GBA
Pokémon Indigo
44
5
Pokémon Ash Gray Unofficial
Category: GBA
Author: metapod23 and fixed by patrickfcarey.
Date: 2026-07-01
Description
An unofficial bug-fix patch of the classic FireRed ROM hack by metapod23 that lets you play through Season 1 of the Pokémon anime as Ash Ketchum. This patch addresses several crashes, softlocks, and save corruption issues from the original beta 4.5.3 release, keeping all original story, maps, and balance intact.
Features
- Play as Ash Ketchum : Experience the journey of the iconic anime protagonist starting right from waking up late in Pallet Town.
- Anime-Accurate Storyline : Follow Ash’s journey through the Indigo League and the Orange Islands, covering events from over a hundred episodes and the first two movies.
- Pikachu as Your Starter : Begin your journey with a Pikachu that follows you on the overworld, refuses its Pokéball, and objects to using a Thunder Stone.
- Anime-Accurate Team and Events : Meet and catch the exact Pokémon Ash caught in the anime, triggering chronological, scripted events.
- No More HMs : Classic HM moves like Cut and Surf are replaced by Key Items to better match the flow of the anime.
- Scripted Anime Battles : Experience scripted events such as Brock's first gym battle being a forced loss, Pikachu refusing to battle Misty, and Charizard disobeying orders.
- Save-Corruption Mitigation (fixed) : The game's story variables overlap PC storage; three hazardous boxes (Box 2, 3, and 6) are now reserved in the storage UI so you can no longer accidentally overwrite your data and get Bad Eggs.
- Breeding-Center Crash Fixed (fixed) : Fixed a crash that occurred when speaking with Jessie & James or Butch & Cassidy with a full party.
- Grampa Canyon Softlock Solved (fixed) : Resolved an issue where a scripted NPC march collided with terrain and softlocked the game during the pickaxe event.
- Underwater-Cave Black-Screen Fixed (fixed) : Resolved an unfilled text buffer and overlapping map-script tables that caused a freeze after Dragonite's message.
- Tangelo Island Crash Fixed (fixed) : Corrected a warp leading to a deleted map, which previously caused a crash when arriving at the Orange Islands.
- Doll-Competition Freeze Fixed (fixed) : Patched a corrupt script pointer that mistakenly ran the braille text renderer on garbage data and froze the game.
- Indigo Plateau Guard Patched (fixed) : Fixed the eligibility check so the guard will properly grant entry once you have all 8 badges and have passed the exam.
- Prof. Oak League Send-off Stall Fixed (fixed) : Addressed a progression stall that occurred on league day if your party was completely full.
- Dragonite Invitation Loop (fixed) : Declining the invitation to Mewtwo's island now properly re-offers the invitation rather than rendering the game permanently unwinnable.
- Pallet Town Ledge Escape (fixed) : Patched a map layout error that allowed players to jump into a one-tile pocket and get trapped early in the game.
- Cerulean Gym Pool Walkway Trap Fixed (fixed) : Corrected a collision trap that could seal players with no way back on the pool walkway.
- Dangling Warps Corrected (fixed) : Fixed 21 reachable dangling warps across the world map that could spawn players at broken coordinates.
- Running Shoes Restored (fixed) : Re-enabled the running flag on 44 maps—including Pallet Town—where it had been accidentally disabled in the map editor.
- Bike Usage Restored (fixed) : Restored bicycle permissions across 16 maps that had lost them.
- Safe Teachy TV Override (fixed) : The broken Teachy TV item now safely declines to open instead of dropping your character into a black void.
- Wild Encounter Level Fix (fixed) : Corrected a level-wrapping typo for wild surfing Staryu.
- Spelling and Dialogue Corrections (fixed) : Fixed several typos throughout the game, including "INIDGO PLATEAU" to "INDIGO", "recieved" to "received", and "sacrfices" to "sacrifices".
GOHAN'S TIPSYouTuber
View Full Art
GBA
Pokémon Ash Gray Unofficial
By metapod23 and fixed by patrickfcarey.
Views
Downloads
Liked
Exp ShareNew RegionQoLNew Story
PlatformGBA
Authormetapod23 and fixed by patrickfcarey.
PostedJuly 1, 2026
Navigation
Game Description
An unofficial bug-fix patch of the classic FireRed ROM hack by metapod23 that lets you play through Season 1 of the Pokémon anime as Ash Ketchum. This patch addresses several crashes, softlocks, and save corruption issues from the original beta 4.5.3 release, keeping all original story, maps, and balance intact.
Original Creator
Original Creator
Visit Source / Author Website
https://github.com/patrickfcarey/pokemon-ashgray-bugfix
Unofficial v1.0 (01/07/2026). Playable partway through the Orange Islands up to the third gym, possible Cleopatra Island. Now highly stable with a community bug-fix patch resolving major game-breaking crashes and softlocks.
Key Features
Play as Ash KetchumExperience the journey of the iconic anime protagonist starting right from waking up late in Pallet Town.
Anime-Accurate StorylineFollow Ash’s journey through the Indigo League and the Orange Islands, covering events from over a hundred episodes and the first two movies.
Pikachu as Your StarterBegin your journey with a Pikachu that follows you on the overworld, refuses its Pokéball, and objects to using a Thunder Stone.
Anime-Accurate Team and EventsMeet and catch the exact Pokémon Ash caught in the anime, triggering chronological, scripted events.
No More HMsClassic HM moves like Cut and Surf are replaced by Key Items to better match the flow of the anime.
Scripted Anime BattlesExperience scripted events such as Brock's first gym battle being a forced loss, Pikachu refusing to battle Misty, and Charizard disobeying orders.
Save-Corruption Mitigation (fixed)The game's story variables overlap PC storage; three hazardous boxes (Box 2, 3, and 6) are now reserved in the storage UI so you can no longer accidentally overwrite your data and get Bad Eggs.
Breeding-Center Crash Fixed (fixed)Fixed a crash that occurred when speaking with Jessie & James or Butch & Cassidy with a full party.
Grampa Canyon Softlock Solved (fixed)Resolved an issue where a scripted NPC march collided with terrain and softlocked the game during the pickaxe event.
Underwater-Cave Black-Screen Fixed (fixed)Resolved an unfilled text buffer and overlapping map-script tables that caused a freeze after Dragonite's message.
Tangelo Island Crash Fixed (fixed)Corrected a warp leading to a deleted map, which previously caused a crash when arriving at the Orange Islands.
Doll-Competition Freeze Fixed (fixed)Patched a corrupt script pointer that mistakenly ran the braille text renderer on garbage data and froze the game.
Indigo Plateau Guard Patched (fixed)Fixed the eligibility check so the guard will properly grant entry once you have all 8 badges and have passed the exam.
Prof. Oak League Send-off Stall Fixed (fixed)Addressed a progression stall that occurred on league day if your party was completely full.
Dragonite Invitation Loop (fixed)Declining the invitation to Mewtwo's island now properly re-offers the invitation rather than rendering the game permanently unwinnable.
Pallet Town Ledge Escape (fixed)Patched a map layout error that allowed players to jump into a one-tile pocket and get trapped early in the game.
Cerulean Gym Pool Walkway Trap Fixed (fixed)Corrected a collision trap that could seal players with no way back on the pool walkway.
Dangling Warps Corrected (fixed)Fixed 21 reachable dangling warps across the world map that could spawn players at broken coordinates.
Running Shoes Restored (fixed)Re-enabled the running flag on 44 maps—including Pallet Town—where it had been accidentally disabled in the map editor.
Bike Usage Restored (fixed)Restored bicycle permissions across 16 maps that had lost them.
Safe Teachy TV Override (fixed)The broken Teachy TV item now safely declines to open instead of dropping your character into a black void.
Wild Encounter Level Fix (fixed)Corrected a level-wrapping typo for wild surfing Staryu.
Spelling and Dialogue Corrections (fixed)Fixed several typos throughout the game, including "INIDGO PLATEAU" to "INDIGO", "recieved" to "received", and "sacrfices" to "sacrifices".
Navigation
Community
New Added
Pokémon Shadowside
July 24, 2026Pokémon Indigo
July 23, 2026
Pokémon Giga Red
July 22, 2026
View Full Detail
View Full Detail
View Full Detail
Gameplay Video
Download Section
Click any button below to start your download.
Resources & Credits
Recommended Emulators
Play Pokémon Ash Gray Unofficial on your preferred device with these recommended options.
PC / Windows
Mobile / Handheld
More from GBA
GBA
Pokémon Giga Red
146
18
GBA
Pokémon Spirit Version
246
30
Did you like this post?
0
Additional Info
© Copyright by Gohan's Tips
Gohan's Tips is a fan-made community site and is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon Company, or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates.
Join the Discussion
Comments