Welcome to the world of Pokémon Garbage Gold! This isn’t just any Pokémon game. It’s a unique hack of Pokémon HeartGold, being the first DS (gen4+) hack to be a decomp hack. This means that parts of the game were decompiled and rewritten in non-binary languages like C and asm. As a result, new Pokémon from gen5-6 and mega evolutions have been added and are fully usable in-game!
In Pokémon Garbage Gold, you can only obtain and use Pokémon, referred to as trashmon here, that have less than 425 base stat total. Despite this limitation, over 300 Pokémon are available to you, making every playthrough fresh and fun. The game also features challenging gauntlets – a series of trainers you must defeat without healing or changing teams. This added challenge comes with new modifiers. Some gauntlets have permanent weather conditions like rain or sandstorm, while others have an automatic Trick Room at the beginning of each battle.
Items are limited for the player, too. Access to shops has been completely removed, but plenty of held items can be found on different routes or as gifts from NPCs. As a quality of life feature, you are immediately given Infinite Rare Candies, Max Repels, Old Rod, Exp Share, and Running Shoes.
So, are you ready for an adventure? Download the free ROM now and start your journey in Pokémon Garbage Gold. Good luck, trainer!