Pokémon Red and Green

A role-playing game released by Nintendo for the Game Boy in 1996, developed by Game Freak and directed by Satoshi Tajiri. Players catch and train 151 Pokémon and can trade and battle via the Game Link Cable.

The concept was pitched in 1990 and development was completed by October 1995; release, originally planned for December 1995, was delayed to February 1996.

Developer

Game Freak

Publisher

Nintendo

Players travel the Kanto region from an overhead view, catching and training Pokémon in turn-based battles, challenging eight Gym Leaders and the Elite Four, and working to complete the Pokédex.

Platform

Game Boy

CPU

Sharp SM83 (LR35902) approx. 4.19 MHz

Media

ROM cartridge (Game Pak)

Bits (period term)

8-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

27 Feb 1996[1]

North America — Released as Pokémon Red and Blue

28 Sep 1998[1]

Europe — Released as Pokémon Red and Blue

5 Oct 1999[1]

Director

Satoshi Tajiri

Producer

Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Kawaguchi, Tsunekazu Ishihara

Designer

Satoshi Tajiri

Composer

Junichi Masuda

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1995

  Super Famicom

  Chrono Trigger

  クロノ・トリガー

  Release

  JP 1995.03.11

  Dev

  Square

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

• GAME1996

  PlayStation

  PaRappa the Rapper

  パラッパラッパー

  Release

  JP 1996.12.06

  Dev

  NanaOn-Sha

  Genre

  Rhythm

• GAME1996

  PlayStation

  Resident Evil

  バイオハザード

  Release

  JP 1996.03.22

  Dev

  Capcom

  Genre

  Survival horror

Red, Green and Blue combined sold 10.23 million copies in Japan (English Wikipedia), and the games were remade as FireRed and LeafGreen (2004).

Series: Pokémon

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