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There's a lot of misinformation out there about Pinball RS, and even once you've learned how things really work, it's a lot to keep track of if you're going for full Pokedex completion. I was interested in making that information more accessible, so I wrote an emulator overlay that displays all that information live, by reading from the game's memory. Note that this does not modify memory in any way, and everything it shows should be derivable using game knowledge, strategy guides, and a strong memory of your progress so far - this overlay simply takes those notes automatically, and does not offer any unfair advantages. You can download it at the link below and run it through BizHawk's lua console. More detailed installation instructions are in the repository's readme.

I'm a big fan of pimanrules' "Scientifically Ranking all of the Pokemon Trainers" series of videos, and as a programmer on a Pokemon fangame myself, I was in prime position to recreate the experiment with that game's own trainers and battle system. With the tougher trainer teams and Pokemon rebalances, I thought it would be interesting to see how differently things went. So after a couple of weeks of work and a couple of days of simulation, I have my results! I'd like to produce a YouTube video breaking them down some day, or at least a longer text post, but for now, you can browse them yourself. I've got them all published on a website for easy access.

Furthermore, if you want to watch any of the matchups that occurred during the tournament, you can download a harness program and the modified version of the game necessary.

is a game that I stumbled into basically completely at random. At first I had no expectations whatsoever and was pleasantly surprised to just be enjoying the writing. Then I played some more and got hooked. Then I binged the whole thing in 3 days and discovered it's absolutely phenomenal.

Criminally, its quality is matched only by its certain obscurity. Not only is it one of a million indie RPG Maker games on Itch, it's just barely "adult" enough to get swept aside by puritan filters. Having been lucky enough to discover it regardless, I feel obligated to spread the word in case others would enjoy it as much as me.

I'm not actually very good at pitching games, so instead I'll just direct you to the Itch page linked above to check out the official blurb, and encourage you to take a chance on it if it sounds at all interesting. Below the readmore is a bunch of aimless gushing I need to get off my chest because oh my god this game hit me like a truck.