Pokemon Polished Crystal is a ROM hack of the original Pokemon Crystal. This ROM hack can be played on a Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and even better on a Gameboy Advance emulator. The hack itself uses elements from Crystal which includes the graphics, music, and even the story. Like any ROM hack, there’s more to this than just a rehash of Pokemon. This 'improvement hack' of Pokemon Crystal has been 5 years in the making. I created it with mindset of updating Crystal to 'current-gen' standards but without losing the nostalgic feel of the original. The hack has many features that may make playing it more comfortable for newer players such as the 'PPS' system (pokeride). UPDATE: 7/11/20.
The second fully-custom ROM-hack. This time created for the 2-year anniversary TwitchPlaysPokemon, Anniversary Crystal adds more content than ever before, while blowing the existing hack, Anniversary Red, completely out of the water. New dungeons, new encounters, new maps, music, trainers, and more! Take a journey from your hometown in Kanto like never before on your quest to capture all 251 Pokemon!
Update 4.24 - Patches are updated to version 1.1.1 to fix some initial bugs discovered after release.
Update 4.28 - Patches are updated to version 1.1.2: Additional bug fixes and enhancements.
Update 5.14 - Patches are updated to version 1.2.1: Additional bug fixes and enhancements, enable Distribution.
Update 5.15 - Patches are updated to version 1.2.2: Additional bug fixes.
Update 5.22 - Patches are updated to version 1.2.3: Final bug fix release.
Download Standalone ROM IPS Patch
Apply this patch to a clean Pokemon Crystal ROM
Base ROM should have a checksum of 9F2922B235A5EEB78D65594E82EF5DDE.
If you don't want to set up external AI using Python and LUA, or aren't sure which file to download, use this.
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Download Advanced AI Package and IPS Patch
Pokemon Dark Crystal Rom Hack Download
Download this package to play using the more advanced, external AI program.
Base ROM should have a checksum of 9F2922B235A5EEB78D65594E82EF5DDE.
If you are familiar with LUA and are aware this isn't a simple task, download this.