How Do Speedrunners Beat Pokemon Blue Backwards?

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Pokemon Generation 1 Speedruns are wild. Especially this one where they get all of the badges in reverse.

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Special thanks to Stocchi for his run, help, and telling me how to say his name correctly:
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Resources:
Pokemon Red/Blue Reverse Badge Acquisition Leaderboard:
https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnrbext?h=...

Pokemon Routes:
https://pokemon-speedrunning.github.i...

Generation 1 Glitches:
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/Category...

Brock Through Walls:
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/Brock_th...

Brock Through Walls Explained:
https://tasvideos.org/4416S

Gen 1 Expanded Item Pack:
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/Expanded...

Gen 1 Expanded Item Pack Documentation:
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/Expanded...)

Glitched Ditto Move:
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/AttackDe...

Cooltrainer Gitch:
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/Move_0x0...)

0x50 Sub Tile:
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/0x50_sub...

Cooltrainer move glitch video example:
   • Pokemon Blue: Catching rare/unavailable/gl...  

Glitch City forums archives:
https://archives.glitchcity.info/forums/

Hexadecimal Listing:
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/The_Big_...

Stocchi's Manips logs explanation:
https://pastebin.com/QdgbSu35

RNG Manip FAQ
http://wiki.pokemonspeedruns.com/inde...

Item underflow item slots:
https://archives.glitchcity.info/foru...

Disassembly of Red/Blue:
https://github.com/pret/pokered

Red/Blue Memory values:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gameboy...
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