I Hacked my Pokémon Yellow Cartridge and Created a New Pokémon!

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In this video, I explain the steps I took in order to mod my Gameboy Color copy of Pokemon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition. I did this in order to modify the game logic so I could add an additional Pokémon and some additional items. My goal was to make an alternative evolution route for Pikachu, so I could complete the whole game with only one Pokémon.

When I started this process, I knew nothing about ROM hacking - so this was my first venture into said territory. This short documentary explains everything I learned throughout the process, including mentions of great ROM hackers who produced software or tools that made the process easier and tools / tricks / difficulties I experienced along the way.

Table of Contents:

0:00 Sneak Preview
0:20 Introduction
2:10 Cleaning the Cartridge
3:00 Bypassing DRM Screw
6:14 Pokemon Yellow Chip & Internal Components
9:30 Copying SRAM & ROM w/ GBxCart
11:30 Saving to PC w/ GBxCart & FlashGBX
12:20 Hex Editing .sav & .gbc
14:10 Disassembly of Pokémon Yellow
14:50 Assembly Code Overview
18:45 Assembly Code Complications
19:35 ROM Limitations
20:30 Custom Graphics
22:40 Graphics Limitations
23:55 Compiling .gbc files
24:20 Flashing .gbc to Cartridge
24:45 Modded Gameplay / Demo