Pokemon Perfect Crystal (2020 Update)

Original game : Pokémon: Crystal Version

Platform : GB

Author : aleckermit

Release date : 10 February 2020

Category : Addendum

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : G, L, T, P, O

Downloads : 18236

ROM Information

Database match: Pokemon - Crystal Version (USA, Europe) (Rev A)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy/Color (v. 20180815-131105)
File/ROM SHA-1: F2F52230B536214EF7C9924F483392993E226CFB
File/ROM CRC32: 3358E30A

Hack description

Pokemon Perfect Crystal is an improvement hack by Superegz, original page here: https://retrohackers.net/hack-details.php?id=3840/ . The goal of this detailed and faithful hack is to purely improve the original game with minor adjustments such as making all 251 Pokemon catch-able, adding a run button, tweaking the battle difficulty late-game to match that of the more balanced Heart Gold/Soul Silver late-game, and patching-out unwanted glitches in the original game.

Pokemon Perfect Crystal (2020 Update) is a small fix for Superegz's hack that corrects a couple of fan complaints, see original page's reviews. The 2020 Update is a complete patch, just apply it to the original game and play.

2020 Update:

1. Encounter rates for newly-added non-legendary encounters have been increased from 1% to at least 5%. The author went as far as to think about how long a player might spend in the areas these Pokemon appear in and adjusted the encounter rate accordingly.

2. Red's Pokemon levels have been reverted from 100 back to the original levels from Pokemon Crystal. No more grinding for hours to beat the final boss.

3. Totodile and Squirtle have been moved from Whirl Island to earlier locations in the game. This makes it so that all three Johto starters can be caught early in the game, and all three Kanto starters can be caught by mid-game.

4. Tweaks were made to time of day encounters for some of the added encounters that seemed obvious(Omanyte and Kabuto appearing at different times of day for example).

Specifics of the 2020 Update:
Girafarig encounter rate increased from 1% to 30% and made encounter-able any time of day (now matches Gold/Silver).
Chikorita encounter rate increased from 1% to 10%
Cyndaquil encounter rate increased from 1% to 40%
Totodile moved from Whirl Island to Route 32 grass (early route near multiple bodies of water). Encounter rate increased from 1% to 20%. Time of encounter changed from morning to day.
Bulbasaur encounter rate changed from 1% to 5%
Charmander encounter rate changed from 1% to 10%
Squirtle moved from Whirl Island to Union Cave B1F, land and surf. Encounter rate increased from 1% to 20% (40% if surfing). Time of encounter changed from night to morning/day.
Omanyte time of encounter changed from night to morning/day.
Kabuto encounter rate changed from 5% to 10%.
Red's Pokemon levels changed from 100 to original levels (81, 73, 75, 77, 77, 77).

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
aleckermit	Hacking

Reviews

Perfection	Chickyrita	2022-10-14	Version 1.0
Just wow. This is the best Crystal hack I've ever played. The sheer number of quality of life improvements in one hack is astounding. I'm also very happy that the creator opted to make an easier patch. This is the first time I've completed the Pokedex in years, and the first time I've ever completed the Unown dex. If you want to 100% Crystal by yourself, you need to play this.

A great hack, but with an oversight	QuilavaMan2000	2020-06-27	Version 1.0
I love this hack, and I could play it over and over. However, I think there are a few trainers that need revision. Notably. the first Rocket Grunt in Slowpoke Well had Lv. 25 Pokemon, when all other Grunts there had Pokemon with normal levels. Also, a Psychic on Rt. 38 has Lv. 40 Pokemon, far above the average level of the Trainers there.

The long awaited update I dreamt of!	ShadowOne333	2020-02-14	Version 1.0
I played the original Perfect Crystal hack some years ago, and while it was a great thing, it did have some flaws, one of which was the fully leveled up Red's team (which I modified manually by hacking the final ROM on my end). Now, thanks to this 2020 update, that issue is no more, alongside some of the other quirks that didn't set well for me. With all these changes, the hack remains faithful to the original Gen 2 games, and adds a lot to make it the perfect way to play it on an emulator without needing to trade or go out of your way to do stuff outside the game. This is the perfect way to play Crystal!

This is prefered over the original.	Chronosplit	2020-02-12	Version 1.0
While there still aren't legendary style encounters for the Kanto bird trio, raising the probability in the given rooms to 5% is a great compromise. Putting Red back to his original levels and changing Girafarig to match the original games is also greatly appreciated.

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