Pokemon Safari Gauntlet ROM

Pokemon Safari Gauntlet is a GBC ROM Hack by Kyle Gill based on Pokemon Crystal in English. It was last updated on May 16, 2026.

Description

Pokemon Safari Gauntlet is a GBC ROM hack that used Polished Crystal and Crystal disassembly as a base. I made a Rougelite Pokemon ROM hack called Pokemon Safari Gauntlet, where you go into the Safari Zone with a single Pokemon, catch a team of 5 more, then battle progressively more difficult trainers and a gym leader.

Features

• Safari draft field: a 500-step draft zone with common Pokémon near the entrance, stronger role players to the east and west, and rare anchors in the north.
• Run supplies: the run desk loads balls, healing items, Repels, Rare Candies, evolution stones, a Master Ball, and a Super Rod.
• Three difficulties: Casual, Standard, and Hard adjust supply pressure and boss handling.
• Draft pool settings: choose Johto or National-style Safari draft pools.
• Carry-in settings: use your newest kept Pokémon, pick another stored keep, or turn carry-ins off for the Eevee starter path.
• Boss reveal setting: choose whether the run desk reveals the final boss before the draft.
• Battle ladder: four trainer rounds followed by one of Chuck, Jasmine, Pryce, or Clair as the boss.
• BP economy: earn BP during runs and spend it on hub shops, including a focused TM vendor.
• Keep Box: winning stores one selected Pokémon, normalizes it for future runs, and supports up to 30 kept Pokémon.
• Safari Gauntlet keeps Polished Crystal’s larger game foundation.
• 289 Pokédex entries, plus later-generation evolutions, forms, and variants related to Gen 1 and Gen 2 Pokémon.
• Modernized mechanics such as the Fairy type, Physical/Special split, Natures, Abilities, updated moves, and updated type interactions.
• Expanded move, TM, tutor, item, held-item, and battle-engine systems.
• Quality-of-life features such as unlimited-use TMs, Running Shoes, continuous Repel prompts, improved storage, and richer summary screens.
• Restored, expanded, and devamped Johto/Kanto content from R/B/Y, HG/SS, and later Pokémon games.
• New music, graphics, maps, events, trainer classes, and postgame systems from Polished Crystal’s long-running development.

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