Best Pokemon Rom Hack

Posted by Abirama on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 in Games | 6 comments

For 20 years Pokemon franchise have been entertained us with it's seven generations of games and some anime and spin-offs. And with the new generations coming, we Pokemon fans demand more. We need more games like Fire Red, Emerald, and Gold, but it looks like Nintendo doesn't hear it. They prefer to make a pathetic games like Pokemon Go instead make a remake of Fire Red. And that is where the modding community came, they make a new Pokemon games. And here’s a list of some that go above and beyond without any input from Nintendo.

1. Pokemon Advanced Adventure

In normal Pokemon games, you can choose your starter, then fighting a gym leader, defeating the elite four, and finally become a champion. This games that build on Pokemon Leaf Green follow that structure, but the different is that your rival is a bloodthirsty psycopath who rules the world. And you job is to stop him and his eight equally evil subordinates.

The game does feature one other major change to the Eight Gyms/Elite Four standard formula: Each area you travel through is also tormented by the aptly named “Tyrant Pokémon,” which are mutated forms of the game’s standard monsters. In order to fully complete the game, you have to either take out or capture those Tyrants, which include a Zangoose that wields metal claws, and an Arcanine equipped with Water-type abilities.

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2. Pokemon Prism

Most of the Pokemon rom hack that I found is based on Gameboy Advanced era. But this one is different, this Pokemon rom hack is built on Pokemon Gold for Gameboy Color. And the most interesting part is that this Pokemon Rom Hack features pokemon from the first four series, all the way up to Diamond and Pearl.

Even if the graphics not so good, there are so many amazing features that you can try like minigames, side-scrolling exploration segments and even areas where you manually control the pokémon in your party. And according to the official Facebook page, Prism has recently shifted from Pokémon Gold to Pokémon Crystal for a large variety of reasons but posts have indicated that this game is nearing completion.

3. Pokemon AshGray

Did you watch the original Pokemon anime series? If you do and if you like it, you should try this one. This Pokemon rom hack that based on Pokemon Fire Red, follows the plot of the TV show’s first season with startling accuracy. So many familiar events are depicted: Ash’s reluctant partnership with Pikachu, his escape from a flock of Spearow, his run-in with the Squirtle Squad, his discovery of Bulbasaur’s Hidden Village, his survival of the sinking of the St. Anne. It’s all there and it’s all interactive.

But you can also do another thing and catch another Pokemon that Ash never caught in the anime. Because this game doesn't force you to follow the story. There's even the scene where Ash dies and resurrect with Pikachu's tears! 

4. Pokemon Quartz

Pokémon Quartz isn’t the best hacked ROM out there, but it’s definitely not lacking in inventiveness. The sprites may occasionally be pretty ugly, the translation can be rough and gameplay might not be especially captivating. What’s completely bonkers about Pokémon Quartz is the fact that it features a roster of completely made-up pokémon. Every single creature in the game is original; there’s not a single Rattata or Zubat to be found.

A few of the new cast are simply palette-swapped versions of their original counterparts in Pokémon Ruby, the source material for this hack. But for the most part, they are entirely new sprites, all with completely new names. It’s a pretty remarkable effort, even if the quality of the finished product is a bit mixed. Unfortunately, this ROM was poorly translated from Spanish to English and, as a result, suffers from numerous grammatical and spelling errors, and also contains some profanity.

5. Pokemon Dark Rising

A common theme among Pokémon ROM hacks is the enhancement of difficulty, and few hacks will ever take that idea further than Pokémon Dark Rising. Based off of Pokémon FireRed, it’s not uncommon to wipe out several times before even reaching the game’s second town — and it doesn’t get much easier after that. Dark Rising forces you to keep up a punishing pace to keep your team at an appropriate level for the area, from the first gym to the final battle, in which you square off against six level 99 legendaries. Just double check that last line and update your will.

Of course, the extreme difficulty isn’t the only thing that Dark Rising has going for it. It also features a whole roster of pokémon from the series’ first five generations, moves and abilities from later titles and an incredibly huge world to explore. True to the name, it has a darker-than-usual storyline, focused around stopping a nefarious entity capable of controlling the minds of pokémon trainers. A decidedly ambitious project, it also has plans on continuing on in a sequel that’s currently in beta. The sequel actually incorporates Pokémon from the most recent 3DS titles, Pokémon X and Y.

Another interesting fact about this hack: All your starters are Dragon-type, which actually makes for a refreshing change of pace.

6. Pokemon Fusion Generation

Remember back in the original Pokémon games when you find a Pokémon passed out in Bill’s laboratory? And then it turns out that Bill was actually experimenting with Pokémon fusion? Now imagine a world in which Bill, the oddball creator of the Pokémon Storage System, didn’t stop for petty things such as the ethical boundaries of modern science and ended up creating monstrous Poke-hybrids in defiance of almighty Arceus’ will. You have just imagined Pokémon Fusion Generation, a GBA-era fan-made game in which players can capture and train pokémon from several different generations, as well as 103 pokémon that have been blended into entirely new monstrosities.

These fused pokémon are reminiscent of the creations of the Pokémon Fusion web app and actually add a devilish strategic twist to the game, as you’re never quite sure which constituent attributes have been carried over when you face off against a fused monster. The game also takes on the ethics of fusion, which is to say, the un-ethics: Bill’s machine literally combines two monsters into one, meaning … one of them gets destroyed? Do they both get destroyed? Are there two brains in that Gyarados/Dragonite hybrid? Are there two souls?

Unfortunately, Nintendo requested that the game be taken down but there is always the chance to find a copy on the internet.

7. Pokemon Snakewood

Can you imagine what happen if you combine Pokemon Games and an apocalyptic story? Well you got Pokemon Snakewood. This Pokemon rom hack that build on Pokemon Ruby contains bits and pieces from all the major world-ending scenarios: zombie apocalypse, demon apocalypse, biblical apocalypse, etc. This game still follow the same structure, fighting gym leaders and defeating the elite four. But the different is that all gym leaders are zombie!

Not just the gym leaders that turn zombie, all the trainer in the region turn into zombie. And there's even a zombie pokemon, also you can use your pokemon to fight that zombie trainer

8. Pokemon Light Platinum

Compared to some of the other games on this list, Pokémon Light Platinum doesn’t exactly think outside the box. What’s notable about Light Platinum is this: It feels more like a real Pokémon game than most of the hacked ROMs out there. With two enormous regions to explore, Pokémon from four different generations, entirely new sprites and tile sets and a level of polish that no other game on this list can top, it’s more like two games crammed into one.

It began as a Pokémon Ruby hack, but actually ended up being a larger endeavor than the game upon which it’s based. There are a total of 16 badges to collect, two Pokémon leagues to take down and a climactic World Championship waiting at the end of the game. Again, whilst not especially inventive, it feels authentic and official, which is something of a feat in and of itself.

9. Pokemon Reborn

Like Snakewood, Pokémon Reborn is set in the wake of a pokémon catastrophe — but unlike Snakewood, Reborn‘s take on Armageddon is far less jovial. In Reborn, pokémon have become something of a scarcity; many breeds are on the verge of extinction. The player is tasked with discovering the cause of this problem and reversing their disappearance, working together with scientists and conservationists to keep pokémon from disappearing entirely. All the while, various extremist groups are carrying out acts of terrorism to destabilize the already unstable Reborn City. It’s bleak, bleak stuff.

Pokémon Reborn‘s story is its most fascinating feature, but there’s a ton of mechanical innovation going on behind the scenes, too. The developers have updated the game frequently, and hope to add all 721 Pokémon to the title eventually — a feat requiring an outrageous amount of sprite work. There’s also some clever functionality in Reborn, like a quick save option, a streamlined training method and a feature that changes the effectiveness of certain attacks based on the weather and environment in which a battle is taking place.

10. Pokemon Glazed

Last but not least is Pokemon Glazed. This is a good hacked ROM of Pokemon Emerald, this game offer a new region called Tunod. And you can also travel through all regions in Kanto and Johto. That means the pokedex in this games will contain Pokemon from Gen I to V. And what I like about this game is that the starter is five not three anymore. 

You will never get bored when you played this Pokemon rom hack because after defeating the elite four, you can travel to other region just like what I said earlier and defeat their elite four. The gym leaders and elite four in this game is not easy, so trained and catch all Pokemon you can find.