[HN Gopher] Show HN: Pokemon Emerald Randomizer
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       Show HN: Pokemon Emerald Randomizer
        
       Author : Cloudef
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2022-11-24 15:30 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | JLCarveth wrote:
       | I think the README could be a little more clear. What exactly is
       | a Pokemon Emerald Randomizer? That doesn't tell me too much about
       | what this software actually does. Frankly I only figured out what
       | this is for thanks to the link izietto posted.
        
       | VoidWhisperer wrote:
       | I see there is a check to verify the ROM is the original based on
       | a hash check - does this break if you use different versions of
       | the ROM from different regions? I.e. PAL
        
         | Cloudef wrote:
         | Yes, only US ROM is supported currently, though it is setup so
         | it can support any ROM build from the de-compilation project as
         | long as you have the intermediate elf file for looking up the
         | offsets.
        
       | oneoff786 wrote:
       | Can someone explain to me the appeal of traditional Pokemon
       | single player games? I get that the system has some more depth to
       | it than it appears for the competitive scene, but I was always
       | able to get through it without too much trouble as a dumbass kid.
       | I feel like it must be a pretty boring game to play through a
       | second time. Your ability to optimize is made less meaningful but
       | the lack of opportunities to use well optimized teams, no?
       | 
       | Presumably the randomized and nuzlocke and other challenges are
       | meant to address it, but the design seems fundamentally pretty
       | weak. And yet, probably a great fit for some sort of shorter
       | roguelike genre.
        
         | brailsafe wrote:
         | The appeal for adults is lost on me, but as a kid it wasn't the
         | challenge, just the adventure. I could go into school and have
         | a conversation about where we are in the game, it took some
         | time usually. Same as zelda, FF etc..
         | 
         | But ya now that I'm older I couldn't really imagine doing any
         | of that. There are other games I would still do that with of
         | course, but not Pokemon. It's a bit too cringe millennial
        
         | ajsnigrutin wrote:
         | It was a pretty good rpg (mechanics wise) with a collect-them-
         | all feature.. and it was meant for kids, so yeah.. that's it.
         | 
         | Compared to other games from the time, it offered a lot of
         | gameplay, a lot of posibilities and a lot of different tactics
         | to beat the game. ...plus all the collecting.
        
         | squeaky-clean wrote:
         | Games don't always have to be challenging to be fun. Pokemon is
         | just a fun little adventure through an alternative world where
         | most of life revolves around the (mostly) cute creatures that
         | share the world with people. Also beating all the gym leaders
         | is only half the game, don't forget you "gotta catch em all".
        
       | Cloudef wrote:
       | I wrote pokemon emerald randomizer for fun. If you have the
       | original US ROM, you can try it online here
       | https://cloudef.github.io/pokeemerald-randomizer/ randomize
       | trainers does not currently do anything, but everything else
       | should have effect, though expect still some bugs or small
       | issues.
        
       | izietto wrote:
       | How is it different from
       | https://pokehacks.dabomstew.com/randomizer/ ?
        
         | mort96 wrote:
         | The readme says it just "randomizes warps", which isn't on the
         | list of things that universal "randomizer" does, so... there
         | doesn't seem to be any overlap?
         | 
         | I'm not sure why one would want to randomize warps, assuming
         | warps means things like where you end up when you go through
         | doors and cave openings and whatever. But maybe it's a thing
         | people do.
        
           | izietto wrote:
           | Oh, it makes sense... I guess I just took for granted he was
           | talking about Pokemon shuffling
        
           | goosedragons wrote:
           | That is a thing people do:
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           | https://youtu.be/58rSKVOxvDg
        
       | davidguetta wrote:
       | What are you supposed to do with this if don't have the game like
       | 0.01% of the population ?
        
         | ASalazarMX wrote:
         | You wistfully look out the rainy window, sigh at your
         | misfortune, and move on. It wasn't meant for you.
        
         | honkycat wrote:
         | You play it on your PC with an emulator and download the rom
         | from somewhere.
         | 
         | It is not particularly hard to find.
        
         | bearmode wrote:
         | You obtain the game somehow?
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | ShaneMcGowan wrote:
         | Legally, be envious or pay $100 for a legit second hand copy
         | 
         | Illegally, just download it
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | truculent wrote:
         | https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald
        
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