Pokemon - Aaron's Low Budget Crystal ROM

Pokemon – Aaron’s Low Budget Crystal is an improvement hack with a lot of new features.

Features

• Running Shoes
• Use HMs without teaching the move
• More or less open world from the start (most blockers have been removed, Magnet Train is working from the beginning)
• Dynamic scaling system means the game world levels up with you as you gain badges
• Many Pokemon learnsets and base stats have been revamped
• Many moves have been altered, some with entirely new effects
• Gym leaders use different parties depending on your badge count
• Overworld Pokemon spawns can be interacted with (including some new boss encounters with boosted stats)
• Fairy Type added
• Dark and Dragon swapped to special,
• Ghost and Fairy set to special.
• Several Pokemons types have been changed to be less redundant (and hopefully more fun to use)
• Different starter options based on your chosen origin (currently only effects starters, looking into adding more differences)
• Freeze condition replaced with PLA’s frostbite
• Reduced encounter rates should make the game world a lot less frustrating to traverse
• Rematchable gym trainers (plus nurses in gyms for healing)
• Catch them all: Trade evolutions replaced with different methods, all Pokemon should be somewhere in the game world now. With the exception of a few legendaries that I’m working on new maps for.
• Dynamic level caps, based on badge count (current cap viewable on the trainer info screen).
• Boss Pokemon on the overworld (complete with expanded health bars that still need a bit of work).

Changelog

May 08, 2025

• Fixed game-breaking glitch in trainer battles vs Linoone

May 07, 2025

• 10 more Pokémon added
• (optional) level caps ported over
• Gen 3 Pokémon distributed to trainers.

May 05, 2025

• Gen 3 mons up to Lunatone have been added to the game world, along with Gen 3 moves.
• All Pokémon learnsets have been modified to some extent to introduce said moves.
• Some evolution methods have been added (forgiveness levels for some happiness evolutions, moon and sun stones work on Eevee for Espeon and Umbreon).
• Evolution stones now available in goldenrod department store.

Useful Links

Pokecommunity

Discord

Reddit