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Title: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 058 - Shirogane Mountain and Finale
Post by: ed boy on October 17, 2020, 06:26:28 am

Hi all, this is a let's play of a poorly translated bootleg copy of pokemon gold.

Spoiler: The story behind this (click to show/hide)

Pokemon is a franchise that we all know and love, and my childhood was no exception. As a massive fan of the first generation of pokemon games (one of my proudest achievements to this day is catching all 150 gen 1 pokemon), I was super excited when the second generation was released 20 years ago, and was able to source one of the first english cartridges from Singapore.

It turns out that the reason why I was able to get a hold of pokemon before it's official English release date is that it was a Japanese copy that had been extremely badly translated. I was too young to realize that this was the case and instead plowed through a game that started off making little sense and only got worse the longer I played, eventually giving up when it stopped being able to save my game.

I was recently able to get my hands on a ROM of the game, so what better thing is there to do with it than do a LP of it?

Spoiler: The format of the LP (click to show/hide)

I'll uploading the pictures to imgur, and posting the links here. Because of imgur gallery limits, each update will probably contain a couple imgur albums. I'll try to include all the unique text in the game, as a lot of the novelty comes from the poor translation.

If you have requests for a particular pokemon in the team, let me know and I'll add it to the roster (subject to availability). I'll also be keeping a few backup saves, so I can backtrack a bit.

I'll be taking name requests as well for each of the pokemon, so if you know that a pokemon is coming up getting the name request in advance helps. The names are limited to five upper-case characters, so any longer name requests will have to be shortened.

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001 - Intro (https://imgur.com/a/bkisJQj)
002 - Wakaba (https://imgur.com/a/pSL6Btr)
003 - Route 29 (https://imgur.com/a/u8HbYAg)
004 - Yoshino (https://imgur.com/a/vcyiEBz)
005 - Route 30 and rival introduction (https://imgur.com/a/pgLjX0b)
006 - Route 30s and 31 (https://imgur.com/a/XKgkPh3)
007 - Kikyou (https://imgur.com/a/15l4M9A)
008 - Flying Gym (https://imgur.com/a/PbzBNta)
009 - Madats Tower (https://imgur.com/a/FXJwyVI)
010 - Arufu Ruins (https://imgur.com/a/WcMjP7m)
011 - Route 32 (https://imgur.com/a/yVTN8sZ)
012 - Gateway cave and Route 33 (https://imgur.com/a/XXadzHG)
013 - Hiwada (https://imgur.com/a/zq18hps)
014 - SLWPO's Well (https://imgur.com/a/QEkljCF)
015 - Bug Gym and Expanding the Team (https://imgur.com/a/HkDJWY7)
016 - Route 34 (https://imgur.com/a/3YkyMTN)
017 - Kogane part 1 (https://imgur.com/a/KE4VQ9D)
018 - Kogane part 2 (https://imgur.com/a/68o0sTr)
019 - Route 35 (https://imgur.com/a/wKNz0F1)
020 - National Park (https://imgur.com/a/wM1iVVa)
021 - Normal Gym and Route 36 (https://imgur.com/a/SKqEt8u)
022 - Enjyu City (https://imgur.com/a/ZcH1Rlb)
023 - Ghost Gym (https://imgur.com/a/CnQOlQu)
024 - Loose Ends (https://imgur.com/a/mI7Rojy)
025 - Routes 38 and 39 (https://imgur.com/a/JdWcVS1)
026 - Asagi City (https://imgur.com/a/Jnt1DoG)
027 - Asagi Lighthouse (https://imgur.com/a/9OehXQ3)
028 - Routes 40 and 41 (https://imgur.com/a/VoQKhjX)
029 - Tanba, Fighting Gym and Steel Gym (https://imgur.com/a/eUtqyg2)
030 - Route 42 and Chouji (https://imgur.com/a/y1LeiXD)
031 - Route 43 and Ikari Lake (https://imgur.com/a/KuMVRBQ)
032 - Rocket Mansion (https://imgur.com/a/cVyKavL)
033 - Choiji Gym (https://imgur.com/a/WKOCcV5)
034 - Kogane Radio Tower (https://imgur.com/a/BeilrGT)
035 - Bell Tower and HOUOU (https://imgur.com/a/V3B3j2a)
036 - Route 33 and Shortcut to Ice (https://imgur.com/a/0GLaZ7O)
037 - Fusube and Fusube Gym (https://imgur.com/a/lkpGU2z)
038 - Dragon Hole and Route 45 (https://imgur.com/a/w4FXvJO)
039 - Routes 27 and 26 (https://imgur.com/a/rIupZ2K)
040 - Champion Road and Indigo Palace (https://imgur.com/a/WXM0WJE)
041 - The Elite Four (https://imgur.com/a/6uwJGMu)
042 - Express Boat Acua and the Final Team Member (https://imgur.com/a/S6A5XOD)
043 - Vermilion City and Gym (https://imgur.com/a/pfSESM9)
044 - Saffron City and Saffron Gym (https://imgur.com/a/X9ihcq8)
045 - Cerulean City and Cape (https://imgur.com/a/bsXqkFU)
046 - Route 9 and Powerplant (https://imgur.com/a/oV39KG8)
047 - Rock Tunnel and Lavender Town (https://imgur.com/a/1sz9tsm)
048 - Routes 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 (https://imgur.com/a/OBtSuDj)
049 - Fuchsia City and Gym (https://imgur.com/a/evTcQj8)
050 - Route 18 and Cycling Road (https://imgur.com/a/eigHGdu)
051 - Celadon City (https://imgur.com/a/sgB2FNJ)
052 - Digda Cave, Pewter City and Pewter Gym (https://imgur.com/a/H6QfhUA)
053 - Mount Moon (https://imgur.com/a/eTX0XEB)
054 - Pewter to Cinnibar (https://imgur.com/a/PwBB4Wq)
055 - Cinnibar Island and Twin Island (https://imgur.com/a/hHGRtzc)
056 - Viridian City and Viridian Gym (https://imgur.com/a/orwJnPE)
057 - Cerulean Gym and LUGIA (https://imgur.com/a/qKAzu53)
058 - Shirogane Mountain and Finale (https://imgur.com/a/zadugeU)

As with all pokemon LPs, we start with a few very important questions:

• What should our character name be?
• What should our starter pokemon be?
• What should we call our starter pokemon?

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold
Post by: delphonso on October 17, 2020, 07:10:04 am

Posting to watch. I have very fond memories of arguing with a game shop guy in Hong Kong for an hour about whether or not this game existed.

I cracked up at:
Do what?
Fuka bed.
DO WHAT?

Utsugi likely is a pun on the name of a type of shrub (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutzia_crenata). Which would have been tough to translate but boy I wish the Prof. was just named "Shrub". Wakaba references new growth or new leaves - which is a nice name.

My humble suggestions:
Name: Ketch
Poke: Wanin
Starter name: Fish

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold
Post by: ed boy on October 17, 2020, 02:31:14 pm

Part 3 - We pass through Route 29, and arrive at Wakaba

https://imgur.com/a/u8HbYAg (https://imgur.com/a/u8HbYAg)

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 003 - Route 29
Post by: ed boy on October 17, 2020, 03:01:40 pm

Part 4 - We go through Yoshino, and get ready for Route 30.

https://imgur.com/a/vcyiEBz (https://imgur.com/a/vcyiEBz)

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 004 - Yoshino
Post by: ed boy on October 17, 2020, 03:02:06 pm

[accidental double post, please ignore]

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 005 - Route 30 and rival introduction
Post by: ed boy on October 18, 2020, 07:56:40 am

Part 5 - We head up route 30 and meat grandpa pokemon and oak. We head back to Utsugi, but we run into a mysterious stranger on the way.

https://imgur.com/a/pgLjX0b (https://imgur.com/a/pgLjX0b)

We have a big choice to make - what do we want our rival's name to be? It's limited to 5 characters as always.

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 005 - Route 30 and rival introduction
Post by: ed boy on October 22, 2020, 01:07:47 pm

Part 6 - We head up through routes 30 and 31, and end up in Kikyou.

https://imgur.com/a/XKgkPh3 (https://imgur.com/a/XKgkPh3)

Part 7 - We talk to everyone in Kikyou, but don't do anything too exciting.

https://imgur.com/a/15l4M9A (https://imgur.com/a/15l4M9A)

Part 8 - The flying gym

https://imgur.com/a/PbzBNta (https://imgur.com/a/PbzBNta)

Part 9 - Madats tower

https://imgur.com/a/FXJwyVI (https://imgur.com/a/FXJwyVI)

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 009 - Madats Tower
Post by: ed boy on October 24, 2020, 03:47:25 pm

Part 10 - Arufu ruins:

https://imgur.com/a/WcMjP7m (https://imgur.com/a/WcMjP7m)

Part 11 - Route 32

https://imgur.com/a/yVTN8sZ (https://imgur.com/a/yVTN8sZ)

Part 12 - Gateway cave and Route 33

https://imgur.com/a/XXadzHG (https://imgur.com/a/XXadzHG)


Part 13 - Hiwada

https://imgur.com/a/zq18hps (https://imgur.com/a/zq18hps)

Part 14 - SLWPO's well

https://imgur.com/a/QEkljCF (https://imgur.com/a/QEkljCF)

Part 15 - Bug Gym and expanding the team

https://imgur.com/a/HkDJWY7 (https://imgur.com/a/HkDJWY7)

Part 16 - Route 34

https://imgur.com/a/3YkyMTN (https://imgur.com/a/3YkyMTN)

Part 17 - Kogane part 1

https://imgur.com/a/KE4VQ9D (https://imgur.com/a/KE4VQ9D)

Part 18 - Kogane part 2

https://imgur.com/a/68o0sTr (https://imgur.com/a/68o0sTr)

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 018 - Kogane
Post by: ed boy on October 26, 2020, 08:15:00 pm

Part 19 - Route 35

https://imgur.com/a/wKNz0F1 (https://imgur.com/a/wKNz0F1)

Part 20 - National Park

https://imgur.com/a/wM1iVVa (https://imgur.com/a/wM1iVVa)

Part 21 - Normal Gym and Route 36

https://imgur.com/a/SKqEt8u (https://imgur.com/a/SKqEt8u)

Part 22 - Enjyu City

https://imgur.com/a/ZcH1Rlb (https://imgur.com/a/ZcH1Rlb)

Part 23 - Ghost Gym

https://imgur.com/a/CnQOlQu (https://imgur.com/a/CnQOlQu)

Part 24 - Loose Ends

https://imgur.com/a/mI7Rojy (https://imgur.com/a/mI7Rojy)

Part 25 - Routes 38 and 39

https://imgur.com/a/JdWcVS1 (https://imgur.com/a/JdWcVS1)

Part 26 - Asagi City

https://imgur.com/a/Jnt1DoG (https://imgur.com/a/Jnt1DoG)

Part 27 - Asagi Lighthouse

https://imgur.com/a/9OehXQ3 (https://imgur.com/a/9OehXQ3)

Part 28 - Routes 40 and 41

https://imgur.com/a/VoQKhjX (https://imgur.com/a/VoQKhjX)

Part 29 - Tanba, Fighting Gym and Steel Gym

https://imgur.com/a/eUtqyg2 (https://imgur.com/a/eUtqyg2)

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 033 - Chouji Gym
Post by: ed boy on October 29, 2020, 07:08:20 pm

Part 30 - Route 42 and Chouji

https://imgur.com/a/y1LeiXD (https://imgur.com/a/y1LeiXD)

Part 31 - Route 43 and Ikari Lake

https://imgur.com/a/KuMVRBQ (https://imgur.com/a/KuMVRBQ)

Part 32 - Rocket Mansion

https://imgur.com/a/cVyKavL (https://imgur.com/a/cVyKavL)

Part 33 - Chouiji Gym

https://imgur.com/a/WKOCcV5 (https://imgur.com/a/WKOCcV5)

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 041 - The Elite Four
Post by: ed boy on November 01, 2020, 08:24:17 am

Part 34 - Kogane Radio Tower

https://imgur.com/a/BeilrGT (https://imgur.com/a/BeilrGT)

Part 35 - Bell Tower and HOUOU

https://imgur.com/a/V3B3j2a (https://imgur.com/a/V3B3j2a)

Part 36 - Route 44 and Shortcut to Ice

https://imgur.com/a/0GLaZ7O (https://imgur.com/a/0GLaZ7O)

Part 37 - Fusube and Fusube Gym

https://imgur.com/a/lkpGU2z (https://imgur.com/a/lkpGU2z)

Part 38 - Dragon Hole and Route 45

https://imgur.com/a/w4FXvJO (https://imgur.com/a/w4FXvJO)

Part 39 - Routes 27 and 26

https://imgur.com/a/rIupZ2K (https://imgur.com/a/rIupZ2K)

Part 40 - Champion Road and Indigo Palace

https://imgur.com/a/WXM0WJE (https://imgur.com/a/WXM0WJE)

Part 41 - The Elite Four

https://imgur.com/a/6uwJGMu (https://imgur.com/a/6uwJGMu)

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 047 - Rock Tunnel and Lavender Town
Post by: ed boy on November 07, 2020, 07:32:54 am

Part 42 - Express Boat Acua and the Final Team Member

https://imgur.com/a/S6A5XOD (https://imgur.com/a/S6A5XOD)

Part 43 - Vermilion City and Gym

https://imgur.com/a/pfSESM9 (https://imgur.com/a/pfSESM9)

Part 44 - Saffron City and Saffron Gym

https://imgur.com/a/X9ihcq8 (https://imgur.com/a/X9ihcq8)

Part 45 - Cerulean City and Cape

https://imgur.com/a/bsXqkFU (https://imgur.com/a/bsXqkFU)

Part 46 - Route 9 and Powerplant

https://imgur.com/a/oV39KG8 (https://imgur.com/a/oV39KG8)

Part 47 - Rock Tunnel and Lavender Town

https://imgur.com/a/1sz9tsm (https://imgur.com/a/1sz9tsm)

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 056 - Viridian City and Viridian Gym
Post by: ed boy on November 08, 2020, 09:33:26 pm

Part 48 - Routes 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

https://imgur.com/a/OBtSuDj (https://imgur.com/a/OBtSuDj)

Part 49 - Fuchsia City and Gym

https://imgur.com/a/evTcQj8 (https://imgur.com/a/evTcQj8)

Part 50 - Route 18 and Cycling Road

https://imgur.com/a/eigHGdu (https://imgur.com/a/eigHGdu)

Part 51 - Celadon City

https://imgur.com/a/sgB2FNJ (https://imgur.com/a/sgB2FNJ)

Part 52 - Digda Cave, Pewter City and Pewter Gym

https://imgur.com/a/H6QfhUA (https://imgur.com/a/H6QfhUA)

Part 53 - Mount Moon

https://imgur.com/a/eTX0XEB (https://imgur.com/a/eTX0XEB)

Part 54 - Pewter to Cinnibar

https://imgur.com/a/PwBB4Wq (https://imgur.com/a/PwBB4Wq)

Part 55 - Cinnibar Island and Twin Island

https://imgur.com/a/hHGRtzc (https://imgur.com/a/hHGRtzc)

Part 56 - Viridian City and Viridian Gym

https://imgur.com/a/orwJnPE (https://imgur.com/a/orwJnPE)

Title: Re: Let's play Pokemon Singaporean Gold Part 058 - Shirogane Mountain and Finale
Post by: ed boy on November 09, 2020, 06:42:53 pm

Part 57 - Cerulean Gym and LUGIA

https://imgur.com/a/qKAzu53 (https://imgur.com/a/qKAzu53)

Part 58 - Shirogane Mountain and Finale

https://imgur.com/a/zadugeU (https://imgur.com/a/zadugeU)

And with that, the LP is done. I've tried to display all the text in the dodgy translation, and I've certainly done most of it. I think the only stuff I've missed is pokedex entries, but that's a lot of work for small amounts of text.