By Alex Doust
Like many other readers and nineties children I grew up through the craze of Pokémon. There are classic games, and then there are games which are actually worth shelling out cash on a new console just to be able to play. Pokémon was an instant hit, a true classic and for me that all started with Pokémon Blue.
Like many other readers and nineties children I grew up through the craze of Pokémon. There are classic games, and then there are games which are actually worth shelling out cash on a new console just to be able to play. Pokémon was an instant hit, a true classic and for me that all started with Pokémon Blue.
Looking back now it actually seems quite difficult to enjoy, on a handheld console the size of a brick with no back light and the only low-battery warning being a feint red light you had to check for dimming. Never the less, Pokémon Blue provided me, and millions of others, hours of entertainment. Making our way through the game, catching Pokémon, training them, beating gyms, Team Rocket, the Pokémon league. Going off into the mysterious cave…
These days there aren’t a lot of ways to play these classics, I’m talking of course about the GameBoy Colour Pokémon games; Blue, Red, Yellow, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Green etc. Many of the consoles needed to play them are broken or collectors’ items and that’s where this week’s Fun for Friday comes in… I am going to show you how to play all of your childhood favourite Pokémon games right now!
These days there aren’t a lot of ways to play these classics, I’m talking of course about the GameBoy Colour Pokémon games; Blue, Red, Yellow, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Green etc. Many of the consoles needed to play them are broken or collectors’ items and that’s where this week’s Fun for Friday comes in… I am going to show you how to play all of your childhood favourite Pokémon games right now!
Introducing Vizzed.com! Here is a website which has taken the game cartridges (remember those?), plugged them into a computer, uploaded them, edited them (in some cases hacked games, more on that later) and presented them for your entertainment. The disclaimer states, for copyright purposes, that when you play their games, you are in fact renting a copy of a game that they do own, this is of course, free.
http://www.vizzed.com/play/pokemon-blue-gb-online-game-boy-2404-game
If you click the link above you will be taken to a page where you can launch the game, all it required is a Java plugin. Controls have been edited and these are explained on each game, for example the A and B buttons may be S and D on the keyboard.
http://www.vizzed.com/play/pokemon-blue-gb-online-game-boy-2404-game
If you click the link above you will be taken to a page where you can launch the game, all it required is a Java plugin. Controls have been edited and these are explained on each game, for example the A and B buttons may be S and D on the keyboard.
Now you might just want to have a little stroll around and remember the good old times, pick your favourite Pokémon, but you might also want to try and log some serious gaming hours on there! We all know how addictive these games are, so if you want to save your progress you can! All you need to do is create a Vizzed.com account free and you’ll be allowed to save your progress and come back to it later! I chose Pokémon Blue above because it was my first, but search around and you’ll find them all there!
One more element to this, some of these games have been hacked for extra entertainment. One I find particularly amusing is Pokémon Blue Team Rocket version. Where you play not as Ash, but as James, a Team Rocket wannabe who is given a Pokémon not from Oak, but from Giovanni, it is your intention to go about the world using Pokémon for evil and not for good! These hacks are simple enough to do, geeky people simply re-write the story. They are fun, but I find the genuine game more satisfying.
So on that, I bid you good luck in your endeavours! Your very own Pokémon Adventure is about to unfold. Good Luck, you gotta catch ‘em all!
One more element to this, some of these games have been hacked for extra entertainment. One I find particularly amusing is Pokémon Blue Team Rocket version. Where you play not as Ash, but as James, a Team Rocket wannabe who is given a Pokémon not from Oak, but from Giovanni, it is your intention to go about the world using Pokémon for evil and not for good! These hacks are simple enough to do, geeky people simply re-write the story. They are fun, but I find the genuine game more satisfying.
So on that, I bid you good luck in your endeavours! Your very own Pokémon Adventure is about to unfold. Good Luck, you gotta catch ‘em all!
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