Pokémon Polished Crystal
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Find all 22 Hidden Grottoes in Pokémon Polished Crystal, including encounter Pokémon, Hidden Abilities, item pools, badge scaling, and daily reset mechanics.

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- Game Boy Color

Polished Crystal
An improved, polished version of Pokémon Crystal by Sylvie and team. Inspiration for many different hacks, including the other games in this network.
- pokémon
- 289
- moves
- 255
- items
- 396
data as of v3.2.3 - Game Boy Advance

Ghost Grey
A creepy FireRed hack with a re-indexed dex of 291 species, many redrawn in a flat greyscale style.
- pokémon
- 291
- moves
- 484
- items
- 314
data as of CRC32 737A7A12 - Game Boy Advance

Heart & Soul
Recreating the original Johto journey on the GBA.
- pokémon
- 1,080
- moves
- 934
- items
- 900
data as of Release-v2.0.4 - Game Boy Color

Johto Legends
A prequel to Pokémon Crystal that reimagines Johto with modern features.
- pokémon
- 402
- moves
- 431
- items
- 256
data as of 8b4a8120 - Game Boy Color

Ambrosia
A Pokémon Crystal hack by AndrewC101.
- pokémon
- 253
- moves
- 254
- items
- 256
data as of v2.8.0 - Game Boy Advance

SoulGold
An expanded, Johto-focused hack built on Heart & Soul by Eemeliri.
- pokémon
- 702
- moves
- 935
- items
- 911
data as of v1.1.2 - Game Boy Advance

Modern Emerald
This game offers the QOL features and improvements that players have come to expect from modern Pokémon games.
- pokémon
- 436
- moves
- 368
- items
- 337
data as of Release3.5-43-g12b61b71a - Game Boy Color

Sour Crystal
This game by SoupPotato is full of "Quality of Life" features to give the player an overall better experience.
- pokémon
- 251
- moves
- 251
- items
- 256
data as of SC-v6.2-144-gee706314c - Game Boy Advance

Emerald Legacy
"The Legacy Project aims to take what is good in a game and improve it while bringing its flaws up to that same level."
- pokémon
- 389
- moves
- 354
- items
- 309
data as of V1.1.4-52-g64656397 - Game Boy Color

Pokémon Orange
A Crystal hack by PiaCRT. Winner of "Hack of the Year" and has been featured in the Hacks Showcase.
- pokémon
- 253
- moves
- 255
- items
- 228
data as of 5b4a95e - Game Boy Color

Red++
A modernization hack of Pokemon Red, trying to be a definitive version of the original. Created by JustRegularLuna.
- pokémon
- 208
- moves
- 253
- items
- 147
data as of c9170bc2
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