Hard Silver is a hack of Silver Version. I worked on it on and off for most of 2019, and it is 99% finished. The goals of the hack were:
-Adjust the difficulty curve so that early game is harder, and curves more gradually into late game (eg, Blue is just about as strong as Red)
-Increase variety of available pokemon
-Remove pointless roadblocks (eg, can get to Blackthorn from New Bark Town and Goldenrod from Violet City)
-Lower overall encounter rate
-Aesthetic remix of towns and cities
In Hard Silver, you’ll find that the trainers of Johto aren’t what you remember. NPCs will no longer use duplicate pokemon, underleved not-fully-evolved pokemon (Except for canon aces), or teams of only one evolution family. In addition, every gym leader from Morty on uses a team of six pokemon with custom move sets. Trainers that call you to battle are a lot stronger too- it’ll be worth it to save their numbers.
You’ll also find a greater variety of available pokemon, with higher average levels. Sections of mandatory tall grass have mostly been mown over.
Overall, you’ll get a lot more exp from trainers, and a lot less from wild encounters. This is also to encourage you to explore different approaches to completing the game that weren’t possible in the original.
Towns look different and have been rearranged, for a fresh experience :)
Made with old-ass hack tools because I’m a caveman who still plays game boy games
Please direct feedback etc to
[email protected]peace
https://tmpfiles.org/download/36866/HardSilver.ips 