
At the beginning people, who had advanced knowledges in IT field started to extract ROMs from cartridges and upload them to the Internet. It's been an exciting time for Pokémon overall thanks to a slew of recent announcements that paint a picture of what we can expect for Pokémon Generation 8 on the Switch.ROMs, Rom Games and Emulators, does it sounds unfamiliar for you? Video game ROMs are nothing else but a software which is installed on a videogame cartridge, however these days there are hundred thousand of roms available for download on the Internet. Pokémon history enthusiasts are already translating the demo ROM, and published a spreadsheet with more information about the project. We even see cut Pokémon who were given life much later down the line the demo's cut Water-type starter is a seal who might be the basis for Pokémon Sun and Moon's Popplio. We get to see a fiery bear-like starter who was eventually replaced by Cyndaquil, as well as baby versions of Growlithe and Meowth. The Space World demo for Gold and Silver was playable two years before the games launched in Japan, but it's very interesting to see how much was changed and cut in the Pokémon roster alone. Pokemon Gold and Silver initially went far beyond Johto. Kanto is in the game-squished into a town-and is mostly non-functional, though Resetera member "The Shadow Knight" did a little fenagling to explore at least part of it. Interestingly, the map seems to spread across the entirety of "Japan," not simply the Johto region.

Now you can study an early sprite sheet, learn the early names of Pokémon introduced through Gold and Silver, and take a gander at the games' initial map.

Its legacy survived thanks to blurry game magazine scans and bits of VHS footage. This elusive demo was previously only seen at Space World 1997.

But we only recently got an in-depth look at the beloved games' beta form thanks to a ROM dump that's brimming with unused sprites, unseen monsters, and other tidbits of information. Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email Gold and Silver are 19 years old-quite a bit older than much of Pokémon's fanbase.
