# Pokémon Red and Blue Recomp

> Pokémon Red and Blue Recomp is a static recompilation of the Game Boy Pokémon Red and Blue for Windows by mstan, playable through the Elite Four.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gbc/games/pokemonredandblue/ports/pokemonredandbluerecomp/
Page updated: 2026-09-30

- Developer: mstan
- Port type: Recompilation (A tool translated the game's original machine code into C automatically, which was then built as a native PC program.)
- Game: [Pokémon Red and Blue](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gbc/games/pokemonredandblue/index.md)
- AI use: AI-assisted. An AI coding tool is credited as co-author on 28 of the repository's 31 commits.
- Source code: https://github.com/mstan/PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp
- Runs on: Windows

What you need: A ROM of Pokémon Red or Blue for the Game Boy, dumped from your own cartridge.

Pokémon Red and Blue Recomp is a native Windows port of Pokémon Red and Blue, made by mstan by statically recompiling the Game Boy's SM83 code into C, with the Game Boy video and sound emulated around it.

It is playable from the start through the Elite Four. It is an early release, so expect rough edges.

The author says AI tools were used heavily in making it.

The download contains no game data. It needs a Pokémon Red or Blue ROM, dumped from your own cartridge.

## How to set it up

1. Download the Windows zip and extract it.
2. Run `Pokemon_Red_Blue.exe` and point it at your Pokémon Red or Blue ROM.
3. Save files are written next to the executable.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gbc/games/pokemonredandblue/ports/pokemonredandbluerecomp/#download

- for Windows: 0.1.1 (2026-05-07)