FireRed hack: Pokémon GS Chronicles | Build 2.7.6 - 06/19/2024 | Full Game Coming Late 2025

[BarleyOats]

Is it intended that every single area has at least 1 enemy that poison you if you don't outsped them?
So far, even in random grass battle, there is always one kind of pokemon that poison (poison moves also have exceptionally high chance to poison...)
Is this some kind of mechanic that slow down your progression by forcing you back to pokecenter or forcing you to use item?

Also, not sure if it is just me. My Lv40 Typhlosion vs Ecruteak Gym, landed a critical on a lv29+- enemy, it survived.
Is this some kind of mechanic that prevent overlevel pokemon from sweeping?

Make sure you're on 2.7.6 which is the latest version as of this post. Poison Powder is learned by a lot of grass types, which are usually amongst early game pokemon. As well as Poison Sting being learned by things like bugs and snakes, which again are usually early game encounters. Poison chance is usually 30%, while Poison Fang has 50% to badly poison. As for your overleveled Typhlosion (you must have grinded for hours to even reach 10 levels above Morty), it depends on your move and nature/ev/iv. If you hit something like Drifblim/Misdreavus, they have high HP/SpDef and will live a few things. Unless you used a physical attack, then almost everything he has will survive the crit because Typhlosion has low Atk. Just to let you know, your lv40 Typhlosion is on par with Gym 7. I suggest not grinding so much in the future for a more enjoyable experience

 

[Trainer_Akira]

Is at all Compatible with Modded Hardware or will I strictly need to use an Emulator

 

[Estii]

how can you fix the dark cave bug where you can't move or do anything when you enter?

 

[Scotto]

I lost to Kris in Ecruteak and when I got back, I'm stuck...

Edit: Okay, fixed it. Kinda, Kris was still there... just invisible.

Edit 2: Okay. The game crashes if you click up on the main menu from time to time and certain Pokémon give one EXP randomly. Only one that I can think of is a Taurus in Chuck's Gym, but it wasn't the only one. Was consistent as I crashed and had to fight them twice.

Edit 3: So.... is the Gyarados meant to be a Shiny? It wasn't.

 

[MilitaryA17]

I'm on the latest build 2.7.6 After beating the elite four and becoming the champ, if you go to goldenrod city again it plays the team rocket radio tower takeover event again with some of the npcs being invisible and blocking the department store, name rater, bike shop etc. I'm assuming If I somehow do the event again it will fix? Though them being invisible is annoying....also how and where do you catch Suicune? Caught Entei and Raikou easy enough since they show up on the Pokegear map but Suicune does not. Is he a random encounter anywhere?

 

[adraido]

I'm on the latest build 2.7.6 After beating the elite four and becoming the champ, if you go to goldenrod city again it plays the team rocket radio tower takeover event again with some of the npcs being invisible and blocking the department store, name rater, bike shop etc. I'm assuming If I somehow do the event again it will fix? Though them being invisible is annoying....also how and where do you catch Suicune? Caught Entei and Raikou easy enough since they show up on the Pokegear map but Suicune does not. Is he a random encounter anywhere?

This post might answer your question:

just started playing the game last monday, and currently on my way to cianwood to get the medicine for the sick ampharos. When I returned to the route 36 evening, I encountered Raikou, which i tried catching it, which I succeeded (via save state reloading multiple times) and then after that I encountered Entei, which I also captured with the same trick. My question is can I also catch Suicune? or he is story related like the one in Crystal?
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I found the answer on my question, it seems it follows the storyline of Crystal too, which I need to progress further to catch Suicune, as he may be part of the story.

 

[PokeAi]

After winning the league, Team Rocket's event takes place again at the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City.

 

[Centurionzo]

Thanks for the hard work, Pokemon HeartGold is probably my favorite Pokemon game ever, i remember playing multiple times and I can't wait to see what you do

Also although you said that you have no plans for more regions, I do hope that you change your mind in the future after finishing the main game, I really curious of how you would incorporate others storyline and regions in the game

 

[adraido]

I'm so glad this is still being worked on and that it uses that version of FireRed. I was wondering what are your options in terms of early team building in this Rom? Maybe up to the 3rd gym.

 

[BarleyOats]

I'm so glad this is still being worked on and that it uses that version of FireRed. I was wondering what are your options in terms of early team building in this Rom? Maybe up to the 3rd gym.

I would say about 70% or higher is available before fighting Whitney, with it going up to maybe 80-90% if you don't include legendaries or other pokemon that aren't in the game yet.

 

[adraido]

I would say about 70% or higher is available before fighting Whitney, with it going up to maybe 80-90% if you don't include legendaries or other pokemon that aren't in the game yet.

Holy wow. That is amazing. Thank you for the prompt reply.

 

[MilitaryA17]

This post might answer your question:

Unfortunately...no I looked up how to get suicune normally and only the first 2 parts were the same then the rest weren't so still no idea on how to catch/get suicune.

 

[adraido]

Unfortunately...no I looked up how to get suicune normally and only the first 2 parts were the same then the rest weren't so still no idea on how to catch/get suicune.

Ok, so I asked on the discord and got an answer for you:

He's in Kanto like in HGSS. So, since there is no Kanto yet, you're all caught up as far as those dogs for now.
Unfortunately, there's no way to catch it right now afaik.
Discord is a quick way to get answers in case you have more questions:

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

discord.gg

 

[tjnova]

Just want to report a bug in Goldenrod City Radio Tower.

*When going to the 2nd floor a dialogue suddenly appear and just loops, cannot end/exit the dialogue.

Version 2.7.5
Emulator: myBoy (Android)

Had the same problem. Did you ever find any solution?

 

[TibJib]

I have to say, I really like all the story changes. It gives your counterpart a lot more to do compared to the GS remakes, making them an excellent secondary rival. Maybe even to the point where they eclipse Silver a bit, but not too much.

 

[SeanieT_]

Has kanto been added yet ?

 

[adraido]

Has kanto been added yet ?

No. I've also confirmed from a user from the GS discord.
Although, I could totally see the confusion since it says something about Violet city on the patch notes.
Violet City is Johto. Haha.

Beta 2.7.6 - June 19, 2024 - .bps patch

In this beta you can earn 8 badges and challenge the Pokémon league. You can also rematch the Johto Gym Leaders and get title defense battles once you beat the Pokémon League.

 

[dezaintiishcuh]

About the Project

Hello everyone, I'm Overlord Kaktus/Gold/Ruki Studios. Probably you remember me for other projects like Pokémon Ragnarök (Or maybe not hahaha). I'm a Spanish-speaker romhacker and a former GBC romhacker (from 2010 to May 2014). This time I'll show to you guys an old project that I decided to restart, and I really hopw this project would be finished.

This project was started around late 2010. At that moment the project was only an "idea" that was stopped in 2015, but now it was redone from scratch.

The project is highly inspirated in the Chaos Rush's hack "Pokemon Dark Violet". in other words, this hack is also a "reboot" (Or try to be) of Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal, making many of the events from scratch and showing a new storyline keeping the escence of the original story, with a heavy inspiration of the original HGSS remakes and some concepts seen only in Polished Crystal.

Keep in your mind, this isn't a remake like Liquid Crystal, CrystalDust or ShinyGold. This intends to be a reboot from Pokemon Gold and Silver, using some ideas from Pokémon Crystal and HGSS, making a unique and unseen story of Johto.

Storyline

I have no idea how to describe the main plot and storyline since many events are essentialy the same form HGSS/GSC, so we can at least assue the plot may remain the same (Tbh is not the same, but at least you may get a surprise by playing the game.

What is New?

Proudly powered by the Complete Fire Red Upgrade​

• A renewed storyline, keeping the escence of the original games.
• New events never seen before in any GSC remake.
• Maps based off HGSS ones.
• Introducing the Mega Evolution mechanics in the main storyline + Z Moves during the Kanto Post game (Maybe Dynamax/Gigamax, idk).
• RZE tile system.
• Day and Night system and day/time-based events.
• Wild Pokémon switching depending on the time.
• Original soundtrack ripped from HGSS (Initially used GogojjTech's low quality music, but I decided to rip them by myself with a way better quality).
• Phisycal/Special split moves.
• New Regional Pokedex including 494 Pokémon fron first 4 gens + Sylveon.
• Introducing the PokéRides, Items that replace the outdated HM mechanics.
• All new Gen 4-8 Moves included, a few custom moves are included.
• Type chart updated.
• New puzzles for some areas.
• Plenty of updated graphics (like Battle backgrounds, bag, Trainer card, almost everything.)
• Most trainers use different rosters from original HGSS/GSC to match new Pokedex
• New locations in Johto and Kanto.
• Updated battle mechanics to match gen 8
• New locations for some Pokémon.
• IN-battle trainer messages.
• An almost working PokéGear.
• Exp. Share and exp. Gain identical to Gen 8 (Item is disabled by default, easy to enable)
• Mechanics, items and more almost updated to match Gen 8.
• Daily Wondertrade with in-game trainers.
• Move tutors on every PC.
• And even more...

Scans and Gallery

Credits

Tiles:
- Redzb1, Dsaster, 874521, CnickC, Newtiteuf, Alucus, Dewitty, epicday, WesleyFG, 1158, Kyledove, Anonyboy, Scarex, Chaos Rush, Pokemon-Diamond, BoomxBig, Warpras, Lost Three, Zaux.

Sprites:
- Tsuka, Hollowroxas, 874521, SirPeaches, flamejow, skarow, Tomycase, The 64x64 DS sprite resource, Luna, PK Rockin'!, Jo7a, robeyi, FYTYno1

Engine:
- Skeli, Ghoulslash, Soupercell, GoGoJJtech, Shiny Quagsire, Jambo51, JPAN, FBI, Knizz, Jiangzhengwenjz, Againsts, Andrea, Compumax, Kimonas, Zeturic, ipatix, Uncommon, Samu, Shippo, Turambar, Spherical Ice, eMMe97, PC's community romhack.

Other Resources:
- jNathan, Professor Village, Sierraffinity, Zaux, Karatekid552, Chaos Rush, Nisarg, Luna, Delta231, AO Project, Robeyi, Kamina, VentZX, Foxz, El DIabetuus.

* If I forgot to mention somebody, please let me know by PM or VM.

Progress

*Progress updated up to 06/02/2024 road to Beta 3

• Maps: 30%
• Tiles: 35%
• Scripts: 0%
• Sprites and Overworlds: 85%
• Other graphics: 100%

Known Bugs

• The game may crash at times when used in certain emulators, which are known to not be 100% accurate with emulation. These emulators are No$GBA, VBA, MyBoy, JohnGBA, GPemu, Eclipse, and sadly the virtual console of Nintendo 3DS. It is uncertain if I will ever be able to fix that. Recommended emulators are mGBA, VBA-M, RetroArch, Delta emulator, PizzaBoy GBA and GPSP. The gameplay has improved a lot when using emulators like VisualBoy Advance/M, No$GBA, 3DS VC and some handheld consoles. The high quality music mixer was the culprit of most game crashes. The game should be playable in these, but a 100% stability may not be guaranteed.
• When using a Poké Ride, the picture of the Pokémon and the cry will be empty/question mark. This is due to it's pending to find a fix for an issue caused by overwritting a Pokémon of your party to show a different Pokemon's picture. Visual bug and will not affect any Pokémon from your party.
• Some overworld tiles and blocks may not be correct. Minor issues to be resolved.

F.A.Q.

1. Whatever happened to your old hackroms? (Ragnarök)
I have no more ideas and inspiration to continue that hackrom. It's not cancelled at all, but I have no plans to continue with it right now.

2. Is this hack a remake of GSC like ShinyGold, Liquid Crystal or GoldenSun?
Heck no! This hack is a reboot, the same objetive but different storyline and scripts. The story is a mashup of the concepts of Pokemon Gold, Crystal, Heart Gold and personal concepts.

3. Will this hackrom have more than one rival (Silver)?
Yes, I can only confirm another rival now, your gender counterpart is another rival.

4. Why did you choose this style for the female player?
It's based on this old artwork (I have no idea at this time who the artist is. The artwork was taken from a fake leak from HGSS around 2009)

https://imgur.com/3VC01Ep

5. Do you have plans to put Kanto and more regions?
Kanto is confirmed. A Johto story without Kanto is incomplete, lol, and nope, I have no plans to put more regions, only Johto and Kanto

Tools Used

• Complete Fire Red Upgrade and Dynamic Pokémon Expansion
• Advance Map 1.95 and 1.92
• Gen3Tools
• OWM
• Hex Maniac
• APE
• FSF
• GBA Graphics Editor
• HxD
• XSE
• Tilemap Creator
• NSE
• Hackmew's THUMB assembler

Downloads Center

Beta 2.7.6 - June 19, 2024 - .bps patch

In this beta you can earn 8 badges and challenge the Pokémon league. You can also rematch the Johto Gym Leaders and get title defense battles once you beat the Pokémon League.


Bug Fixes and Changelog

Awards From Somewhere else, lmao

Special Thanks

• Skeli: How could I forget the creator of the amazing CFRU? In addition to the amazing job made for the engine, I truly appreciate also the feedback Skeli provided to me about the testing build (So sad it was an early testing build leaked with several bugs)
• BarleyOats: Amazing partner who helped me with my server, balancing Pokémon stats and changing the distribution of wild Pokémon encounters.
• Anonyboy: A really good guy who collaborated years ago with some tile animations.
• Compumax: He made the outstanding intro cutscene that you see when boot up the game.
• ThamTvMaster: The main beta tester and the person who reported most of the bugs not fixed yet at that time.
• James MC, Xan, Stonyterrace and BlackStarRegime: Main beta testers of Beta 2.5
• Soupercell: For sharing part of the code used for the amazing Radical Red.
• Lomeo, TheDooWaddle, Jubz, antPL: Beta testing for beta 2.7
• All members of my Discord server for testing beta 2.5

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If you have issues with the GS Chronicles discord server, please dm me on discord or here if you cannot. If it is over a disciplinary action resulting in your ban, it was either for being overly toxic (which I don't think anyone was removed for) or for intentionally cheating, hacking, or using tools such as cheatengine. I will sort things out with bans or any other issues that you may have.

Question, I got to the Pokémon League & defeated the elite four. I defeated my rival & had just beat the second one when my game restarted. Now when I booted it back up, all the doors are closed & I'm stuck in the room where you decided which elite four member to battle. I can't get out!

 

[Hashirama19]

After evolution, I noticed my Mence is part Fire and not Flying, is this a glitch or intencional?

I prefer Flying over Fire!

 

[marvco]

Ok, so I asked on the discord and got an answer for you:

He's in Kanto like in HGSS. So, since there is no Kanto yet, you're all caught up as far as those dogs for now.
Unfortunately, there's no way to catch it right now afaik.
Discord is a quick way to get answers in case you have more questions:

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

discord.gg

Is this discord server still up ? It says invalid link