Pokémon Gold Version

Pokémon Gold, along with Pokémon Silver, are the sequels to Pokémon Red and Blue. They offer 100 new Pokémon to capture and train, 8 more Gyms to take on and a new Pokémon League challenge. Featuring an…

88 21 November 1999

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Action Fantasy Kids

Pokémon Gold Version is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 21 November 1999 on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy Color. The main story takes about 12.5 hrs to finish.

Verified 15 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Pokémon Gold Version is

Pokémon Gold Version is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 1999. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy Color.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pokémon Gold Version and Pokémon Silver Version are 1999 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. They are the first installments in the second generation of the Pokémon video game series. They were released in Japan in 1999, Australia and North America in 2000, and Europe in 2001.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and kids. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Gold Version is the 19th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Cyclone 2 in 1999. Its critic score of 88 is 14 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Pokémon Gold Version holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 404 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 12.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 119 hrs, roughly 9.5 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Pokémon Gold Version launched on 21 November 1999, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Silver Version, Quake III Arena and The Longest Journey. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Silver Version, Quake III Arena, The Longest Journey.

Cheats and codes

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