Pokémon Gold & Silver (Spaceworld 1997 Demo)

Pokémon Gold & Silver (Spaceworld 1997 Demo)
Build date November 15, 1997 Dump status Released Dumped by Unknown Released by Unknown Origin Unknown Game Pokémon Gold System Game Boy Genre RPG Release date JP November 21, 1999 AUS October 13, 2000 US October 13, 2000 EU April 6, 2001

Pokémon Gold was briefly demoed at Spaceworld 1997 and is notable for showing the game in an early state prior to a complete redesign. At this point in development, much of the world map outside of the cities is unfinished and the new 100 Pokémon are under development.

Notes

The Cutting Room Floor research

This prototype has a research article on TCRF.

• Only Chikorita survived the axe. The other two Starter Pokémon were redesigned.
• Several dozen others were placed in different slots or redesigned entirely.
• No new tunes have been composed yet, so it re-uses those from Pokémon Red and Blue.
• Completely different title screen and SGB border.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Sanqui, GlitterBerri, Obskyr, Orchid (from HelixChamber), rufus10, IIMarckus, Pokeglitch, 2Tie, Catstorm (from HelixChamber), and countless others for documenting this prototype and helping with its release.