaur and the Pokedex and he talks about being a champion and such.
I'm using Beta 2.5, and yes, I did patch a clean Fire Red ROM.