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Pokemon - Red Version | 
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Category: Video Games
Buy Used: $8.99
New (5) Used (33) Collectible (4) from $8.99
Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 909
Platform: Game Boy
Genre: Role Playing Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Game Cartridge
Operating System: Game Boy
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 3.2 x 2.6 x 0.3
MPN: 73073
Model: Gameboy
UPC: 045496730734
EAN: 0045496730734
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Collect up to 139 Pokemon with this game | | • | both Red and Blue versions are required to capture all 150 | | • | use the optional Game Link cable to trade Pokemon and play against a friend; | | • | for one to two players |
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Product Description
It's the game that started a revolution, but it's not just the fad that convinced gamers to "catch 'em all." This deceptively simple and child-friendly roleplaying game design is a far deeper game design than it looks. Pokemon features way more strategy and gameplay than it leads on, offering gamers almost infinite gaming possibilities even after the main adventure ends. Pocket Monsters Red was released in Japan in 1996 by mail-order only (the two launch titles were Green and Blue). The franchise arrived in the west in 1998 as Pokemon Blue and Red (Roald Dahl holds the copyright for "Pocket Monsters" in the west, so the title was changed to the Japanese colloquial name). The games could be linked up with each other and with the N64's Pokemon Stadium titles for creature trading.
Editorial Review
Welcome to the world of Pokemon, one filled with wild Pokemon and the people who attempt to tame them. You are Ash Ketchum, a boy on a quest to become the best Pokemon trainer in the world. Professor Oak, the leading authority on Pokemon, has given you your choice of three tame Pokemon in exchange for your helping him catalog and document every Pokemon in the world. p But to catalog a Pokemon, you have to capture it, by first beating it up with one of your trained Pokemon, and then hitting it with an empty Poke Ball. As your tame Pokemon gain experience in battle, their abilities improve and they earn access to new attacks. Sometimes they even evolve into more advanced Pokemon. p Aside from capturing wild Pokemon and evolving your own, you can catalog new Pokemon--the only way to gather some Pokemon--by trading with another Pokemon player using either a link cable or the Game Boy Color's infrared system. Pokemon gained through trades learn and evolve faster, and trading is the only way to capture all 151 Pokemon, since each Pokemon game (iPokemon Red/i, iPokemon Blue/i, andiPokemon Yellow/i) has certain Pokemon missing. So if you own iRed/i and want to have a complete set of Pokemon, you must find a friendly iBlue/i or IYellow/I owner and arrange a trade.p iPokemon Red/i is packed with interesting characters, an ingenious story hook, intriguing strategy, and of course plenty of cute Pokemon, and it's easy to see how it started the Pokemania that is sweeping the world. i--Michael Fehlauer/ip bPros:/b ul liGameplay and strategy that are fun for all ages/li liFantastic replay value/li liBrilliant game design encourages players to meet and trade/li /ul bCons:/b ul liHours of looking at the Game Boy's little screen may hurt neck/li liOnly 1 saved game per cartridge--2 people can't share a single game/li liNo difference between iRed/i and iBlue/i except for distribution of Pokemon/li /ul
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| Customer Reviews: Read 143 more reviews...
 Pokemon Red Version October 25, 2008
8/10 Gameplay (Mainly because of my bitterness toward the snail's pace leveling-up)br /7/10 Storybr /8/10 Graphics (Especially for a 1998 Gameboy game)br /5/10 Sound/Music (Nothing special, but the consistent beeping when you're at low health could drive me to drink)br /7/10 Replayabilitybr /br /Overall: 9/10br /I think this is probably one of the best Gameboy games out there. Definitely a great buy, I'll replay it every so often still.
Nostalgia overload! June 5, 2008
Man, this brings back memories! Even though the remakes, Fire Red and Leaf Green are better graphically speaking, you still can't go past where it all began. The red-tinted monochrome screen, the brief flashes of green, the fact that it took me over an hour to find a Pikachu!!! If your a fan, you should own this. If not, try it. Join us!
The game that started it all! April 6, 2008
Many consider this series to be nothing but kiddy games, and at first glance they'd be right. However, once you start playing this game you will start to realize that it will soon be your secret alternative life. I'm serious, once you start this game, you can't stop until you've beaten it at least four times over. Ya its got bad graphics but its a Gameboy game, who cares? This has to be the most addicting game I've ever played and is surprisingly deep at times, although never as deep as Final Fantasy or anything. Definitely pick this game up if you already haven't.
 Another Pokemon Review by me.. March 7, 2008
This game was a good start for the Pokemon franchise but to strictly say. Very straight forward game and not very difficult. In my opinon this is the kinda game you would play in your free time or for old times sake. The controls are identical to Blue and Yellow and gameplay is simple.
 Can't beat the original December 1, 2007
For us old pokemon fans, we fell in love with red and blue. I personally was a charzard fan in third grade, and this happened to be my first rpg. Everyone seemed to have some version of pokemon. You could even trade them with other people, providing you had the correct linking device. After pokemon fell out of fashion, no one seemed to want those really new games (except for the new third graders of course). The original set of pokemon were the greatest, even the strange ones like jynx. I hated the pokemon show after about a year of watching it everyday and owning all the pokemon merchandise. But I still buy the games and play them, because you can't beat the game play. It's quite simply amazing.br /br /I'm sad to say my red version was stolen from me a few years ago, but I hope to purchase it once again at a used video game store. br /br /Don't be expecting good graphics. This game has terrible graphics but it's still a wonderful game. Many old rpgs are :]
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