Glitch dimension

The subject of this article has no official name. The name currently in use is a fan designator; see below for more information.

The glitch dimension (as it is often referred to by fans) is a glitch in Gold and Silver Versions. Unlike some other glitches, this glitch is merely for altering the visuals of the game, and will not negatively affect or delete the saved file once it is executed.

Results

Several different things can happen upon activating this glitch, one being that the game freezes upon activating it. The other is that the screen turns white with a small pink rectangle in the top right-hand corner and the game restarts with different colors. When activated, it alters the colors of everything from the area the player walks around in, to the wild and Trainer battles. Also, it slows the processing speed when trying to view the player's party Pokémon when not in battle. Pitch black places like Dark Cave will be illuminated without the use of the move Flash. The ^P_o^k_é in Pokégear changes to ど◀ when the player enters their Pokémon selection. All fade-in and fade-out transitions are disabled.

Interestingly, the Ho-Oh on the title screen of Gold Version changes from a silhouette to a fully colored Pokémon.

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Performing the glitch

Coin Case method

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Either talking to the Machop in Vermilion City, the Machoke in the Goldenrod Department Store or viewing the Pokédex entry of Machop, Machoke or Machamp and using the Coin Case immediately afterwards, will cause the game to enter the glitch dimension.

Ditto method

Trading a Pokémon with the glitch move -- onto a Gold, Silver or Crystal, then using -- in battle will cause the game to enter the glitch dimension.

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Other methods

Move hex:FE (a move with a blank name, thus is referred to here as its hexadecimal identifier) has also been found to cause glitch dimension, but this has not been confirmed outside of Crystal on emulator, as in this video.

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Explanation

The glitch dimension is the result of the game resetting unexpectedly. When this happens it repeats the process used at startup to determine what type of Game Boy it is running on. This process relies on the fact that different models leave different information in memory at startup. Since the game was already running, that information is no longer present, so the process fails and believes it is running on a classic Game Boy. Because of this, the game is trying to ensure backward compatibility by disabling all changes in color palettes, since the original Game Boy did not support them.

As the game thinks that it is running on the first model of Game Boy, certain features will be disabled. For example, talking to the girl in the Goldenrod Department Store who enables Mystery Gift will tell the player that Mystery Gift requires a Game Boy Color. Pokémon Crystal completely abandoned any backward compatibility with the original Game Boy, so performing this glitch on Crystal will cause the game to show an error message, explaining that a Game Boy Color is necessary to play the game.

In Generation I

An effect similar to Glitch dimension can occur in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, when running the game on Game Boy Color or in SGB mode. In Red and Blue the glitch happens most commonly as a side-effect of corrupting the memory, or after performing the ZZAZZ glitch. In Pokémon Yellow the effect can be rarely activated by encountering certain glitch Pokémon, like MissingNo. or 4 4.

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Gallery

Ho-Oh showing its true colors, in a "clean" Glitch Dimension.

External links

• Marriland: The glitch dimension (Gen. 2) Topic (via Internet Archive, original page does not exist)
• Glitch City Laboratories' page on the Glitch dimension (via Internet Archive, original page does not exist)
• SuperGameFreakBros: Album titled "Pokemon Gold - Glitch Dimension"
• Poketips: "What happens if you encounter a wild Pokémon egg?" shows a method for accessing a glitch dimension

Glitches in the Pokémon games Multiple generations Transform glitches • Glitch Trainers • Cloning glitches • Error messages • Arbitrary code execution Generation I Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches -- • 0 ERROR • Broken hidden items • Cable Club escape glitch • Dual-type damage misinformation Experience underflow glitch • Fight Safari Zone Pokémon trick • Glitch City • Item duplication glitch • Item underflow Mew glitch • Old man glitch • Pewter Gym skip glitch • Pokémon merge glitch • Rhydon glitch • Rival twins glitch Select glitches (dokokashira door glitch, second type glitch) • Super Glitch Time Capsule exploit • Walking through walls • ZZAZZ glitch Generation II Glitches • Battle glitches Bug-Catching Contest glitch • Celebi Egg glitch • Coin Case glitches • Experience underflow glitch Glitch dimension • Glitch Egg • Teru-sama • Time Capsule exploit • Trainer House glitches • GS Ball mail glitch Generation III Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches Berry glitch • Dive glitch • Pomeg glitch • Glitzer Popping Generation IV Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches Acid rain • GTS glitches • Pomeg glitch • Rage glitch Surf glitch • Tweaking • Pal Park Retire glitch Generation V Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches Charge Beam additional effect chance glitch • Charge move replacement glitch • Choice item lock glitch Frozen Zoroark glitch • Sky Drop glitch Generation VI Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches Charge Beam additional effect chance glitch • Charge move replacement glitch • Choice item lock glitch Lumiose City save glitch • Symbiosis Eject Button glitch • Toxic sure-hit glitch Generation VII Glitches • Battle glitches Charge Beam additional effect chance glitch • Charge move replacement glitch • Choice item lock glitch Toxic sure-hit glitch • Rollout storage glitch Generation VIII Glitches Charge Beam additional effect chance glitch • Charge move replacement glitch • Choice item lock glitch Toxic sure-hit glitch • Rollout storage glitch • Party item offset glitch Generation IX Glitches Glitch effects Game freeze • Glitch battle • Glitch song Gen I only: Glitch screen • TMTRAINER effect • Inverted sprite Gen II only: Glitch dimension Lists Glitches (GO • Mystery Dungeon • TCG GB • Spin-off) Glitch Pokémon (Gen I • Gen II • Gen III • Gen IV • Gen V • Gen VI • Gen VII • Gen VIII) Glitch moves (Gen I) • Glitch types (Gen I • Gen II)

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