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Am I doing it right? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 24 points 5 months ago (21 children)

I don't know, playing pokemen without the ability to double the speed is painful (at least for walking around).

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    You can play gen 1 and gen 2 on original hardware on 2x and even 3x speed. You can play them on Pokémon Stadium on Nintendo 64 which has special hardware to insert the Game Boy modules. You have to unlock the Doduo and Dodrio modes first by finishing parts of Stadium's tourneys but then you have an official way to play the original games sped up.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    So I had to look it up, but Pokémon Stadium actually used an emulator to run the Gameboy games source 1 and source 2.

    So while that method is probably Nintendo approved, I think it's probably easier (and more accurate emulation) to use a modern emulator.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    so i should emulate Pokémon stadium to emulate gen 1 Pokémon to officially run it at 2x speed?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    No, you should get a switch emulator and use Nintendo online to emulate Pokémon Stadium so you can emulate the Gen 1 games.

    Although I suspect the switch N64 emulator doesn't support the Gameboy adapter.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    I never found it bad in Gen 1 and 2 because the maps were a lot smaller than even Gen 3. You move more slowly, but you still get to where you need to go fairly quickly.

    Even the battles feel fast because the animations and text tend to be quicker. Grinding sucks though. And Gen 2 has the slow HP bar glitch.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I speed up in battles because I don't need to wait for the bar to drop, the battle is planned and I only need one move so I just wanna spam it.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    This is why I don't get why adults play Pokémon. Even as a young child playing the original Pokémon, without any guides or any other resources, I was able to trivially make a party where I didn't have to think. I just spam one move and win. I know you can optimize the hell out of the games, but there's zero need to outside multiplayer. I thought the games were really fun as a child, partially because of a lack of options and partially because it's made for children. I know people in their 30s who still play them when they release though. It's so confusing to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I play as a Nuzlocke, self imposed hard mode. Can only catch 1st Pokemon per route, can't pass next gym leaders top levelled Pokemon, if your Pokemon faints it's perma dead. It's an actual real challenge.

    Sometimes games also just don't need to be a challenge, you can have fun doing easy shit. Shame the new games run like arse though.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    It's a gaming comfort food for me. And if you keep your levels low enough, it can be challenging.

    Catching all the Pokemon satisfies the hunter-gatherer urges in the brain for me, lol

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    Can at least hold b to run? Or is that only newer titles I don't remember

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Gen 1 games had the bicycle, but it took a while to unlock. I don't remember running/biking mechanic in Gold/Silver which is sad because I played Silver just a few months ago.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Can you use the bicycle anywhere or only on bike hwy?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Gen 2 doesn't have running, but it did indeed have a bike. Goldenrod City (the city with the 3rd gym badge) has a bike shop off the beaten path where the owner lends you a bike to advertise for his shop then calls you after you ride it enough to say you can keep it. The shop is on the east side of the city behind the department store.

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