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GameBoy : Pokemon Cheats
Below are the cheats, hints, and tips that Game Gas knows about for Pokemon. On the right are
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Easy Mew
I've found it! Nintendo said there was only one way to get Mew (from them). Said there was no possible way to get it through the game. Well they lied! The cheat about going behind the S.S. Anne and moving a truck on the land surounding it doesn't work (moving the S.S. Anne I don't know about). But this cheat does work (I've tried it). It works for either Red, Blue, or Yellow Version. You first must have never beat the Youngster with the Slowpoke on route 25 (between Nugget Bridge and Bill's Place) and the Gambler in front of the underground passage between Celadon and Lavender. Now, first you go to the entrance of the underground passage leading to Lavender. When your right in front of the door, save, and go down one step and press start immediatly. You must press start and access the menu before you get into the fight. Make one of your Pokemon fly to Cerulean. When you do that, the menu will go away, the gambler's exlemation point will go up and you'll fly to Cerulean. When your there, you will not be able to access the menu forthe game will think you are in a battle and you can't access the menu in a battle (you will also be unable to talk (or fight) anybody but the two Youngsters on route 25 (those are the only people to my knowledge). If you try to talk to anybody, they will only turn towards you and say nothing). Find the Youngster (he should be the second Youngster there, going from closest to farthest). Do not walk straight up to him or your game will crash. Have it so he'll walk up to you. Beat him. Access menu (you will be able to now) and fly to Lavender. Go left, to route 8 (where the Gambler is). When you get to route 8, the menu will automatically appear. DO NOT SAVE! Exit menu. You will be attacked by a level 7 Mew. I have only tried this cheat on yellow. I do not know if it will work on Blue or Red (it's supose to).
Hint: Quit the Hassle!
Instead of going to Seafoam Islands, Fly to Pallet Town and Surf South to get to Cinnabar. You may have to battle a few trainers, but it's faster than going through Seafoam Islands.
Nightvision in Pokemon
On GameBoy color when the word GameBoy appears on Pokemon hold B+>.
Safarizone Pokemon on Cinabar
Go to the Safarizone and bike around until the P. A. says times up. Then fly to Cinabar Island and Surf up and down the side. You will run into Safarizone Pokemon.
Very easy way to get Kangeshkahn
The first thing you must do is make sure you have a rare candy. Then clear a space in your line up. Then you have to go to Viridian, talk to the gatekeeper, listen to his little speech about catching pokemon. Then FLY to Cinnabar island and surf up and down the east coast of it. You will eventually encounter either a Missingno (Missing Number) or a pokemon that has static around the letter 'M' as it's name. If you encounter Missingno, it is very strong (L 132) if you can take it on great, it gives plenty of expierience points. When you encounter M catch it. It should be at level 0 and is very hard to catch. I suggest using duplicated master balls. When you catch the M and feed it a rare candy, it WILL evolve int a Kangeshkahn. Something that is really cool is that you can teach Fly and surf to M, evolve it then teach it cut and strength as a Kangeshkahn. It's funny to watch Kangeshkahn fly. Imagine what it will look like on Pokemon Stadium !
Duplicate Items
Place the item you want to duplicate in the sixth item slot. Now you are ready to do the code. First, go to Viridian City. Talk to the man who teaches you to catch a Weedle. When he asks you have you are in a hurry, say no. When he is done, fly to Cinnabar Island and use surf to swim snugly on the east coast. Swim up and down as many times you want. Soon, you will have duplicated the item. WARNING: If you run into a Missingno, CATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK! If you do catch it, it may mess up your game.
Free Slot Coins
Walk around in the slot place and keep pressing A. After a while you will find 10,20,or even 100 coins. You can also get coins by talking to people at the slots.
Start with 1, 2, or three poke'mon
As a name at the begining enter one of the three super birds.
Start w/1 pokemon: Articuno
2 pokemon: Zapdos
3 pokemon: Moltres
Will work 1 out of 20 times, won't hurt if don't work just try again.
Ruin a friend or foe's game
Catch about five(5) or six(6) missingno and trade all of them! Will not work all the time.
Cool coincidence? or something else?
I you didn't realize this already, Articuno,Zapdos, and Moltres have spanish numbers in them. The number 1 is in Articuno, which has UNO. Zapdos has #2, which is DOS. Moltres has #3, which is TRES. Pretty cool huh?
Hint
If you want to get the evolved forms of Nidorina, Nidorino, and Clefairy do not use a Moon Stone on Jigglypuff. You can find Wigglytuff in the Unknown Dungeon.
150 Masterballs
( You need a masterball for this trick ) Put your masterball in sixth place on your item list. Talk to the guy that teaches you how to catch pokemon in viridian city. Fly to cinnabar island and swim on the coast by the gym. When you find missingno , beat him. When you get out of the battle check your item list it should have a zero with a little picture by it. ( This trick works with any item )
Get Mew, the best pokemon of all!
To get Mew, you must NOT YET HAVE CUT(or still be on the ship with it). Right after you get cut(HM01), go to any trainer on the ship and let him beat you. DO NOT WALK OFF THE SHIP! By letting the trainer win, you get off the ship without it leaving.
After you get surf, go back to the harbor but don't get on the ship. When you are right infront of the S.S. Anne, use surf to get behind the ship and push it out of the way. Where the ship was, Mew should be there. !NOTE!=Mew can learn ANYTHING! Also, he is the strongest Pokemon in the game, and can scare away wild pokemon! He is No.151.
Unlimited Rare Candies
Go to the Poke Center on Cinnibar Island. Have one rare candy in the sixth slot on your items list. Then go up and down the east coast till you find a Missingno. not the other one. Run from the Missingno and check your items list. The rare candies will have a symbol in the left number.(You don't go to the man in Virdian city for this cheat)
Always encounter "missingno"
While you are surfing back and forth along the right
side of Cinnibar Island. When you encounter a pokemon right when the screen turns all black Hold UP + A and keep holding it if it worked the screen will stay black for a while then it will go to a missingno , if done incorrectly because of bad timing you might encount pokemon over level 100.
150 rare candys
(you will need at least 1 rare candy)place your rare candy in 6th position.Fly to cinnabar island and fight missingno,beat him. NOTE:if the rare candy isnt in 6th position it wont work.
CHANGE COLOR (gameboy color)
At The beginning when it says GAME BOY Press B->.To Make it all red press <-A.To MAke it like a pocket press B up.To make it blue press A->
Mimic TM
Buy a Pokedoll at the Celadon City mall. Go to the Copy Cat's house in Saffron City. Talk to Copy Cat and there will be this cool sequence where Ash talks to Copy Cat (I think it's cool because you never hear Ash talk in the whole game except for now)! Then she will give you the Mimic TM for your Pokedoll.
Get A Free Rare Candy
First, go to Ceruleun City and go into the man that tells you about the badges back yard. Go into the backyard and keep pressing A and move around. Soon, it will say "Ash Found a Rare Candy."
Safari Zone
Enter the safari zone and go to the plot of grass that the pokemon you want is in run out of time and surf to the edge of sea foam islands there you will find the pokemon you want wait for a rare pokemon because they hardly come but be patiant and you will have the pokemon tou want.
Cheat
First trade with one of the people on Cinibar island then surf up and down the East coast wiht it until you come accross a Missingno. pokemon catch it and put it on top of the you're list of Pokemon then fly up to Viridian city and look at Missingno's stats then talk with the Old Man who shows you how to catch pokemon then fly back down toCinibar island and surf up and down the coast again and you should come across things like level 175 Charmeleons and level 160 Missingno's and sometimes level 0 ++m++ "Mysterio" but don't let any level 0 Pokemon in you're PC until it's level 1 at least.
Hints
To get all three beginning pokemon, make sure you have two gameboys and follow these steps: 1.)Start a new game on one game boy. 2.)Pick one of the starting pokemon.(Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmandar) 3.)Go to Viridian City and to the shop. Talk to the man at the counter, and he'll ask you to give something to Professor Oak. Give it to Oak, then make your way back to Viridian City's Pokemon Center. Trade your pokemon to the other gameboy. Turn the Game boy off, and start a new game. 4.)Get another starting pokemon. 5.)Go to Viridian City and repeat the steps above. Trade your pokemon and start a new game. 6.)Repeat the strategy over, but don't trade your last beginning pokemon. Instead, make sure you catch two other pokemon. Then go to the pokemon center and trade your two just-caught pokemon for the two starting pokemon you traded earlier. You should now have the three beginning pokemon! (NOTE:The two starting pokemon that were traded back will not obey you once they exceed Lv. 10. You may make them start obeying you by aquiring certain badges.)
In this example, I will be using Blastoise and Pidgey. Blastoise. Blastoise is being cloned. Start to trade the two pokemon. When the person getting the pidgey's screen says 'please wait', turn it off. You may turn the other gameboy off too when it says 'trade completed'. When you turn the game boys on, you'll both have a Blastoise! WARNING! This may erase a game!
Hint
Go to cinibar islands and trade a pokemon in one of the labs afterwards go to the right side of the island and use surf to swim up and down the coast directly next to it then the screen will be black for about 5 seconds when you see him he is called missing number. dont try to hurt him just throw a poke ball at him right away to catch him. he starts off at level 80 but is very weak so be carefull.
Cheat
First, to do this trick you need to know FLY and SURF and have visited Cinnabar Island. step one, in viridiancity near the top talk to the man who taught you how to catch a weedle and watch him catch it again. step two, after he shows you FLY to Cinnabar Island and set the item you want to be duplicated to be the sixth on the list. step three, SURF up and down the East coast just like in the missingno. code. step four, fight either Missingno. or any of the glitched up pokemon, then run away or defeat it. Taa-da! the item sixth on the list will be duplicated more than 100 times!
More for the fight land pokemon on Seafoam Islands
Goto the Fushia City safari zone and find out which zone the pokemon you want from the safari zone(if you want a Genghis Khan walk in the several grass places until you find one and guess what, thats where you find a Genghis Khan!). When you find the pokemon you want, run around in the same area without going over the arrows to another area until time on the P.A. is out. Then surf down from Fushia untill you find the first shore that goes vertically. Go up and down there until you fight a pokemon. You will fight a pokemon from the last part of the Safari Zone you were in. Remember, pokemon like Scyther, Pinser, Taurous, and Chansey are hard to find so be patient.
When you throw a Pokeball, be sure to press and hold up and B. The CPU will register it as a Masterball. However, you must time it impeccably or it will not work.
Easy Level Gain
To easily gain experience, simply switch the Pokémon you want to train with the top Pokémon on your list. When you go into battle the Pokémon will pop out. You can then switch to another Pokémon. Once you win the battle the beginning Pokémon and the fighting Pokémon will both gain experience points.
Celadon City Slot Tip
All of the slot machines have different odds, which change every time. Play each machine 4 times, and if it hits 2 or more, then stick with that one, because it's probably hot. If the slow machine forces you really close to a 777 or Bar Bar Bar it will probably give you one or the other soon.
Fight Land Creatures in Water
To fight creatures that normally live on land in water, go to the water around Cinnabar Island or Seafoam Islands (The only place you can be randomly attacked while swimming.) Swim along the shore of any island and you will fight land creatures. (You have to swim on a place where the square is half land and half water.)
If you do this on the right side of seafoam islands, you can fight creatures from the Safari Zone, such as Scyther or Pinsir.
Get Mewtwo
After you have gotten all eight of your badges you need to go beat the pokemon league. The credits will roll and then the menu pops up again. DO NOT RESET THE GAME!!!! Go to Cerulean Citygo north to the brige where you faced 5 trainers before the path to Bill's house. Turn left and there will be a large area of water. Surf until you get to a cave. You will find Mewtwo in that cave.
Get Omanyte, Aerodactyal and Kabuto
To get Aerodactyal and Omanyte or Kabuto you must first collect two out of three items.
In Mt. Moon, before the exit, there is a guy you have to fight. If you when, you get the choice of two fossils. The one on the left is the Dome Fossil, which gives you Kabuto. The one on the right is the Helix Fossil, which gives you Omanyte.
Go back to Pewter City, and cut the bush near the Museum. Go through the back door and speak to the guy near the sphere. He'll give you Old Amber, which gives you Aerodactyal.
To get these extinct pokemon, you most beat Koga in Fushcia City and get HM05 in Safari's Zone's secret house. HM05 teaches Surf, in which you can ride a water pokemon. Go back to Pallet after getting HM05 and the soul badge. Surf down the water way south of pallet until you reach Cinnibar Island.
Enter the building to the left of the pokemon center. Proceed right until you reach the last door. Enter the door and speak to the man at the top. Give him either the Helix fossil, Dome Fossil or Old Amber. Leave, re-enter and he'll give you the corresponding pokemon.
Get Snorlax
Get the Pokeflute from Mr. Fuji then find the sleeping pokemon. Wake him up and capture him in a battle.
Note: You have only two chances to catch him. Once on Route 11 and once on Route 12.
Hidden Pokemon
There are three pokemon that are hidden in the game.The pokemon are Zapdos, Mortles, and Artincuno.
Zapdos can be found in the Power Plant by Cerulean City. Go on route 9,the area near the Rock Tunnel which you needed Flash for. Make sure you have the SURF abilty. Once you have surf go to the area where Route 9 ends. Go to the water and use surf. Keep going down and you'll see a opening where the rocks brek to open land, go on that and you'll see a big building. Go in there a keep walking around untill you see a bird pokemon standing there. Save your game and then fight the bird. Capture it, then its on too Fuchsia City!
If you have fly go to the Fuchsia City gate on the left. You'll see a few little jumpable cliffs. Go to the edge of the water and use surf. Keep going left and you should see some islands. Go in the cave that on the islands. You must have strength to get this next bird. Once in the cave find you way through the cave pushing all the rocks down the holes. This is important because you need to stop the curant flow down below int he cave. Once you find you way to another bird pokemon, do the same as before. This is going to be Articuno.
The final pokemon is Moltres, who an be found once you have all eight badges. After you have all the badges go to Victory Road at the Pokemon League. Make you way through the cave and you should see another bird pokemon. Repeat the same steps as you did for the outher Pokemon.
Starting Monster Tip
The best monster to choose when you have to pick one at the start of the game is the Bulbasaur because he, unlike the other two, is a duel type pokemon (grass and poison) and will do best against the first few monsters.
Stone and Trade Evolution
Some Pokémon will only Evolve when they have been traded. They are:
Before = After
Machoke = Machamp
Graveler = Golem
Haunter = Gengar
Kadabra = Alakazam
Some Pokémon don't Evolve till you give them a Stone. They are:
FS = Fire Stone
TS = Thunder Stone
WS = Water Stone
LS = Leaf Stone
MS = Moon Stone
Before = After
Pikachu + TS = Raichu
Nidorina + MS = Nidoqueen
Nidorino + MS = Nidoking
Clefairy + MS = Clefable
Vulpix + FS = Ninetales
Jigglypuff + MS = Wigglytuff
Gloom + LS = Vileplume
Growlithe + FS = Arcanine
Poliwhirl + WS = Poliwarth
Weepinbell + LS = Victreebel
Shellder + WS = Cloyster
Exeggcute + LF = Exegguter
Staryu + WS = Starmie
Eevee + WS = Vapereon
Eevee + TS = Jolteon
Eevee + FS = Flareo