Tag Archives: Pokémon Generation 1

On how I used RetroArch to create a controller configuration for an NES-to-USB adapter and then copied the configuration files into Lutris’ Libretro directory.

An account of setting up an NES 2 controller with my Linux computer using a Mayflash NES-to-USB adapter to play Pokémon Red on an emulator.

If a Pokémon appears in 5% of wild Pokémon encounters, I should expect to see it once every 20 encounters or so. What if I told you that it was more like once in every 118 encounters?

Playing Pokémon Red with the only controller they originally designed it for, a Super Nintendo controller (some context and caveats apply).

On finding the 132nd Pokémon, Ditto, on Cheever Place in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn (without a phone app).

I introduce my Pokémon Prismatic Adventures project, wherein I will play through Pokémon Red, turn my play-through into a novel/strategy guide, and serialize the novel here at The New Leaf Journal.

Some websites stealth edit. Other websites issue in-article corrections. We issue full article corrections.

Why did I spend hours trying to catch a level 15 Dragonair in the Pokémon Yellow Safari Zone? Some questions are hard to answer.

A colorful journey (puns intended) through the slogans of the towns of Pokémon’s Kanto Region before and after a certain time skip.

Ranking the 12 video games that left the biggest impression on me over nearly 30 years of owning and playing games.

Justin says that every boy had a dinosaur fight tier list. But does that include Justin?

In order for a video game to produce positive benefits in players — be it intellectually, emotionally, or socially, it must first be engrossing.