NAME: Pocket Monsters Gold
SYSTEM: Game Boy Color
MAKER: Nintendo/Creatures/Game Freak
PRODUCER: 
GENRE: RPG

GRAPHICS: 9. Far improved over Pokémon 1
MUSIC: n/a (rom music ain't that good)
FUN: 9. Slow at first, but addicting after awhile
REPLAY: n/a
DIFFICULTY: 3. Not near as hard as 1
ENDING: n/a
STORYLINE: n/a (it's only in Japanese so far)
MULTIPLAYER: n/a
ORIGINALITY: 4. It's like Red and Green/Blue, but better
REALISM: 5.
CONTROL: 6. Simple, but unflawed
MATURITY: 4. One word: POKÉMON

I recently played Pokémon Gold on emu (I wanted to play Silver instead, but I think it got 
corrupted in the download). And let me tell you, you'll never want to go back to the older 
ones again. Although I don't have a Gameboy Color, I'm getting one when this game gets 
translated into english in September. The graphics are colorful and detailed, much like a 
late NES game. The battles are awesome, too. All of the Pokémon have been redrawn in full 
color, there's no annoying pixel affect on your own Pokémon, and even the single-frame 
attacks look good (like Caterpie's String Shot and Hinoarashi's Smoke Bomb). But what 
really draws attention is the extended Pokédex. It's up to 251 now! A new starting item 
called the Pokégear is in here too, and it works like a radio, phone, and clock (yes, the 
game runs in real time too). It shouldn't be too hard to find as of yet (just search for 
"pokemon gold rom" on Mamma.com or something, but watch out because one link is a porn 
site in disguise.) This game is worth the effort of finding a rom for it.

OVERALL: ********* 95%

Reviewed on 12/10/1999