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Question about playing all the mainline Pokemon games on original hardware. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I got my old game boys and have been playing pokemon gold on the gameboy color. I also have red and blue.

But, I want to play through the rest of them on original hardware up until the switch. I plan to use flash carts or some kind of mods to play the games as they are quite expensive.

Please let me know if there are any flaws in my plan.

Gameboy Advance SP (I like this as it’s backlit and will let me play my other gameboy games)

  • Pokemon Emerald

New 3dsxl/2dsxl

  • the rest of the games I’d like to play them all using flash carts or software mods. Since these games are not as old I’ll buy the original if they are under $100

Is it as simple as picking up these two consoles to play all the pre-switch pokemon games? Is there a better non-emulation option?

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[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got respect for you for wanting to play pokemon games as they were intended. I personally can't do that anymore, not without having to shell out so much money to greedy resellers tripling the value of the games and systems.

I also cannot play pokemon normally without emulation and using fast-forward tools. When I was a kid, playing Pokemon Blue and Silver, I was that kid that grinded their pokemon party the long and hard way. That was back then, when I had all the time in the world. I don't anymore so I need these tools.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Luckily I still have my copy of red, blue, and gold. I also have my gameboy pocket and color.

I plan to pickup a 3ds xl, and I’ll emulate the ds titles. I’ll probably emulate emerald on my steamdeck unless I get a 3ds first.

I was using fast forward tools for red, but it didn’t feel as fun. I did the same on gold, but stopped and switched to playing on the gameboy color.

Fast forward, made me feel even more impatient to progress where the normal mode just let me play here and there.