This Is 1986 - Pokemon Emerald -u- -aka Trashman Emerald- |top|

"Trashman Emerald."

In 1986, a young programmer at Game Freak named Kenji stumbled upon a prototype cartridge labeled It was a jagged, unpolished version of a game that wouldn't officially exist for another twenty years .

But if you are a student of digital folklore, a lover of the weird web, or a connoisseur of "thing horror," then Trashman Emerald is a masterpiece. It is the Naked Lunch of Pokemon ROM hacks. It is ugly, confusing, and smells vaguely of week-old tuna. this is 1986 - pokemon emerald -u- -aka trashman emerald-

The screen went black. When Kenji tried to reboot, the cartridge was blank. A week later, the first official design for Grimer was submitted to the team, but Kenji never told them about the Janitor, or the fact that his office trash can was now full of perfectly printed, physical code for a game that hadn't been invented yet. "Trashman Emerald

The Legacy of Trashman Emerald