TCPoke is a collection of projects that allow you to connect your Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, or Game Boy Advance to the internet and trade or battle with the first(Red, Blue, Yellow) and second(Silver, Gold, Crystal) generation Pokemon games.

At the core is a Teensy 2.0 shield and accompanying firmware to connect the Game Boy to a PC over USB. Then there is a lobby client that you can use to set up a connection to another player.

Getting started

To get started, you need

To find out more, check the wiki

Building the shield

The shield only contains a few very easy to solder through-hole components. Check out the step-by-step instructions.

Finding players

There is a page on the wiki where you can list your interest and find others.

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