Download Pre-Patched Pokemon Maxie’s Island GBA ROM Hack
- Creator: wiz1989
- Version: 1.3
- Hack of: Emerald
- Released: October 1, 2024
- Language: English
- Status: Completed
Pokemon Maxie’s Island is a GBA ROM Hack by wiz1989 based on Pokemon Emerald in English. It was created for the Team Aqua ROM Hacking Competition and is now available to download.. It was released on October 1, 2024.
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Description
After a fateful encounter at sea, you’re stranded on a remote island. Can you escape and make it home?
It all depends on your skill and determination. There’s no mercy for the unskilled and uninspired!
Story
In this adventure, the player finds themselves stranded on a tropical island they must escape. The island offers various locations to explore:
- Open Sea
- Island
- Cave
- Underwater
Like my other Escape Room hacks, the challenge revolves around solving trainer battles and tricky overworld puzzles. Some solutions are obvious, while others are well-hidden.
The game is designed so that no resets are needed, with a Game Master NPC offering hints and an item-finding NPC for crucial lost items to ensure smooth progress.
NO SPOILERS PLEASE!
Since this is an escape game, it’s meant to be experienced only once, and spoilers would ruin the fun. So if you’re commenting on this post, please don’t spoil the game when discussing any game details!
Recommended Emulators
Using the mGBA emulator to play the game is recommended, as other emulators might cause unexpected issues like screen freezes. Be sure to run the latest version of mGBA to avoid errors.
For mobile users: The mGBA core on RetroArch works well. Emulators like Pizzaboy and Lemuroid also provide a smooth experience from personal testing.
How to play?
- Have fun!
- Using save states is not required.
- Ingame time will determine your final result. This is important because getting hints will be “paid” with in-game time.
- It’s advised NOT to use fast-forward, You can quickly miss hints or mess up a puzzle.
- Even using instant text (which I made an option) can make you miss important text.
- Play with Sound ON.
- Estimated Gameplay time is around 2 – 4 hours (real-time), depending on how quickly you manage to solve the puzzles. This is just a rough assumption though, I don’t really know by now.
- This hack is HARD! Like expert-level Pokémon knowledge. That’s why you can buy hints in-game.
Changelog v1.4
- Various Bugfixes
Screenshots
Downloads
Previous Versions
Credits
wiz1989 (Creator)
Based on the Pokeemerald Decomp by:
- pret
- RH Hideout
Custom Art and Tiles
- Kalarie (Orange Islands Tileset)
- Ekat (Underwater shell and plant)
- Chairry (Battle bgs)
- kWharever (Battle bgs)
- Zeo254 (Battle bgs)
- WesleyFG (Battle bgs)
Additional Resources
- purrfectdoodle (Birds weather)
- Kasen (Fisherman with Rod)
- ghoulslash (Rock Climb, NPC on sight scripts)
- lucas7562 (DynPals)
Beta Testers
- Celia Dawn
- Bric13
- Emcee Mikey
Tools used
- Porymap
- Poryscript
- GraphicsGale
- Tilemap Studio
- Midjourney
Special Thanks
- Archie
- The Team Aqua’s Hideout Crew
- purrfectdoodle
- Celia Dawn
