Pokemon Emerald Rogue ROM

Pokemon Emerald Rogue is a GBA ROM Hack by Pokabbie based on Pokemon Emerald in English. It was last updated on September 07, 2026.

Also, be sure to check out Pokemon Perfect Water Blue.

Description

Ever wondered what Pokemon might look like as a Roguelike?

How does it work?

When you go on an adventure, all routes, encounters, and items are chosen procedurally based on your progress through a run. After a certain number of routes, you will come across a random gym leader with a procedurally selected team of their assigned type; as you progress further into a run, gym leaders and other trainers will begin using more difficult setups for their Pokemon. You will have completed the run if you can make it all the way to the champion and defeat them!

When you finish or fail a run, you will return to a hub area where you can buy permanent items and catch new “starter” Pokemon to use in the next run.
As you progress through the game, more buildings/NPCs in this hub area will become available for use in preparing for the next run.

How long does a run take?

It can vary based on how thorough you are, but in the author’s testing, a complete run usually takes between 3-4 hours of in-game time.
There is a quick save option (REST in the menu) which lets you put the game down mid-run and return however be warned this does not allow save scumming.

Features

• Randomly chosen routes
• Procedural items, trainers & wild encounters
• Hub area with unlockable buildings/NPCs
• Character customization
• Multiple game config settings e.g. prevent over leveling, trainer difficulty, double battle mode
• Seeded mode, with individual config settings (useful for multiplayer races)
• Galarian Forms
• Mega Evolution (In Battle)
• Rare legendary encounters
• Mart contents change as you progress
• Safari zone allows you to capture mons you have previously used on runs and use them as the “starter” mon
• Post-game settings (Can be accessed early if you can find the secret room

Changelog

V2.2.1

Changes / Balancing

• The emulator compatibility screen can now be skipped; I will not be officially supporting emulators where this warning appears however, so continue to play on these at your own risk.
• Vikavolt has had its evolution in Revised Mode adjusted to better reflect its new pseudo legendary moniker
• Klawf has had its abilities adjusted in Revised Mode
• Flygon has had its abilities adjusted in Revised Mode (The original Hidden Ability was test that was never intended to release so oopsieeee)
• A variety of Revised mode evolutions have been changed (This was intended on release, but slipped through the cracks):

  • Armaldo

  • Lairon

  • Marill

  • Vespiquen

  • Zweilous

  • Dragapult

  • Drakloak

  • Dusclops

  • Sylveon

  • Beheeyem

  • Purugly

  • Golurk

  • Escavalier

  • Gallade

  • Aggron

  • Cradily

  • Lampent

  • Medicham

  • Meinshao

  • Noivern

  • Bisharp

  • Rapidash

  • Rapidash-Galarian

  • Lucario

  • Salazzle

  • Walrein

  • Accelgor

  • Banette

  • Dragalge

  • Magcargo

  • Froslass

  • Sealeo

  • Vibrava

  • Vanillish

  • Mandibuzz

  • Wailord

  • Hydreigon

Bug Fixes

• Fixed game crashing in doubles when Affection is enabled
• Fixed hardlock from Make it Rain in Revised mode
• Fixed game crashing when neutralising gas is activated in doubles
• Fixed being able to pickup invisible Game Show rewards 
• Fixed incorrect OW palette sometimes being used for Pokémon

V2.2.0

Features

• Added the 2nd drop of new Z-A Megas which have since been added to Pokémon Champions
• Added new setting “Revised Mode”; an optional mode in game which applies custom rebalancing to Pokémon

  • Back before 2.0 was release, I noticed a fork of Emerald Rogue by underFlorence and AmberStarlight which piqued my interested; it was a rebalance Pokémon in the style you’d expect from a Drayano hack. I ended up reaching out and we have been collaborating to bring those changes in as a an optional setting in the main game 😊This is still a work in progress (Around 67% of all Pokémon have had some degree of changes made to them e.g. typing, stats, movesets etc.)We’ll continue to make additions/adjustments in future updates.A massive massive thankyou to underFlorence, AmberStarlight for taking the lead on the balance of this new mode and a massive thankyou to Nacholord to for jumping into help out ❤️

  • There are many features in game to help highlight changes when the mode is activated e.g. icons in the battle UI and Pokédex or recoloured text for changes to moves etc. (There are no external docs/tools yet as everything should be easily viewable in game)

  • Vanilla fans have also not been left out! Given most of the focus is on EX version, I didn’t want to overly invest in the Revised Mode for Vanilla but I also wanted to make sure there was something unique and cool. ShockinglyGongas, the creator of Royal Sapphire, kindly allowed me to reuse their changes from the aforementioned Royal Sapphire in this mode. It will be pretty hectic and pretty difficult for those who are up for the challenge. Again massive thank you to ShockinglyGongas ❤️

• Added missing Main Quest for the Battle Tower and a fittingly helpful reward (I shalln’t spoil it, but it will say it may help with Rival fights 😉)

  • If you were previously 100% on Main Quests this will temporarily drop down to 99% until you complete this quest

• Added backsprites for Black and White 1 trainers

Changes / Balancing

• “Fast Path” is now the default game mode for new save files and the old “Standard” game mode has been renamed to “Classic”

  • You will still have the option to change between both modes as you like in the Config Lab, even in new saves

• Pokémon Dens/Strong Pokémon Habitats now have a unique colour and adjective, akin to how routes are named.

  • This should help give back more team coverage/control which felt more needed for Fast Path

• Reworked the gameshow

  • You now see an overworld preview/hint of what the rewards are

  • You now get to keep all rewards you have gained rather than trading it out

  • Item spawns have been rebalanced to better incentivise this encounter

  • You now have an option of what game type you want to play “Test of Luck” which is essentially fast 50:50 style minigames and “Test of Skill” which is the previously existing minigames

    • The previous gameshow was balanced around the idea that each reward gave you more money value than the previous; in practice this wasn’t very obvious and made it feel like you were getting snubbed very often.This new rebalance should hopefully make that feel better.The “Test of Luck” allows players to avoid engaging with the minigames if you either don’t want to or don’t feel up to it, but you still have an option to “just send it” and hopefully have some fun with a very quick encounter

• Added new Overworld Graphics for Escape rope and Treasure Items (e.g. Nuggets, Star Dust etc.)

• Enchantment Item Shop (e.g. Evo stones) will now unlock its full inventory by Badge 6

• Battle Tower will now have slightly more Trainers on average, they will pay out slightly less per trainer to compensate

• In Gauntlet Mode, all Tutor Moves will be avaliable

• Implemented “Commander” ability

Bug Fixes

• Fixed hardlock after completing “Z-A Royale” quest
• Pulled across a variety of fixes into Rogue Assistant from AshmitW
• Fixed crash in Dragonspiral Tower when using the riding Whistle
• Fixed invalid Exotics being selected
• Speculative fix for the save becoming stuck in limbo in and empty hub map after completing a run
• Fixed Liquid Voice
• Fixed auto pickup spamming interact on pushable boulders
• Fixed Quick Heal using the incorrect amount of Sitrus berries in EX
• Fixed AI not being fooled by Illusion
• Fixed type prompt giving away Illusion mons
• Fixed AI not being encouraged to activate Zero to Hero
• Fixed a variety of issues with ability popups
• Fixed softlock from using Doodle
• Fixed a few issues with Plasma and Flare player outfits

V2.1.2

Features

• Completely reworked Experimental mode and renamed to “Fast Path”

  • Abandoned old experiment in favour of newly paced Game Mode

  • The mode adjusts the pacing to speed the run up, so you kind of tackle 2 gyms in a row and then have a longer breather to reset; this generally makes item and money management much harder and much more punishing but the run also takes much less time, so a reasonable trade off

• Potion brewing new uses the Mart UI flow, so you can craft multiple potions at a time

Changes / Balancing

• C-Gear / Config Lab now highlights newly unlocked/added options with an icon
• Gauntlet mode will now start your mons at lvl 100
• Auto pickup now activates for field effects (e.g. Strength, Rock Smash, Cut)
• Amulet coin now will only boost money from battle up to 15,000 (You’re welcome, Nacho)
• In Average mode, the final 2 Gyms and Rival fight will now have teams of 5 and ALL E4 will have Teams of 6
• Endure charm buffed to from 40% to 60% proc chance
• Adaptability curse buffed from 50% to 30% proc chance

Bug Fixes

• Fixed game soft locking when Make it Rain is used
• Fixed various riding & unique mon related crashes
• Fixed game soft locking when using item after quick tossing items
• Fixed visual bug occurring when sandstorm, teras and megas are all active
• Fixed not being able to enter Gauntlet mode with 6 Hub Pokémon
• Fixed regional forms being displayed in regional dexes that they aren’t present in
• Fixed auto pickup not always picking up master balls or rare candies
• Fixed auto pickup working while flying
• Fixed tutor moves not unlocking correctly when receiving badges
• Fixed Item Courier inventory seemingly randomising
• Fixed incorrect message appearing when using some medicine (e.g. EV feathers)
• Fixed some shops missing an icon to indicate new stock
• Fixed pokedex progressing being wiped when upgrade (I
• can’t revert the damage that was already done; sorry about that!)
• Fixed shiny palette for Mothim and Cursola
• Fixed some unique mons not tracking correctly for the type challenges
• Fixed not being able to deposit certain items into the PC (e.g. pokeblock)
• Fixed some evolutions being missed in the Orre + XD dex
• Fixed escape rope being used when flying causing you to be flying the next time you ride a Pokémon
• Fixed Enraged Mons from fainting to Weather chip
• Fixed Held Item based forms not registering in the Pokédex correctly
• Fixed Pokémon sometimes merging when replacing a fainted Pokémon with a newly caught one

Useful Links

Pokecommunity

Discord

Github