Crystal hack: Pokemon Pyrite

SP458 said:

First, congratulations for making this difficult hack (I've just got my last Johto badge with a level 65 team). But something irkes me.

I've read in an earlier post that the Flamethrower/Ice Beam/Thunderbolt move tutor is unlocked when you have 7 badges. However, I've looked through Goldenrod City during Wednesdays and Saturdays to no avail. Did you change his location, the days he appears, or even both?

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I think it may appear with 8 badges instead of 7. I think 7 was the required amount for the lady that sells tms inside the game corner to appear. The location wasn't changed, and I might be wrong but I don't recall changing the days when he appears either.

dirt said:

So I just made ano account to post on here but I LOVE Pyrite. it's my new all time favorite game. You took a game I grew up with and made it grow up with me. I appreciate all the work you put into this hack. I love the set battle style. no items during battle. the wild location changes and variety early on. the level cap. the held items and how thief works I love everything about it. If there's any way you could put this on a cartridge I would definitely buy it. seriously. can you put it on a cartridge? anyway I'm done ranting but thanks for making this.

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Twizman said:

^I have the same feeling. This is not only the best Pokemon game I've played, but the best Japanese rpg experience. Thanks for a wonderful, meticulously crafted experience. You have done a great service to humanity.

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Oh wow, I'm glad you guys liked it so much! Feedback like this is the best reward I could ask for. Thank you!

lastdragon said:

It would be nice to see all the new shiny colors before dedicating yourself to catching or hatching one

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Alright, i'll try to put up a video later today showing all the shiny sprites.

lastdragon said:

It would be nice to see all the new shiny colors before dedicating yourself to catching or hatching one

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There you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGnLlkZ8h0Q

Crystal_ said:

There you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGnLlkZ8h0Q

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Thanks!

I just beat Blue at Viridian to collect my 8th badge. Where should I head next? I found Mt. Silver, but just wanting to not miss any major areas. I don't think I've done Whirlpool or Seafoam Islands.

Edit: just beat Red. Thought I would post some quick reflections.
> Mintberry and Przcureberries were a ton of fun, very effective in Gym battles. It was great getting two berries per tree in Pyrite. Rest-Mintberry was a great combo.
> I felt that Sing/sleep-inducing moves were overpoweringly strong. But I totally get wanting to keep the spirit of the original gameplay.
> Not sure if it was my party, but compared to the challenge of many Gyms I felt Silver was a bit easy.
> As in the original game, the pacing dropped off in the Kanto region, with the game becoming a Gym grind (albeit still fun).

Thankyou for an excellent rpg experience. I'm looking for similar mods to Pyrite, that mostly keep the original game in-tact while adjusting the difficulty and ai strategy. I would appreciate any recommendations.

Game randomly resets when attempting the put the Cleanse Tag in the PC

kooba said:

Game randomly resets when attempting the put the Cleanse Tag in the PC

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It appears that you don't have the most up to date version. That bug was fixed some months ago.

Help, I cannot catch wild pokemon.! dunno why?
I was able to catch them before but now i cannot..
It says "ITEMS CANNOT BE USED NOW"
Currently I am in Ecruteak City

EDIT :- NVM I reset the game and Its working. Dunno why that happened.. I couldn't catch a Shiny Hoothoot cuz of that :(

Seems Scizor doesn't learn Agility at level 50 as according to evos_attacks.asm, but Scyther does. Is that one intentional?

Hi Crystal,

I am trying to play this hack, but I am unable to get the emulators to run properly.

Before I detail the issues, I want to say that the IPS seemed to patch the game just fine.

1) Visual Boy Advance - the screen window is microscopic and I can't expand the window manually or in-game. The game does say "Pokemon Pyrite" on startup.
2) VBA-M - the game immediately displays an error regarding save states, and then it reverts to Pokemon Crystal. This I don't understand, for the life of me. How on earth could a patched game "become" the old original game? Doesn't that seem impossible?
3) GBC Emulator - this one works functionally, but there's nothing I can do to increase the speed of the game. I can't stand the slow battle animations etc, and without the ability to hit "spacebar" to speed up stuff, I grow wearied by pokemon games and can't bear to play them.

I'm really curious about the problems with VBA-M.

I'm running Windows 10 on a relatively new desktop computer. Can you or someone else help me?

Hey, so I actually found an emulator that worked. It took 3 different ones, but I finally did it!

I do have a question - are there any other hacks out there of other pokemon games that tweak difficulty in the same way you do (no leaving gyms, no potions mid-combat, no knowing what pokemon your opponent is bringing in before you do, AI improvements, etc)? I'm annoyed that others believe that merely increasing everything's level constitutes "increased difficulty" (rather, it constitutes an increase in grinding). I love the way you approach game difficulty. What other hacks out there do the same as you?!

One last question: Is it easy to patch your hack onto another hack that has updated the graphics of Crystal? I just tried applying your patch to the Liquid Crystal hack to no success. I would definitely like the graphics to be at least one generation forward, but I don't know how to do it. Thanks!

I don't know of any other game with features like the gyms, items, and level cap like pyrite, and I don't think there's any with all of them. This can't be patched to Liquid Crystal because they are made off different rombases and meant for different consoles. It's like trying to play Pokemon Go on your Gameboy color.

Crystal_ said:

I think it may appear with 8 badges instead of 7. I think 7 was the required amount for the lady that sells tms inside the game corner to appear. The location wasn't changed, and I might be wrong but I don't recall changing the days when he appears either.

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i am p sure when i checked that in my first run (last summer right in the release version) was after beating the elite 4, you may changed in more recents version but afaik still that way, just saying.

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checkevent EVENT_BEAT_ELITE_FOUR
iffalse .finish
checkitem COIN_CASE
iffalse .move_tutor_inside
checkcode VAR_WEEKDAY
if_equal WEDNESDAY, .move_tutor_outside
if_equal SATURDAY, .move_tutor_outside
.move_tutor_inside
appear GOLDENRODGAMECORNER_POKEFAN_M3
return

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i checked your github and it is (or was in initial version)

So I have seven badges and I've had a lot of fun so far. I'm currently training in whirl islands and trying to get a balanced team before I go for the Goldenrod Takeover. I have a question about the wild Pokemon, if it's okay for me to ask about that.



Thanks for your time! I've had a real blast playing this and it's been challenging but not to the point of me being frustrated.

sergitic said:

i am p sure when i checked that in my first run (last summer right in the release version) was after beating the elite 4, you may changed in more recents version but afaik still that way, just saying.

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i checked your github and it is (or was in initial version)

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This hack isn't in github, only the level up/evolution data is. Everything else you checked is just the original crystal.

Roger Davis said:

So I have seven badges and I've had a lot of fun so far. I'm currently training in whirl islands and trying to get a balanced team before I go for the Goldenrod Takeover. I have a question about the wild Pokemon, if it's okay for me to ask about that.

Spoiler:

With Squirtle, it shows the nest in Whirl Islands. I have been all the way to Lugia's room and both searching via surfing and walking, and I've done a good bit of fishing with the good rod. My question is, is the Super Rod required for Squirtle? I just want to know if I have to wait until Kanto to get him, since I know Bulbasaur and Charmander are later on in Johto.

Thanks for your time! I've had a real blast playing this and it's been challenging but not to the point of me being frustrated.

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By walking, only in the chamber with the big waterfall (the one before you enter the lugia's chamber). 5% chance, any time of the day.

Thanks for your help! I beat the Elite 4 and now I'm in Kanto. I'm up to Vermillion. One thing I should note though, so far none of the Kanto leaders have stated the level cap like the Johto ones did. Is that intentional? I mean my team is in the 80s now anyway, but I was just curious.



Also, in Route 19 (below Fuschia) the guard says the explosion from the volcano blocked off Route 19 indefinitely. Shouldn't that be changed to Route 21, since Cinnebar is blocked from Pallet now instead?

Roger Davis said:

Thanks for your help! I beat the Elite 4 and now I'm in Kanto. I'm up to Vermillion. One thing I should note though, so far none of the Kanto leaders have stated the level cap like the Johto ones did. Is that intentional? I mean my team is in the 80s now anyway, but I was just curious.

Yeah only leaders in Johto tell you the exact level, but there are level caps in kanto with each gym too.

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Also I really love how the Mewtwo event was handled. I was a little surprised that he was obtainable early in Kanto, but he still gave quite the challenge. The extra rocket plot was nice. Since the power plant is now full of people I can't help but wonder where Zapdos will be, that is, if the birds are also event pokemon.

Also, in Route 19 (below Fuschia) the guard says the explosion from the volcano blocked off Route 19 indefinitely. Shouldn't that be changed to Route 21, since Cinnebar is blocked from Pallet now instead?

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I guess that's an oversight, but it's a little bit too late to say the least to fix it and re-release the hack at this point. Good catch though.

Every time I switch out a Pokemon to finish a battle, the Pokemon that was switched out gains all the experience from the battle but the one who was switched in gains 0exp. Is this normal?

If a pokemon has reached the level cap provided by the badges you've obtained, it won't gain any exp until you obtain another badge (for example, with one badge your pokemon won't grow past level 20).

This is essentially a challenging yet faithful version of Crystal correct?

If so this looks fantastic! Crystal is my favorite game and I've been looking for something that just makes it a little more challenging without adding later gen pokes.