The move Curse was not usable in all instances. If you left the area and reentered it, the spot the trainer was would be replaced with a tombstone like the ones at Lavender Tower. If you did, it would seem like nothing happened…but when the game cut back to the overworld, the trainer’s sprite would be gone.

If you selected “Run,” the battle would end as normal, but you could also select Curse. What’s even stranger is that after defeating a trainer and seeing the normal “Red received $200 for winning!” message, the battle commands would reappear. The implication was that the Pokemon died. If the move was used in a battle against a trainer, there would be one fewer Pokeball showing when the little indicators representing the other trainer’s amount of Pokemon appeared. The battle screen would then reappear and the defending Pokemon would be gone.

The cry of the defending Pokemon would be heard, but it was distorted and played at a much lower pitch than normal. When the move Curse was used in battle, the screen would cut to black. Just like the Ghosts in Lavender Tower, defending Pokemon were unable to attack Ghost - it would only say they were too scared to move. I know there’s a real move with that name, but it didn’t exist in Generation 1, so it appears to have been hacked in. The Pokemon was level 1 and had the sprite of the Ghosts that are encountered in Lavender Tower prior to obtaining the Silph Scope. If you looked at your Pokemon after selecting your starter, you had another Pokemon in addition to Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle: “GHOST”. It quickly became evident that the game was essentially a slightly-altered version of Pokemon Red. Upon selecting “New Game”, the game started with the Professor Oak speech. It also said “Black Version” under the logo. Red was there, but there were no Pokemon cycling through next to him. However, the “press start” screen had been altered. The game started with the familiar Nidorino and Gengar intro of Red and Blue. Unfortunately, I lost the game when I moved years ago, so I can’t provide you with a ROM or any screenshots. Here’s a picture of the cartridge, in case anyone recognizes it.

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