#gold beta

An important note to start with:

This exploration is from the Pokémon Gold Spaceworld 1997 Demo leaked ROM, the debugger version, specifically. You’ll need the debugger in order to explore the entire world, mainly so you can make use of its walk-through-walls function.

Collision is broken for most of the locations in the beta. (This means most grass patches will not work either. These grass patches/water are all programmed with pokemon encounter data, but with collision not working, you can’t encounter them.)

There is a workaround, however:

1.) Begin in an area where collision works. The demo areas, routes 15 and 18 all have proper collision. You can use the debugger to warp to these areas.

2.) Use the walk-through-walls feature (hold b) to walk to another location– but do not cross over loading zones. An easy way to do this is to avoid entering gates; walk through walls beside them instead. Also, don’t enter any buildings.

3.) Now that you’re in a new location you have ‘brought’ correct collision with you and it should work here. Save a state. Once you encounter a pokemon in the grass and the encounter ends, the collision will go back to ‘broken’ and you’ll need to repeat the steps again. (Or, reload the save state until you encounter the pokemon you desire.)

4.) Keep in mind if you want to encounter pokemon, you cannot be holding ‘b’ (walking through walls). Also keep in mind if you want to encounter pokemon on the water, you need to be surfing on Lapras (which you can do from the debugger menu).

That’s about it! On to the species locations.

Route 15 - Collision Works Correctly Here

Drowzee, Hypno, Hoothoot, Pidgeotto, Vulpix, Lefmew (Beta Hoppip)

Tentacool, Tentacruel, Anchorage

Vulpix, Sandslash, Trifox (baby Vulpix), Hoothoot, Lefmew, Snubbull

Is there grass here?? I can’t seem to find any.

Route 18 -  Collision works correctly here

Vulpix, Drowzee, Hypno, Wolfman, Ledyba, Pidgeotto

Mankey, Poliwag, Ledyba, Poliwhirl, Primeape

Tentacool, Tentacruel

Mankey, Poliwag, Ledyba, Poliwhirl, Primeape

Skarmory, Rhydon, Marowak, Cubone

Raticate, Meowth, Gloom, Pikachu, Oddish, Arbok, Hoothoot, Smeargle, Ekans

Demo Area 1 By Silent Hill - Collision works here (so do trainer battles)

Lefmew, Girafarig, Rattata, Pidgey

Demo Area 2 By Silent Hill (doesn’t seem to show up on the map)

Caterpie, Lefmew, Ledyba, Rattata, Metapod, Wolfman (very rare)

Demo Area 3 - Collision works here

Ekans, Lefmew, Pidgey, Rattata, Skarmory, Pikachu (rare)

Hoothoot, Rattata, Oddish, Pidgey, Caterpie

Drowzee, Duduo, Spearow, Ditto

Rattata, Drowzee, Spearow

Tentacool, Tentacruel, Rayleep

Tentacool, Tentacruel, Rayleep

Tentacool, Tentacruel, Rayleep

Tentacool, Tentacruel, Rayleep

Tentacool, Tentacruel, Rayleep

Geodude, Ekans, Spearow, Eggsecute (rare)

I think I covered everything? Not sure. I’ll do some double-checking a bit later. Give me a shout if you run into something on one of these routes I didn’t list!