Pokémon Gold & Silver (Spaceworld 1997 Demo)

Pokémon Gold & Silver (Spaceworld 1997 Demo)
Build date Nov 15, 1997 Dump status Released Dumped by Zammis Clark Released by Anonymous Origin 2018 Nintendo data breach Lot 2018 Nintendo data breach Game Pokémon Gold System Game Boy Genre RPG Final build JP Oct 17, 1999 US Jul 7, 2000 FR Dec 19, 2000 DE Jan 9, 2001 IT Jan 30, 2001 ES Feb 7, 2001 KR Dec 29, 2001 Release date JP Nov 21, 1999 AUS Oct 13, 2000 US Oct 13, 2000 EU Apr 6, 2001 KR Apr 24, 2002

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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.
• The origin of this dump was initially unknown at the time of release, but it was later known to have originated from the 2018 Nintendo data breach, devised by hacker Zammis Clark.

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.