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Drayano is a Pokemon ROM hacker who's been in the scene for a long, long time. He is best known for his signature enhanced ROM hacks of Pokemon games, often called "Drayano hacks".

These are primarily known for their increased difficulty, ability to catch the entire national dex without any trades or online, and various other quality of life improvements. Full documentation of every single change is included with the download for each hack.

These hacks are:

• Pokemon FireRed Omega, based on Pokemon FireRed for the Game Boy Advance

The following hacks are based on Nintendo DS games:

• Pokemon Renegade Platinum, based on Pokemon Platinum
• Pokemon SacredGold and StormSilver, based on HeartGold and SoulSilver
  • NOTE: A new SGSSv2 is currently planned, and save files from the first version WILL NOT BE COMPATIBLE!
• Pokemon Blaze Black and Volt White, based on Black and White.
• Pokemon Blaze Black 2 and Volt White 2, based on Black 2 and White 2.

And finally,

• Pokemon Rising Ruby and Sinking Sapphire, based on Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire for the 3DS (NOT THE ORIGINAL RUBY/SAPPHIRE ON GAME BOY ADVANCE)

To play one of these hacks, you need to follow these steps:

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• You will of course need something that can run GBA/DS/3DS games, you can either:

  1. Download an emulator, a program that lets you run software made for consoles on your computer or phone. This is recommended for most people because it requires comparatively little fiddling and will probably work with your existing hardware.
     • GBA emulator: https://mgba.io
       
     • Good DS emulators: https://pastebin.com/9F41Ksn4
     • The one and only 3DS emulator: https://citra-emu.org/
  2. Use a console modded to allow you to run custom romhacks. Note that this of course involves a greater level of technical involvement and may void your console's warranty, please research before you do this!
     • The popularly accepted guide to hacking your 3DS (a hacked one can run GBA, DS and 3DS games) can be found here. Please note that you will have to install additional homebrew to play DS games, and use a Virtual Console ROM injector to install GBA games

• Download your preferred hack patch from Dray's Google Drive, as linked in his twitter. IMPORTANT: Do not trust any other sources, they may contain malware or other nasty stuff!

• VERY IMPORTANT: UNZIP YOUR DOWNLOAD

• Get the ROM aka the digital file for the base game. Some hacks may require one specific ROM of the game and will not work with any other, this will be mentioned in the README or instructions with the download. However you acquire these ROMs is your responsibility, I cannot and will not assist with getting them. Your search engine is your best friend ;)

• Use the instructions provided with your particular download (usually in the README or Instructions file) to patch your base game ROM with the hack patch. You cannot play the patch files themselves on your emu/console, you need a patched rom.

• You can now play the patched ROM with your emulator/console. Consult the documentation detailing all changes, which is provided with the download, if you need to.

• Enjoy!