Pokemon Solus Red ROM

Pokemon Solus Red is a Gameboy ROM Hack by Dechrissen based on Pokemon Red. It was last updated on September 10, 2024.

Description

Pokemon Solus Red is a near-vanilla romhack of Gen 1. It changes only a few things from the original games, without overhauling so much that it ceases to be Gen 1, and the whole thing becomes a Ship of Theseus paradox.

Features

• All 151 Pokémon are obtainable through normal means. Specifically, “normal means” is one of the following:

  • Caught in the wild
  • Evolved into via an in-game method
  • Found in a Poké Ball in the overworld
  • Battled (and caught) via interacting with its sprite in the overworld
  • Gifted to the player
  • Purchased
  • Restored from a fossil

• HMs can be taught to party Pokémon without using up one of their move slots

  • Each Pokémon has a new Field Move slot, which is separate from its regular move slots
  • In addition to HMs, the TMs Teleport, Dig, and Softboiled can be taught in Field Move slots

• Some new content is added, and some visual content is changed

  • Prof. Oak can be battled as a post-game opponent
  • There is a new NPC, the Trader, who can trade your Pokémon back to you in order to evolve them
  • 48×48 back sprites are implemented
  • Front sprites are changed, and now use a mix of Red/Green (JPN), Red/Blue, and Yellow sprites

• Some bugs/oversights are fixed

The differences between the three versions of this romhack (Solus Red, Solus Green, Solus Blue) are solely cosmetic. Specifically, these things differ:

• Title screen version text
• Title screen Pokémon carousels (matches the original releases’ carousels)
• Game Boy Color “duochrome” palettes (matches the original releases’ GBC palettes)
• Super Game Boy palettes (which affect only title screen, SGB border graphics, and Game Corner slots)
• End credits text: “RED/GREEN/BLUE VERSION STAFF” (depending on version)