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24 alternatives to Twitch Plays Pokemon ASCII Edition
Twitch Plays Pokemon ASCII Edition is a text-based version of the collaborative Twitch Plays Pokemon experiment. Viewers control a Pokemon game through chat commands, with gameplay displayed in ASCII characters rather… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Twitch Plays Pokemon ASCII Edition launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Watch the AI decision model Jev play Pokémon Red in its entirety, live.
29d ago · jev-pokemon.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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I built a bot that plays Pokémon FireRed. It can explore, battle, and respond to game events. Farthest I made it was Viridian Forest. I paused development a couple months ago, but given the launch of ClaudePlaysPokemon, decided to open source!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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vscode-pokemon▲186Bring Pokémon nostalgia into your code editor
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've posted this game here before, hopefully a repost is fine as the game has changed quite a bit (improved AI, improved mapeditor, much quicker gameplay, etc). Game is based on JavaScript/Canvas and WebSockets. On the browser side the map is pre-rendered (as a background image), just the mobile units/buildings and animations are dynamically rendered. The lobby server is made in node.js, but the game server is C++ for performance reasons (mainly the pathfinding). I found the C++ WebSocket libraries out there to be too difficult to use so I made my own based on the rfc. Overall I…
2022 · battle-of-flags.com · its alternatives →
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Gaming Frog▲84Win cash & prizes playing your favorite video games
2019 · gamingfrog.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · pokemon.winrar.io · its alternatives →
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2016 · maierfelix.github.io · its alternatives →
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Papercraft videogame cartridges you can print and pirate with a copy machine. - kesiev/rewtro
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pokemon game made with JavaScript + p5.js library. Contribute to JSLegendDev/Pokemon-p5js development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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PokeGuess▲67Are you a Pokemon fan? Can you guess all of them?
2019 · dreazz.github.io · its alternatives →
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Pokecord++▲11The first battle accurate pokemon simulator for Discord
2024 · pokecord.org · its alternatives →
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Your chatbot Pokédex on Messenger - created by Recast.AI
2016 · its alternatives →
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2016 · teevox.com · its alternatives →
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This is the inevitable post after jeff_harris released restful-doom https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14919534 twitch-plays-doom is a Python Twitch IRC->restful-doom proxy to control doomguy with a staggering 8 second delay. The project was Saturday night's 'I wonder if I can make this work' session. Since it's been live there has been a team of four successfully make it to half way through E01M01. I've since added godmode to the chat (you can guess the command). This was fun, hope others get some enjoyment out of it. Twitch Stream/Chat…
2017 · its alternatives →
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TypeDex 3▲61A comprehensive Pokemon type calculator and Pokedex
2022 · typedex.app · its alternatives →
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Generate random Pokémon instantly. Filter by generation, type, shiny, and more. Create a single Pokémon or build an entire team.
Nov 2025 · pokesuite.com · its alternatives →
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A demonstrates of the use of the CSS clip-path property in combination with CSS variables and CSS transitions to create a low-poly animated Pokémon.
2016 · projects.lukehaas.me · its alternatives →
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Facebook messenger based Pokemon quiz bot
2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →
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