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Pokémon Gold Version
Game Boy Color1999Windows, macOS, LinuxBeta
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Cover art and game details from IGDB.
- Original console
- Game Boy Color · Nintendo, 1998
- Runs on
- Native PC
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Method
- RebuildA new engine that recreates the game without its original code.
- Status
- Beta
- Latest release
- 0.8.45 ↗
- Last update
- Oct 2026
Listing updated .
About Pokémon Gold Version
Pokémon Gold, along with Pokémon Silver, are the sequels to Pokémon Red and Blue. They offer 100 new Pokémon to capture and train, 8 more Gyms to take on and a new Pokémon League challenge. Featuring an expanded post-game, Pokémon Gold and Silver additionally offer extra content from the previous entries in the series.
- Released
- 21 Nov 1999
- Genre
- Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
- Developer
- Game Freak
About the original game, from IGDB ↗.
Pokémon Gold Version PC port: quick answers
- Do I need to own Pokémon Gold Version?
- Yes. Gen2Recomped needs game files from a copy you own. PlayPorted links only to the project page and never to game files.
- Is the Pokémon Gold Version PC port finished?
- It is in beta: playable, with known issues. Its last update was Oct 2026, and the latest release is 0.8.45.
- Which systems does it run on?
- Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Is it an emulator?
- No. Gen2Recomped is a new engine that loads the original game's data, so no emulator is needed.
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