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Visualizing Pokémon Red and Blue Connections (2020)

by clessg on 11/29/23, 5:32 PM with 22 comments

  • by borbtactics on 11/29/23, 8:59 PM

    After all these years, the Silph Company is still one of the more confusing RPG dungeons I've encountered. Glad to finally see it explained.
  • by topherclay on 11/29/23, 8:01 PM

    Funny that the routes and towns map is the same as the in game map, except it's sort of mirrored North-South around pallet town. So instead of starting clockwise out of pallet town in game, you would start counter-clockwise on this generated map.
  • by davexunit on 11/29/23, 7:42 PM

    This was a real treat. Nice use of some regular old tools to look at something in a new way. I'm also a big fan of the GB/GBC Pokemon games.
  • by tagreene on 11/30/23, 4:15 AM

    The author, one P. Hajas, is an absolute legend for those in the know and a genuine joy to work with.
  • by NegativeLatency on 11/29/23, 7:43 PM

    These games were magical for me, I keep hoping for a good modern Pokemon game but nothing has quite captured the experience of playing through Blue for the first time. (Maybe it's that experience of playing a game without being able to easily ask the internet what to do next, but there was something delightful about discovering the whole in game world and all the secrets in it.)
  • by dunkmaster on 11/29/23, 7:45 PM