Download Pre-Patched Pokemon Emerald Rogue GBA ROM Hack
- Creator: Pokabbie
- Version: 2.1.1
- Hack of: Emerald
- Updated: May 18, 2026
- Language: English
- Status: Completed
Pokemon Emerald Rogue is a GBA ROM Hack by Pokabbie based on Pokemon Emerald in English. And it is now available to download. It was last updated on May 18, 2026.
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Description
Ever wondered what Pokemon might look like as a Roguelike?
How does it work?
When you go on an adventure, all routes, encounters, and items are chosen procedurally based on your progress through a run.
After a certain number of routes, you will come across a random gym leader with a procedurally selected team of their assigned type; as you progress further into a run, gym leaders and other trainers will begin using more difficult setups for their pokemon.
You will have completed the run if you can make it all the way to the champion and defeat them!
When you finish or fail a run, you will return to a hub area where you can buy permanent items and catch new “starter” Pokemon to use in the next run.
As you progress through the game, more buildings/NPCs in this hub area will become available for use in preparing for the next run.
How long does a run take?
It can vary based on how thorough you are, but in the author’s testing, a complete run usually takes between 3-4 hours of in-game time.
The is a quick save option (REST in the menu) which lets you put the game down mid-run and return however be warned this does not allow save scumming.
Features
- Randomly chosen routes
- Procedural items, trainers & wild encounters
- Hub area with unlockable buildings/NPCs
- Character customization
- Multiple game config settings e.g. prevent over leveling, trainer difficulty, double battle mode
- Seeded mode, with individual config settings (useful for multiplayer races)
- Galarian Forms
- Mega Evolution (In Battle)
- Rare legendary encounters
- Mart contents change as you progress
- Safari zone allows you to capture mons you have previously used on runs and use them as the “starter” mon
- Post-game settings (Can be accessed early if you can find the secret room 👀)
Subtle Changes from the base game
- Pickup/interaction text is an instance i.e. you can just spam A rather than wait out the fanfare
- Trade evolutions now just require the mon to be leveled up whilst holding the item (Link cable is used for standard trade evos)
- Friendship/Beauty evos are now just flat level 20 evos
- The battle engine has been sped up (Speed varies based on the importance of the encounter)
- The shiny rate has been drastically increased (Now is ~1/100)
For notifications on new releases, report bugs, and request features join their official Discord!
https://discord.gg/YMfeBfWv
Changelog
v2.1.1
Features
- Added Pokédex for Colosseum + XD as requested by Nacho 😉(Had to combine them into 1 because the encounter dex is far too small otherwise)
- Added popup when Pokémon manually released to indicate that it’s held item has been returned to your bag (It’s been this way forever but a lot of people didn’t realise that’s how it works)
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Gauntlet Mode not spawning encounters before the 1st Badge
- Game time will still progress once you have hit 999 hrs (Fixes Unique Lab Pokémon creation)
- Fixed softlock in battle related to when AI internally gets stuck attempting to swap out a Pokémon when faced with a type immunity
- Hopefully added workaround which should re-enable the new Quest for people upgrading from Mocha’s patch
- Fixed collision tile in Team Flare Base
- Fixed Floette Eternal sometimes spawning in routes
- Fixed Croconaw silently evolving into Feraligatr
- Fixed incorrect message when using Quick Heal
- Fixed AI not understanding Oblivious is immune to Taunt
- Fixed AI not understanding Thermal Exchange
- Fixed Pokémon masteries not completing if you interacted with the Dark Deal
- Fixed new Mega Pokémon not being added to the Pokédex
- Fixed Auto-Pickup giving incorrect number of berries in Daycare Rest Stop
- Fixed the Rain animation bugging out in Double battles with Mega Evolution enabled
- Fixed swapping Ride Mon when jumping into water getting you stuck
- NPC avoids recommending Pokémon sets which are trying to use Mega Stones with Mega Evolution disabled
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Expanded (EX) *This is the recommended version*
This version contains modern improvements e.g. new battle items, abilities, fairy type, physical/special split, etc. (This is based on RH-Hideout’s Emerald Expansion)
Vanilla
Just standard Pokemon Emerald battle mechanics with no changes other than those mentioned in Subtle Changes from the base game
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Has anyone made a fix to play on MyBoy yet? Every other GBA emulator kinda sucks in my opinion.
Why crush the game in the safari area?
I can confirm this runs perfectly on a GBA Everdrive
This romhack is my crack.
Just one more run…
Works completely fine on pizza boy emulator from app store
Can we evolve grenija to ash greninja?
To anyone who plays on the Myboy emulator, if you’re playing the EX version the game will keep crashing when you go to catch your starter. If you want to play it then I suggest going with the vanilla version for myboy
Did they find a solution?
I found a way, I did the following: Try and change your cpu core from the settings and make it “Interpreter”, and when you enter the capture area, save the game via save state, then just continue with the game
Thanks pal, you’re a lifesaver. I had that problem too. I’m gonna try it
Cảm ơn bạn, nó hiệu quả
Thank you, this really helpful. I was wondering why my game was constantly crashing when tried to get my starter.
Any download for the latest update?
Is there a Mega Drive link?
There’s another bug on myboy when you’ve done some first run and finally finish one, when you’re going to take new quest on the quest board it keep crashing, i can’t gain points to upgrade the town it’s it make the game boring, i can’t buy to upgrade for the mint or for anything else
There’s a new version called Emerald Rogue 2.0. Just released yesterday
Valeu cara quando eu tentava joga eu não conseguia pega o meu start pq o jg fechava valeu tmj
Please update. 2.0 is out.
Here is my gameplay:
https://youtube.com/live/6kSExZchXw4
It was very fun to play this game!
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Is there any good emulators for Android for this one? Ex all pokemon crashes with my boy
Can you update it to 2.0.1
Everyone I know is obsessed with this rom hack. You have made something truly special, the community loves you!
Awesome! I’ve been waiting for a updated version of Pokemon Emerald Rogue for a while now. Can’t wait to try out the new features and improvements. Thanks for the hard work and for sharing this great hack with the community!
Is it just for me or do some of the Pokemon animations when they enter the battle not play?
This happened to me in the very beginning of the game and caused it to crash.
How do I fix it?
what do i say to the mystery man?
Small Holiday
it’s impossible to download this game
it freeze
oh man no cheats? :()
I can’t download it, is there any reason for that? I’d love to try this great idea for a Pokémon game :c
Just got a SHINY VENONAT in this!
Is there no more discord server for this? The link says that the invite has expired.
What is Hardcore Mode Rules or Extreme Mode Rules? I tried to change settings into hard in CONFIG LAB but when I started the Quest – Insane Mode was inactive.
How do u evolve eevee into sylveon in 1.3.2a. Older method is not working for me
Raise by a lvl whilst knowing a FAIRY move
Is there a reason why i only get pokemon to gen 3 even if im playing the ex version?
Finish the run completely to unlock the ability to change gen. Also unlocks mega and z Crystal’s.
Hi just wanted to give you a quick heads up and let you know a few of the pictures aren’t loading correctly. I’m not sure why but I think its a linking issue. I’ve tried it in two different browsers and both show the same outcome.
New update again 1.3.1a
Is there a way to update the game while keeping your save file?
make sure your last save was done in the HUB outdoor area and you can use it
Great, that worked perfectly, thank you for your hard work.
🫡
As of literally 11 minutes from writing this, the rom just got a MASSIVE update
thanks for letting me know I’ve updated the post.
Tyle tu gier o Pokemonach w jakie tu zagrać w najdłuższe najlepiej i aby może był jakiś batlle froniitier albo aby można było grać przeciwko koledze pomóż coś wybrać .Dziękuję z góry mistrzu
I’ve been playing for a while but haven’t encountered a way to use megas or Galarians. Are they post game?
For anyone else wondering, I found it and yes, you have to defeat the Elite 4 and the champion. You can however can unlock it before from the configuration building (it’s hidden though).
Are the DNA splicers not in the game yet? I caught Kyurem Black in a run and ended up completing it all, but after catching the Kyurem in the safari afterwards it’s just the regular one as expected but there’s no sign of the DNA splicers to fuse with a Reshiram I have waiting. Do they not exist? I also haven’t seen the reveal glass and whatnot so I’m guessing most of the alternate forms for legendaries and mythicals just aren’t present in the current update.
What are the shiny odds, I already found 2 in less then 3 hours of gameplay?
1/100
it just get a white screen when i try to open
what emu are you using cuz it’s working fine on mGBA (PC) and MyBoy (Android)
visual boy advance
if you launched rom without extracting it first, try launching it after you extract it from the zip file. If it’s still not working try using mGBA, it’s working on it.
mgba isnt working for me
try using vba
I like the ROM hack that you make please complete pokemon eclipse and and Mediafire button
Unfortunately the cheats doesn’t work
I’ll try to find working ones and update the link
How do I change my lead pokemon?
Download won’t work
I just checked and it’s working but wtv here ya go https://www.mediafire.com/file/fowxbkzgn9bezk6/Pokemon+Emerald+Rogue+EX+(v1.2.0).zip/file
Well, uhmm, yeahh you are right huhu. Maybe, I didn’t payed attention to that last part. Anyway, thank u big time!
are the shiny rates boosted?
The shiny rate has been drastically increased (Now is ~1/100)
So that’s why i got a shiny mew two?
How do you evolve Karrablast?
Just ask Prof Birch to know it’s evolution
What is the difference between EX and Vanilla?.
it’s mentioned just above the download button but wtv here you go
Expanded (EX) *This is the recommended version*
This version contains modern improvements e.g. new battle items, abilities, fairy type, physical/special split, etc. (This is based on RH-Hideout’s Emerald Expansion)
Vanilla
Just standard Pokemon Emerald battle mechanics with no changes other than those mentioned in Subtle Changes from the base game
Can someone help me figure out how to do this on android? I’m horrible with technology and I’ve tried and failed soany times already lo
Search for “myboy paid apk free download” on google and download it from apkpure or something similar. Then launch the app and load the rom you downloaded from this pokeharbor.
Why does any pokemon using stealth rocks instantly reset the game? Is anyone else having this issue?