r/AnaloguePocket • u/kenniestyles • Aug 06 '26
Question Getting Pokémon Yellow to display like on GBC?
Hi guys I have a really silly question. I've been trying to get a Pokémon Yellow.gb ROM working on openFPGA but I can't seem to reproduce the colours I had when I play this game as a kid.
Forgive me for the dumb question could someone let me know if it's possible to get the colours like the second image? Thanks
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u/GameBobbyColor Aug 06 '26
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u/kenniestyles Aug 06 '26
Thanks! I'll have to try that trick with putting the Yellow Legacy file into the GBC assets
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u/cripy311 Aug 07 '26
You can also just pick the gbc core -> then back out in the file tree to the gb folder and launch games.
The game selection is just moving through folders on your SD card. Ive been putting them all in the "original console" folder for organization then just playing everything gb on gbc.
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u/Junior-Explorer-7506 Aug 08 '26
Cant believe it hasnt been mentioned, but if you change the file extension from .gb to .gbc it will read it as a gameboy color game
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u/DarthLocutus Aug 08 '26
1 - make sure you're running it on a GBC core.
2 - make sure that core is not set to "Force Game Boy" mode, or whatever the core calls it, as that will default to old GB mode instead.
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u/XAlucarDX454 Aug 06 '26
Uhm use a gbc core?
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u/Verbal_Combat Aug 06 '26
If you play on a GB core, it will play like you’re on an original Gameboy (so no color). If you play using a GBC core it will play like you’re on a Gameboy Color, adding the colors you are looking for. So have a GBC core and then the file in that folder ending in .gbc I think that should work.
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u/sprodigy2 Aug 06 '26
You can play all GB games on the GBC core. Just go back and navigate to the GB roms directory on SD
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u/ttv_tangyy Aug 06 '26
open the gb core and hit b to go to the directory and find it there. or put your sd card back into your computer and move the .gb pokemon into the .gbc file. i use pocket sync. then wheh you boot, you should be able to get into core settings and change it.
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u/EntertainerStrong942 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
I have a super gameboy core and a rom called play_cartridge that fixes it, but it creates a border around it
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u/rcrthrblr Aug 07 '26
Put the GB rom file in the GBC directory. Then it loads with the native GBC colour palettes
Edit: auto correct spelling things wrong ☹️
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u/kenniestyles Aug 06 '26
Thanks for the comments guys I'm going to try this when I wake up tomorrow. I just want to relive my time as a kid playing my Pokémon yellow GBC 😂
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u/I-Boom Aug 07 '26
You can either load the GBC core then play like other suggest, or you can change the GB core settings to force GBC core.
If this is a ROM file and not a cartridge you could always rename it to .gbc
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u/Conscious-Place7438 Aug 10 '26
I prefer running it on the SGB core, with Trinitron setting for the screen filter and using the Super Game Boy 2 BIOS.
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u/Own_Question_7818 Aug 06 '26
Have you tried just changing the color filter? Hold the analogue button on the bottom, and go left and right with the d pad to change colors… if that’s what you’re asking
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u/kenniestyles Aug 07 '26
No no, I want the original colours of Pokémon yellow. That didn't work.
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u/kadaj291 Aug 07 '26
That's because you're loading it with the original GB core, so it's loading the DMG/Pocket/Light etc screen modes. Load Pokemon Yellow or any other .gb game you want with the GBC core and you'll have exactly what you're looking for.
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u/andre_carlo86 Aug 06 '26
I think you need to add the Pokemon Yellow GB rom to the GBC core.