Catching Mew in Pokemon Red and Blue versions

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This is an instructional video of how to catch Mew, the 151st Pokemon in the original Red and Blue versions, without the use of a cheating device, and on your first trip to Cerulean City.

Answers to common questions:

1. The trainer with the Slowpoke needs to walk up to you as shown in the video. You cannot walk just one block in front of him, or else your game will freeze.

2. This was done on a Pokemon Blue ROM. The reason for all the color is because the emulator I used to play it was a Super GameBoy emulator and the emulator uses colors which are not the same when you play the game with an actual GameBoy Color.

3. Yes, this also works on Pokemon Yellow.

4. No, this does not work in Fire Red and Leaf Green. This was a glitch which was not intended to be left in the game (just like Missingno) and was taken out in the much cleaner and glitch-free Fire Red and Leaf Green.

5. An easier way to catch Abra is to catch a Caterpie in Viridian Forest and level it up to a Butterfree until it learns Sleep Powder (level 15 in yellow, level 17 in red and blue) and when it's faster than an Abra.

6. The music is called # for Arnhem Land (Long Edit) by Aalborg World Soundtracks, not Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones. I had to change the music but I actually like the new track better.

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[Henkeman]

Just caught my first Mew. I have the weirdest nostalgia nerd boner right now.

[0Janikun0]

Thanks a lot for putting up this, I just got mew a couple of seconds ago with the help of this video!!

[teo1060]

@Ballom91 no only on red and blue

[MrBelchinator]

@tr0llificati0n Sadly you do, but it is totally worth it.

[Beninator3]

@Ballom91 read the description

[Beninator3]

How do you "just so happen" to come across a glitch like this?

[tr0llificati0n]

Do you have to start all over again in order for this to work? I beat the trainers needed for this to work a few years ago; just wondering. Thanks in advance!

[GldenRetriever]

Thank you so much, you indirectly earned me $10.

[XordHacker]

@Philosupremum technically, yes, but I believe it's possible to catch dratini in safari park if I remember correctly, if not, then yeah, you could do it. For which pokemon you would have to fight, i'm unaware of. basically you'd have to do the tele trick with a trainer like you did here with the person near the bridge, then fight a different pokemon with the end code for dratini. I don't know any matches for dratini.

[XordHacker]

@kbubb13 it has to do with a pokemon's "end" and "start" code, there's a code at the start and end for every pokemon. the reason mew shows up is because slowpoke's end code is the only match for mew's, therefore mew will show up.

[Ballom91]

does this work on the yellow version?

[Ballom91]

@Henkeman me too :D !