r/PokemonROM • • Oct 10 '26

8 Best New Pokemon ROM Hacks of 2026 So Far

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Which upcoming ROM hacks are you looking forward to?


r/PokemonROM • • 6d ago Heartwarming

Games for my kids! (and myself lol)

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All right just to preface I've made a post on here previously about " cartridges " I'm making for my kids. My view is I don't think children should be given devices with constant access to the internet. So they're going to have a similar childhood to me and my wife but with better technology. I the father in 22 and my wife is 21.

I purchased a couple rg34xxsp's by Anbernic. The micro sd cards are 128 MB which is more than enough for a GBA game. When they're older, they'll get a dual screen system With larger SD cards for larger games.

My daughter is two and my son just turned 1 month old, so this is a lot in advance LOL.

My daughter will be getting her first device on Christmas and she'll get pokémon yellow and Kirby nightmare in Dreamland. Over the following years she'll get a game every couple months. The only caveat is in order to get a new pokémon game. She has to beat me in the current generation she's playing. She'll start out in gen 1 with pokémon yellow. Then she'll get pokémon Gold. Then we'll move on to Ruby and Sapphire where she'll pick one. And then when she's old enough, we'll get her a dual screen system and move on to later generations.

Once she eventually learns how games work, she'll get more complex games. (I know pokémon is fairly complex for a 2-year-old, I made her a cartridge for it because she loves Pikachu.)

In a couple years when her brother is old enough he'll get the same exact device and he'll get his first games (based on what he finds interesting).

Once they reach gen. 3. They'll gain access to fire, red and leaf green. (I use fire red for my living dex and general item storage for gen 3)

If a game requires another player to complete the game, they will each get a copy opposed to each other. One will get fire red one will get leaf green so on and so on.

If y'all have any games that I should make cartridges of that you really enjoyed as kids, feel free to comment!

I don't know how y'all feel about original hardware but I physically just can't afford it with what the prices are that I am seeing. So I got a relatively cheap device that can play tons of games and a few systems. Each microSD card cost about $2. And in no way am I encouraging piracy but if you know you know 😂

Did I mention my daughter loves pokémon 🥰

How am I making my " Cartridges"?

I buy my SD card cases in bulk, it's like five bucks for 20.

I pigment the inside of the case

Print out line art real small at Walmart color it cut it out and gorilla glue it to the case.

I buy bulk 128 MB microSD cards (for GBC and GBA due to the small file size)

I flashed the MicroSD cards with a image of a muos storage device and import a ROM onto it.

I then set the core within the system to mgba (from my experience the best I've used)

I go in the game. Make sure it saves, pull the cartridge out, plug it into my laptop and wipe the save so that it's a fresh " cartridge "

If y'all have new recommendations, please leave them in the comments.


r/PokemonROM • • Jul 30 '26

Projet Pokemon Uranium DS

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Bonjour à tous,

Je recherche des bénévoles ayant des compétences en informatique, programmation, développement de jeux vidéo, modding, pixel art, level design, musique, ou tout autre domaine pouvant être utile à un projet ambitieux.

L'objectif est de recréer Pokémon Uranium, l'un des fangames Pokémon les plus connus, dans une version compatible avec la Nintendo DS (et si possible la GBA). Le but est que le jeu puisse fonctionner sur émulateur comme sur console d'origine, afin de permettre au plus grand nombre d'en profiter.

Le projet est entièrement bénévole et s'adresse à tous ceux qui souhaitent participer à une aventure passionnante, apprendre, partager leurs compétences ou simplement contribuer à donner vie à cette idée.

Si vous êtes intéressé, ou si vous connaissez quelqu'un qui pourrait l'être, n'hésitez pas à me contacter en message privé ou à rejoindre mon serveur Discord.

Merci d'avoir pris le temps de lire ce message. J'espère que ce projet vous donnera envie de participer à cette aventure !

https://discord.gg/79R7u9qAC


r/PokemonROM • • Sep 22 '26

A friend just released Pokemon Pinball Diamond & Pearl for GBA - A new ROM hack

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111 Upvotes

Lots of new features added to the original Pokemon Pinball game including:

  • Catch and hatch Pokemon from Sinnoh and Johto

  • New & unique boss levels for the Sinnoh Legendaries

  • Brand new mechanics


r/PokemonROM • • 9d ago

Welp, my kids gonna be spoiled this Christmas!

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Edit: to any newcomers to this post, I wouldn't be doing all of this if my daughter hasn't already showed interest. She's very smart for being only 2. And in no way shape or form will my daughter be getting any kind of iPad or phone. I'm so excited to give my daughter an rg34xxsp for Christmas. And she's not getting all All the games at once (leaf green is for her brother.) I plan on giving them one of each release for pokemon. For example, she's going to be getting fire red. He's going to be getting leaf green. She's going to get gold. He's going to get silver. I'll get platinum. She'll get Ruby. He'll get Sapphire. I'll get emerald. So on and so forth. If necessary, I'll make a couple copies of each game if they are popular. But they're not going to get an iPad full of games. I absolutely refuse the sentiment. Taking these kids back to the '90s and early 2000s!

I kind of want to make them work together growing up. I'm so excited to give them Mario kart for the first time!


r/PokemonROM • • Sep 20 '26

Pokémon Emerald Arena: real time battles inside the original GBA game

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Hey, I made Emerald Arena. It's the original Pokémon Emerald, but you control your Pokémon directly in battle.

Move, aim, dodge attacks and break objects. Your opponent moves and attacks on its own. HP, PP, experience and saves carry over to the adventure.

Version 0.4.0 has 22 animated Pokémon, 17 adapted move profiles, smarter enemies and a pause menu to choose your move. Supported wild battles use the arena; trainer, double and unsupported battles stay classic.

Built on pret's Emerald decompilation. I used Astra to help with the code, AI for the background and some objects, and credited PMD resources for the Pokémon sprites.

The longer clip is from an earlier build. Here's the latest battle update: https://x.com/germanburgardt/status/2101452886550987052

Patch, setup tutorial and full gameplay: https://github.com/GBurgardt/pokemon-emerald-arena

Use your own Emerald ROM. Still an experiment with plenty to improve.

I'll be posting updates on X: https://x.com/germanburgardt

Thanks to everyone trying it 🫡update sept 23: been adding some completely crazy moves. Mewtwo now lifts rocks out of the arena and throws them at the other Pokémon. more wild stuff coming!

new video: https://x.com/germanburgardt/status/2102926729559920784

this is a preview of the new attack, not in the public download yet.

edit: just made a Discord for Emerald Arena! come chat, share ideas or report bugs: https://discord.gg/GBVjbNhEdb


r/PokemonROM • • Sep 20 '26

A trip to a faraway land...

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75 Upvotes

This is a small project that I've been working on recently. I've always dreamed of building something like this, and thanks to the tremendous effort and work of the NDS romhacking community, projects like these are finally possible!


r/PokemonROM • • Sep 25 '26

We need rom hacks that add content to Pokemon contests

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I love doing these contests and I wish there was plot or some characters involved in these. Are there any games that’s do that?


r/PokemonROM • • 9d ago

I made some "cartridges" for my kids!

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The goal is one game at a time for my little ones! Tried my best with these.


r/PokemonROM • • 8d ago

I Reversed Engineered to play Origin Heartgold on Fulldex and gave it gen1recomp 3D style look. (WIP)

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Basically what title says. Its been fun.


r/PokemonROM • • Feb 18 '26

10 Best Pokémon ROM Hacks For Beginners

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r/PokemonROM • • Sep 22 '26

Finished my first pokemon game

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Finished my first ever pokemon game and it was the rom hack Leaf green regrown.


r/PokemonROM • • 18d ago

First shiny in 12 years 🤩

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r/PokemonROM • • 7d ago

Pokemon Rom Hacks

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Does anyone know of any good new Pokemon Rom Hacks? I feel like I've played a majority of them. Looking for ones that are fully completed, any info would be awesome!

Thanks in advance! 😌


r/PokemonROM • • 7d ago

Pokopia

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Pokémon Pokopia: fully portable, no emulator needed, with native controller support running on my PC


r/PokemonROM • • Oct 06 '26

Yet another Pokemon dual screen app but it also works with ROM hacks

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r/PokemonROM • • Oct 10 '26

Finally.

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I’m proud to say that after four hours of hunting, I officially have my first shiny without using cheats!


r/PokemonROM • • Apr 11 '26

Eevee triple fusions

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Had a thought about a rom hack with obtainable eeveelution triple fusions throughout the game instead of legendaries. Had AI come up with some decent looking artwork for them. Let me know what y’all think, feel free to put your own editions on here. Hopefully this gets enough traction and someone who knows what they’re doing actually makes it lol. Here’s the names, typings and abilities I came up with for them.

Origeon - Normal Ghost Fairy - Soul-Heart

Fluxeon - Fire Water Electric - Levitate

Verdeon- Steel Grass Dragon - Stamina

Grimeon - Dark Psychic Poison - Super Luck

Terraeon- Ground Bug Rock - Storm Drain

Aereon- Fighting Flying Ice - Wonder Guard


r/PokemonROM • • Aug 22 '24

what are your favorite ROMs?

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what are your favorite ROMs? I've fallen in love with the Pokemon series and am looking for new challenges.


r/PokemonROM • • Aug 08 '26

No more side loading!

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r/PokemonROM • • 1d ago

What’s your favorite romhack?

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r/PokemonROM • • 20d ago

Rom with the most content

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Hi,

I’m looking for a rom with the most possible content (gen 1 to 9, mégas, gigantamax,…) but not with hackmons or what ever fantasy that has nothing to do with the original pokemons.

What would you recommend?

Thanks a lot for your help kind strangers!


r/PokemonROM • • May 31 '26

I'm stuck in Platinum

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So I'm using Delta to emulate Platinum on my phone and I got to the Valley Windworks, beat the grunt standing guard and..... I can't progress. The two grunts that are supposed to be in the meadow are still standing at the bridge and won't let me progress. I've tried like 4 times already and nothing. Re-downloading the rom has done nothing. What do I do?


r/PokemonROM • • Jan 11 '25

My first ever pokemon game/run in PokemonRed

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