Pokemon Black

Pokemon Black is a creepypasta story about a bootleg version of the Pokemon games for the Nintendo. A glitch or hack in the game means that other trainers and Pokemon can be killed. I am an avid collector of old Pokemon games. I even collect bootleg games like Pokemon Diamond & Jade, Chaos Black, etc. It's amazing how often you can find these games being sold second-hand at pawnshops, Goodwill, flea markets, and such. They're generally fun; even if they are unplayable (which they often are), the mistranslations and poor quality make them unintentionally humorous. I've been able to find most of the ones that I've played online, but there's one that I haven't seen any mention of. I bought it at a flea market about five years ago. Here's a picture of the cartridge, in case anyone recognizes it. The title of the game is Pokemon Black. Unfortunately, when I moved two years ago, I lost the game, so I can't provide you with screencaps of the actual graphics. Sorry. The game started with the familiar Nidorino and Gengar intro of Red and Blue version. However, the 'press start' screen had been altered. Red was there, but the Pokemon did not cycle through. It also said 'Black Version' under the Pokemon logo. Upon selecting 'New Game', the game started the Professor Oak speech, and it quickly became evident that the game was essentially Pokemon Red Version. After selecting your starter, if you looked at your Pokemon, you had in addition to Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle another Pokemon - 'GHOST'. The Pokemon was level 1. It had the sprite of the Ghosts that are encountered in Lavender Tower before obtaining the Sliph Scope. It had one attack - 'Curse'. I know that there is a real move named Curse, but the attack did not exist in Generation 1, so it appears it was hacked in. Defending Pokemon were unable to attack Ghost - it would only say they were too scared to move. When the move 'Curse' was used in battle, the screen would cut to black. The cry of the defending Pokemon would be heard, but it was distorted, played at a much lower pitch than normal. The battle screen would then reappear, and the defending Pokemon would be gone. If used in a battle against a trainer, when the Pokeballs representing their Pokemon would appear in the corner, they would have one fewer Pokeball. The implication was that the Pokemon died. What's even stranger is that after defeating a trainer and seeing 'Red received $200 for winning!', the battle commands would appear again. If you selected 'Run', the battle would end as it normally does. You could also select Curse. If you did, upon returning to the overworld, the trainer's sprite would be gone. After leaving and reentering the area, the spot [where] the trainer had been would be replaced with a tombstone like the ones at Lavender Tower. The move 'Curse' was not usable in all instances. It would fail against Ghost Pokemon. It would also fail if it was used against trainers that you would have to face again, such as your Rival or Giovanni. It was usable in your final battle against them, however. I figured this was the gimmick of the game, allowing you to use the previously uncapturable Ghosts. And because Curse made the game so easy, I essentially used it throughout the whole adventure. The game changed quite a bit after defeating the Elite Four. After viewing the Hall of Fame, which consisted of Ghost and a couple of Pokemon I used for HM`s, the screen cut to black. A box appeared with the words 'Many years later...' It then cut to Lavender Tower. An old man was standing, looking at tombstones. You then realized this man was your character. The man moved at only half of your normal walking speed. You no longer had any Pokemon with you, not even Ghost, who up to this point had been impossible to remove from your party through depositing in the PC. The overworld was entirely empty - there were no people at all. There were still the tombstones of the trainers that you used Curse on, however. You could go pretty much anywhere in the overworld at this point, though your movement was limited by the fac