Pokemon Fast Red

Original game : Pokémon: Red Version

Platform : GB

Author : 80C

Release date : 17 November 2014

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : P, O

Downloads : 4094

ROM Information

*Pokemon - Red Version (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced) [No-Intro]
*Pokemon - Red Version (UE) [S][!]
*ROM Size: 1048576 Bytes (8 Mbit)
*CRC32: 9f7fdd53
*MD5: 3d45c1ee9abd5738df46d2bdda8b57dc
*SHA1: ea9bcae617fdf159b045185467ae58b2e4a48b9a

Hack description

This is an improvement patch for Pokemon Red that allows the player to move faster both on foot and bike by pressing of the B button.

While on foot the player will move with double of the speed by pressing the B button, it will move with quadruple of the speed on bike.

With this you'll experience a feeling of speed never experienced before on the original Pokemon Red.

This hack-improvement was created by 80C and it uses an assembly routine developed by 80C himself.

The double-speed by pressing the B button while on foot barely resembles the so-called feature of the "Running Shoes" included in the Pokemon hacks made by KoolBoyMan but this hack-improvement has nothing to do with him or with his own hacks since the mechanics and the assembly codes used are very different, furthermore the feature of the quadruple speed is completely original as concept.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
80C	Hacking

Reviews

Thank goodness for this	onigirli	2023-10-13	Version 1.0
While playing through the other hacks, excellent as they are, I realized I only wanted the original R/B experience without any of the color updates or even the improvements made as soon as in Yellow. BUT, I'd been spoiled by the Run feature and needed that and just that... I thought it would be unlikely to be found but then here we are!!!

Nice, But Doesn't Play Nice With Others	redmagejoe	2021-02-21	Version 1.0
I like the simple improvement this hack avails. However, I cannot say that I would choose it over patches that it seems to have compatibility issues with. Namely, the Red Full Color Hack. I'm not sure if the onus lies on the Full Color hacker, or the B Button Dash hacker, given that I know there was likely a lot of data moved around for the color patch. At the same time, knowing how B Button Dash hacks work, I imagine the change is a minimal one, and I wonder if a compatibility patch couldn't be made? I look forward to seeing an update on this.

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