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Pokémon Crystal/Debugging Material
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This is a sub-page of Pokémon Crystal.
Crystal's debug menu includes such items as a battle test, sound test, and the Pokémon and trainer color test menus first seen in Gold and Silver. There's also debugging stuff relating to triggering events, testing the Pokégear function, etc.
Contents
Access
In order to access the debug menu, you must begin by applying this patch to the Japanese ROM:
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Download Pokémon Crystal Debug Patch |
Then, press Select during gameplay to bring up a menu with a number of debugging options.
Options
| Japanese | Translation |
|---|---|
| ロム バージョン | ROM Version |
| ファイト | Battle |
| つうしんよう | Communication |
| フィールド | Field |
| サウンド | Sound |
| いろいろ | Various |
| アニメ | Animation |
| グラフィック | Graphics |
| そのた | Etc. |
Battle Debug
This screen simply lists various Pokémon and their levels.
The battle debugger lets you choose a team of any 6 Pokémon, with a level input as well. It is also possible to find 2 Glitch Pokémon through this if one inputs No.252 or No.253 on the left hand side of the Pokémon Selection. 252 does not function and simply crashes the game. 253 is fully functional with a random glitchy attack. Its name is タマゴ "egg". The glitch attack seems to be random, with random effects. It's similar to struggle, with the text for it shown. However, the attacks are erratic and different.
You can battle using your selected team of 6 Pokémon against any Trainer (except Eusine) or Pokémon in the game. List of trainer number values and corresponding trainers:
| Number | Japanese | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 001. | ハヤト | Falkner |
| 002. | アカネ | Whitney |
| 003. | ツクシ | Bugsy |
| 004. | マツバ | Morty |
| 005. | ヤナギ | Pryce |
| 006. | ミカン | Jasmine |
| 007. | シジマ | Chuck |
| 008. | イブキ | Clair |
| 009. | シルバー | Silver Johto |
| 010. | オーキド博士 | Prof. Oak |
| 011. | イツキ | Will |
| 012. | ヒビキ | Ethan |
| 013. | シバ | Bruno |
| 014. | Karen | |
| 015. | Koga | |
| 016. | Lance | |
| 017. | Brock | |
| 018. | Misty | |
| 019. | Lt. Surge | |
| 020. | Scientist | |
| 021. | Erika | |
| 022. | Youngster | |
| 023. | Schoolboy | |
| 024. | Bird Keeper | |
| 025. | Lass | |
| 026. | Janine | |
| 027. | Cooltrainer♂ | |
| 028. | Cooltrainer♀ | |
| 029. | Beauty | |
| 030. | Pokémaniac | |
| 031. | Rocket Grunt♂ | |
| 032. | Gentleman | |
| 033. | Skier | |
| 034. | Teacher | |
| 035. | Sabrina | |
| 036. | Bug Catcher | |
| 037. | Fisher | |
| 038. | Swimmer♂ | |
| 039. | Swimmer♀ | |
| 040. | Sailor | |
| 041. | Super Nerd | |
| 042. | Silver Kanto | |
| 043. | Guitarist | |
| 044. | Hiker | |
| 045. | Biker | |
| 046. | Blaine | |
| 047. | Burglar | |
| 048. | Firebreather | |
| 049. | Juggler | |
| 050. | Blackbelt | |
| 051. | Rocket Executive♂ | |
| 052. | Psychic | |
| 053. | Picknicker | |
| 054. | Camper | |
| 055. | Rocket Executive♀ | |
| 056. | Sage | |
| 057. | Medium | |
| 058. | Boarder | |
| 059. | PokéFan♂ | |
| 060. | Kimono Girl | |
| 061. | Twins | |
| 062. | PokéFan♀ | |
| 063. | Red | |
| 064. | Blue | |
| 065. | Officer | |
| 066. | Rocket Grunt♀ |
Additionally, after completing a battle and exiting the menu, the following will occur:
- The Rising Badge is marked as obtained, thus allowing all Pokémon to obey the player.
- The following items are added to the pack, with anything already there removed:
- Master Ball ×99
- Ultra Ball ×99
- Great Ball ×99
- Poké Ball ×99
- Heavy Ball ×99
- Level Ball ×99
- Lure Ball ×99
- Fast Ball ×99
- Friend Ball ×99
- Moon Ball ×99
- Love Ball ×99
- Full Restore ×99
- Revive ×99
- Max Revive ×99
- X Attack ×99
- X Defend ×99
- X Speed ×99
- X Special ×99
- Ether ×99
- Max Ether ×99
- Elixer ×99
- Guard Spec. ×99
- Poké Doll ×99
- X Accuracy ×99
- Full Heal ×99
- Super Potion ×99
- Antidote ×99
- Burn Heal ×99
- Ice Heal ×99
- Awakening ×99
- Parlyz Heal ×99
- The player’s name is set to 「ゴールド」 (Gold).
- The player’s party is deleted.
Sound Test
| Japanese | Translation |
|---|---|
| おんがく じょうげ | Music: Up & Down |
| ストップ エー | Stop: A |
| こうかおん さゆう | Sound Effects: Left & Right |
| スタート | Start |
Your typical sound test. The top half is for music and the bottom half is for sound effects. Up and Down selects a music track, pressing A plays it, and pressing B stops it. Left and Right select a sound effect, and Start plays it.
The only way to exit this screen is to reset.
Pokémon & Trainer Color Test Menu
These act just like the ones from Gold and Silver. First option is Pokémon mode, second option is Trainer mode.
More Debug Options
In bank $12 of the JP ROM, there is this debug text at address $4AE81:
| Japanese | Translation |
|---|---|
| パレットへんこう | Palette Change |
| リセット | Reset |
| デバックモード オン | Debug Mode On |
| デバックモード オフ | Debug Mode Off |
Some more text, this time at ̩address $4AF2Fː
| Japanese | Translation |
|---|---|
| シュウイチ | Jack |
| メグミ | Beverly |
| ゲンキ | Huey |
| シュン | Gaven |
| ヒトミ | Beth |
| エイジ | Jose |
| ナツホ | Reena |
| ゴロウ | Joey |
| コウイチ | Wade |
| ヤスアキ | Ralph |
| カオリ | Liz |
| ツトム | Anthony |
| ヨウイチ | Todd |
| ミズホ | Gina |
| マイク | Irwin |
| ヨウタ | Arnie |
| マナブ | Alan |
| リカ | Dana |
| クリオ | Chad |
| ミエハル | Derek |
| ミノル | Tully(Chris in Gold and Silver) |
| マコト | Brent |
| チサト | Tiffany |
| モトヒロ | Vance |
| ヒデノリ | Wilton |
| タケノリ | Kenji |
| タロウ | Parry |
| エミ | Erin |
| アオイ | Buena |
These are the names of the trainers who the player can exchange phone numbers with.
