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When you get to choose your own Pokémon from Oak, choose Charmander.  Then catch as many other wild Pokémon in the area to defeat the first gym leaders.  Train your Charmander and get him to a high level and evolved into Charizard (after getting enough badges to control him!) and then train the rest of your Pokémon.  Search all over to find all 150 Pokémon-look in the Pokédex to find hints on where their nests are!

Many cheats about Mew or Missingno exist, some are fake, some aren't.  You must be careful with these cheats, they can totally screw up your game.

Get Three Starting Pokémon

You need: Two Cartridges, Universal Game Link Cable

1. First, with the one game, start a new game and choose Charmander. Then go to the fields and capture 3 Pokémon.
2. Now, on the other game, start a new game and choose a Squirtle or a Bulbasaur.
3. Now trade what ever Pokémon with one of three Pokémon from the first cartridge and keep on doing this until both packs have all three beginning Pokémon.

Fish in Misty's GYM

You need: Old Rod

1. In Misty's GYM, face the statue and use Old Rod.
2. And you should be able to fish.

Stand on top of a tree

You need: CUT

1. Cut down the tree that you can cut by using cut.
2. Stand on the spot where the tree was and go to menu and save.
3. Turn the game off, turn it on again and continue.
4. And when you start the game, you should be on top of a tree.

Bicycle music without riding a bike

You need: Bicycle

1. When you are in the caves on the Seafoam islands, ride your bike and you will hear the bike music.
2. Now fall down a hole while still on the bike.
3. You won't be on your bike but you will still hear the bike music! It stops when you press start.

Easier way of catching Pokémon

You need: Pokéballs

1. When you are in battle with a wild Pokémon, Throw a Pokéball.
2. Hit the A button while repeatedly pressing the right arrow key.
3. If this doesn't work, keep trying. It should work...

To catch Spearow and Nidoran in Viridian City

You need: PokéBalls

1. In Viridian city, go left towards Victory Road
2. On the tall grass, you can catch Spearow and Nidoran in this early part of the game.

Free Pokéballs/Ghost Computer:

In Celadon City go to the hotel in the bottom right corner and go inside.

Face where the computer would be in a Pokémon Center and press A. The same screen should come up that appears when you use the PC in the Pokémon Center.

At a Pokémart, select buy, then select Pokéballs, set the quantity to 3 and no money will be taken. You can do this up until you have 99 Pokéballs.

Get Eevee

In Celedon City, go behind the mansion and find the secret door. Once you're inside, go up the stairs and get the Pokéball on the table. Inside the Pokéball is an Eevee, which can be evolved into any of three types of Pokémon depending on which stone you use on it. A thunder stone will give you a Jolteon, a fire stone will give you a Flareon, and a water stone will give you a Vaporeon.

Special Pokémon

There are many trainers who you can trade with, but there are five certain ones where you get special Pokémon only from them.

Location: Cerulean City, He will trade Jynx for Poliwhirl. Jynx is nicknamed "LOLA".

Location: Vermilion City, He will trade Farfetch'd fo Spearow. Farfetch'd is nicknamed "DUX".

Location: Route 18, He will trade Likitung for Slowbro. Likitung is nicknamed "MARC".

Location: Cinnabar Island, She will trade Tangela for Venonat. Tangela is nicknamed "CRINKLES".

Location: Route 2, He will trade Mr. Mime for Abra. Mr. Mime is nicknamed "MARCEL".

Location : Cinnabar Lab, He'll trade Electrode for Raichu. Electrode is Names "DORIS"

Battle Safari Zone Pokémon

If you want to battle! Pokémon from the Safari Zone, first go to the Safari Zone and pick the area with the rare Pokémon you would like to catch. Wait for time to run out. Exit the building and fly to Cinnabar Island. DON'T battle any other Pokémon. On the island, go to the east side. Use surf. Go up and down that side, and only that side of the island. You will encounter Pokémon from the Safari Zone.

Harder Hitting Attacks

This code is sort of like the "Better Chance to Catch Pokémon" code but it's for attack. Just hold the A button while your attacking and it will do more damage than if you didn't hold A.

Clone Pokémon

You need a friend for this. Trade the Pokémon to be cloned and have you friend get a Pokémon they don't care about. Trade them, and make sure the person getting the bad Pokémon can see the other's screen. When the reciever of the good Pokémon's screen says "waiting", get ready to shut the other one off. When waiting disappears, turn off the Game Boy that's getting the bad Pokémon. When the other one says trade completed, turn that one off too. When you turn the games back on, you should both have the Pokémon.

Celadon City Slot Tip

All of the slot machines have different odds, which change every time. Play each machine 4 times, and if it hits 2 or more, then stick with that one, because it's probably hot. If the slow machine forces you really close to a 777 or Bar Bar Bar it will probably give you one or the other soon.

Cut Down Grassy Areas

Once you get the HM "cut", your pokemon can cut down grassy areas. Use "cut" and it will cut a two by two area.  Wild Pokémon will not attack you in the area you cut.

Easy Level Gain

To easily gain experience, simply switch the Pokémon you want to train with the top Pokémon on your list. When you go into battle the Pokémon will pop out. You can then switch to another Pokémon. Once you win the battle the beginning Pokémon and the fighting Pokémon will both gain experience points.

Fight Land Creatures in Water

To fight creatures that normally live on land in water, go to the water around Cinnabar Island or Seafoam Islands (The only place you can be randomly attacked while swimming.) Swim along the shore of any island and you will fight land creatures. (You have to swim on a place where the square is half land and half water.) Instead of fighting a set group of monsters in the water, you actually fight monsters from the last place you were. So to get Safari Zone monsters, you need to go to the section of the safari zone with that monster, let your time run out, then go to the coast. Using this trick you can catch Kangaskhan, Scyther, and Tauros.

Get Mewtwo

After you have gotten all eight of your badges you need to go beat the Pokémon league. The credits will roll, then the menu pops up again. DO NOT RESET THE GAME!!!! Go to Cerulean City, then go north to the bridge where you faced 5 trainers before the path to Bill's house. Turn left and there will be a large area of water. Surf until you get to a cave. You will find Mewtwo in that cave.

Get Omanyte, Aerodactyl and Kabuto

To get Aerodactyl and Omanyte or Kabuto you must first collect two out of three items. In Mt. Moon, before the exit, there is a guy you have to fight.  If you when, you get the choice of two fossils. The one on the left is the Dome Fossil, which gives you Kabuto. The one on the right is the Helix Fossil, which gives you Omanyte. Go back to Pewter City, and cut the bush near the Museum. Go through the back door and speak to the guy near the sphere. He'll give you Old Amber, which gives you Aerodactyl. To get these extinct Pokémon, you most beat Koga in Fuchsia City and get HM05 in Safari's Zone's secret house. HM05 teaches Surf, in which you can ride a water Pokémon. Go back to Pallet after getting HM05 and the Soul Badge. Surf down the water way south of pallet until you reach Cinnabar Island. Enter the building to the left of the Pokémon center.  Proceed right until you reach the last door. Enter the door and speak to the man at the top. Give him either the Helix fossil, Dome Fossil or Old Amber.  Leave, re-enter and he'll give you the corresponding Pokémon.

Hidden Pokémon

There are three Pokémon that are hidden in the game. The Pokémon are Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno.  Zapdos can be found in the Power Plant by Cerulean City. Go on route 9, the area near the Rock Tunnel which you needed Flash for.  Make sure you have the Surf ability. Once you have surf go to the area where Route 9 ends. Go to the water and use surf.  Keep going down and you'll see an opening where the rocks break to open land, go on that and you'll see a big building.  Go in there a keep walking around until you see a bird Pokémon standing there.  Save your game and then fight the bird.  Capture it, then its on to Fuchsia City!

If you have fly go to the Fuchsia City gate on the left. You'll see a few little jumpable cliffs. Go to the edge of the water and use surf. Keep going left and you should see some islands. Go in the cave on the islands. You must have Strength to get this next bird. Once in the cave find you way through the cave pushing all the rocks down the holes. This is important because you need to stop the current flow down below in the cave. Once you find you way to another bird Pokémon, do the same as before. This is going to be Articuno.

The final Pokémon is Moltres, who an be found once you have all eight badges. After you have all the badges go to Victory Road at the Pokémon League. Make you way through the cave and you should see another bird Pokémon. Repeat the same steps as you did for the other Pokémon. NOTE: These Pokémon aren't hard to see. They just stand there waiting. Be sure to save before you fight them as they only appear once in the game.

Secret Coins

At the Game Corner there are secret coins lying around. You can get these coins by walking around and pressing the A button.

Snorlax Cheat

Some people think Snorlax can only be caught with an Ultra Ball. But there is another way.

1: Get Snorlax's health as low as possible then Capture him.
2: Throw the regular Pokéball then hold down and B.

Stone and Trade Evolution

Some Pokémon will only Evolve when they have been traded. They are:

Some Pokémon don't Evolve till you give them a Stone. They are:

FS = Fire Stone
TS = Thunder Stone
WS = Water Stone
LS = Leaf Stone
MS = Moon Stone

Hint: You can get the stones in the Mart in Celadon City.

Before = After
Pikachu + TS = Raichu
Nidorina + MS = Nidoqueen
Nidorino + MS = Nidoking
Clefairy + MS = Clefable
Vulpix + FS = Ninetails
Jigglypuff + MS = Wigglytuff
Gloom + LS = Vileplume
Growlithe + FS = Arcanine
Poliwhirl + WS = Poliwrath
Weepinbell + LS = Victreebel
Shellder + WS = Cloyster
Exeggcute + LF = Exeggcutor
Staryu + WS = Starmie
Eevee + WS = Vaporeon
Eevee + TS = Jolteon
Eevee + FS = Flareon

Get Your Diploma

To get your Diploma in the game...complete your Pokédex getting all 150 entries, then go to the Game Freak Building and talk to the guy on the second floor (The guy that's not on a computer), if you completed your Pokédex, he will give you your diploma.

Catch Pokémon From Safari Zone

To catch Pokémon from the Safari Zone....  Go in to the Safari Zone & walk back out then fly to Cinnabar Island Surf up & down when you are half on land half on water and you will see Pokémon from the Safari Zone!!

Catch Mewtwo in Ultra Ball

To capture Mewtwo in an Ultra Ball take at least 3 Ultra Balls with you to the Unknown Dungeon.  (You must be a League Champ first). Go find Mewtwo and Save the game before you assume battle mode with him. He is an icon that stands alone on a island. The icon looks just like Nidorino's icon and Snorlax's icon when they are in your list of 6 Pokémon. Enter the battle and have a Pokemon that is outfitted with the skills: Thunder Wave, Sleep Powder, and Ice Beam. Have a Pokémon at least at level 40. Do not worry Mewtwo is much, much stronger than you think. If Mewtwo is at level 100 he is more like your first Pokémon at level 105. The thunder wave works best if you weaken him a lot. After weakening him and Paralyzing him use an Ultra Ball. I don't think you needed 3 Ultra balls because when he is weak and paralyzed he is yours in one shot!!!

Rare candy trick

Go to Cerulean city: Go Into the backyard of the guy who tells you about the 8 badges, then go to the top right use your Item Finder if you have one.  Then it ask if you want to double your Rare Candy say yes and you will be able to your Rare Candy as much as you want.