Pallet Town

This is where you begin. You start in your room, where there is a PC. Go check it out and WITHDRAW the Potion. It will come in handy. Journey to the grassy area north, and Prof. Oak will drag you back to his lab. You will be given the choice between 3 Pok�mon, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. No matter what you choose, your rival Gary (or whatever you named him), will pick the Pok�mon that has an advantage over yours.

Note: Bulbasaur is the best BEGINNER'S choice. Squirtle is what most people choose, because he will become quite strong. Charmander is probably the strongest, but the most difficult to raise early on, because early enemies are immune to Charmander's fire attacks.

After you select your Pok�mon, you will battle Gary. Be sure to win, so you can gain a little experience and score some cash. Both yours and Gary's Pok�mon have about 2 moves. 1 is Tackle, and the other is a move that lowers defense or attack. Use use the basic attack, that should kill Gary since he usually wastes his time on the attacks that lower defense or attack. Once you win/lose against Gary, go to his house (right of your house), to get a Town Map from his sister. Now, you will set off to Viridian City, by going north through Route 1.

Viridian City

The PokeMart has something for Professor Oak that you need to bring to him. It allows you to use the Pokedex and allow you to play linked games or trade. Bring Oak's Parcel (that's the item) back to Professor Oak in Pallet Town. On the way back, you can catch two Pok�mon, Pidgey and Rattata.. Now, go back to Viridian, buy whatever items you feel is neccessary from the Pokemart (just some pokeballs, potions, and maybe antidotes) and go through Route 2 to get to the Viridian Forest.

Viridian Forest

Here, you will face many trainers. Don't worry, this can be a good thing. It builds up experience real fast, and you can catch Pok�mon while your here. Building up levels too fast can be bad too, since they won't obey you early on. If you bought Pokeballs, you can capture some ok Pok�mon. Depending on what version, you'll either get a lot of Caterpie/Metapods or Weedle/Kakunas and less of the other. If you're lucky, you can find a Pikachu. (Pikachu is really really rare..... I takes a lot of patience to find one.... Just wander in grass and fight waves of caterpie/weedles untill you finally see a pikachu... it took me about 30 minutes untill I finally caught a Pikachu)

Pewter City

Here is the location of the first Gym. The trainer here is Brock. He uses rock-type Pok�mon. If you chose a Squirtle, you'll win fast. Bulbasaur does pretty good too. Charmander isn't effective when you use Fire attacks on rock-Pok�mon, so over level him or use other Pok�mon. Defeating Brock will get you a Boulder Badge, which will let you use FLASH any time and raises the Power of all your Pok�mon a little.

Note: When a badge lets you use something like FLASH or CUT, it doesn't mean you can use it right away. You need to find a Hidden Machine (HM) that teaches that ability. Use it to give that ability to a Pok�mon and THEN you can use it.

There are several things to do in Pewter. Pewter is one of the few cities where you don't have to do anything to get out of that city, in order to get to the next one. It's a good thing to talk to everyone, explore suspicious areas, and check our all the buildings. As in every RPG, it will usually end up with you getting rewards and freebies. When you're ready, take Route 3 to get to Mt. Moon. If your Pok�mon are in bad condition, use an item to heal them. If you are cheap (like I was), you just have to make the trip back to the Pokecenter in Pewter.

Mt. Moon

Outside is a Pokecenter. In there, there is a man who will sell you a Magikarp for $500. Do not be dumb like James and buy it.... just leave it alone. Magikarp is the worst Pok�mon out there. BUT once he evolves to level 20, he turns into a Gyrados. At level 20, I think he's as strong as some level 30 Pok�mon even. But, don't get it right now. you can get one (or many) for free later.

Not much to say about Mt. Moon. Find your way out. There are plenty of items lying around, and trainers protecting them as well. Some trainers give you special items when you defeat them. Bring items along or go back to the Pokecenter is all I have to say. There is one person who you MUST battle that isn't too tough, but when you win, will give you a special item. There are 2 Fossils to choose from when you defeat him. Dome or Helix Fossils. Either one of those fossils will allow you to get a Rare Pok�mon when you get to the Cinnebar Island. For now, when you get to a PC, store this item, since you won't be able to use it for a while.

Cerulean City

At this city, Misty is the trainer at Gym #2. She uses water type Pok�mon. If you have a Bulbasaur, he'll make short work of them. Squirtle does average, and Charmander the worst. Like I said, Charmander isn't good early on. If you captured a Pikachu already, he'll do well also. It's important that you defeat Misty, because you will get the Cascade Badge. It lets you use CUT and Pok�mon up to level 30 will obey you. That means that your Pok�mon won't ignore your orders in combat unless they are higher than level 30. It'll be a major relief when you get this. Explore a little. In this city, there's a Bike Shop that will sell you a Bike for $1,000,000,000 (or was it 1 mil?). Don't buy it! You can get a coupon which is good for a free bike in the next town. There's a house with a cop blocking it. This will be important later. Gary is lurking around, so be prepared to fight. He's at the bridge. There's a few trainers on the bridge that you must defeat to get to Bill's Sea Cottage. Defeat them and get a prize.

Sea Cottage

Bill, the Pokemaniac is here. He invented the Pok�mon storage system (the thing that says Someone's PC on the computer). He is stuck in the form of a Pok�mon until you can help him turn back to a human. Help him, and you will recieve an SS Anne Ticket. As a bonus, you can check out Bill's PC and get the info on the evolved forms of Evee. Now that you've helped him, when you go to a PC, it will now say Bill's PC instead of someone's PC. Return to Cerulean City when you're all wrapped up.

Cerulean City (Part II)

Now that you've helped Bill, the house that was guarded by the cop is now accessible. Talk to the people inside. They will tell you that Team Rocket messed up their house and stole the Dig TM. He's right outside in the back. Defeat him, get the TM, and return it. You'll get it as a reward. Go out to the back of the house again, and travel South. There's 3 buildings there. There's a daycare center, here, you can leave a Pok�mon and have the person raise it's level. You will be charged $100 minimum. You have to leave it there for a while. For every level it's raised, it will cost you another $100. The daycare center is great for low-level Pok�mon. They improve faster than a Pok�mon who is already strong. There is a second building to the right. It has an underground tunnel that will take you to Vermilion City and the SS Anne. Below the daycare center is the city gates. This one leads to Saffron City, which is between Cerulean and Vermilion City on the Map. You can't really go though yet. City gates are everywhere, and are not usable until you do a favor for the guards.

Vermilion City

Vermilion is the location of Gym #3. The leader is known as Lt. Surge. He uses Electric Pok�mon. Electric Pok�mon suck against Grass Pok�mon. Water will last the shortest. Fire fights average. Defeating Surge will get you the Lightning Badge. It increases your Pok�mon's speed slightly, and lets you use FLY. You won't be able to get to Surge however, until you get the CUT HM (see SS Anne). Vermilion has some neat stuff. Check out all the buidlings you can. There's even a Pok�mon club. Going there will get you a Bike Voucher. Take it back to the bike shop in Cerulean to get a free Bike. Now, traveling is a breeze. Put it at the top of your item list, since you will use it a lot. Bike's can be used only outdoors and in caves. Go back to Vermilion City and get a fishing rod from the old man in the house near the SS Anne. Now you can get unlimited Magic Karps when you fish in water. Fish up a "Magic Krap" and leave it at the daycare.... Now go back and board the SS Anne.

SS Anne

I hope you brought some items along, because you will have many opponents to face. This is mostly optional though. But it's best to do so to get some items and experience. Most of the SS Anne's passengers quarters have trainers who will fight you. Almost all of them use Water Pok�mon also. There are many visible items as well as hidden items to search for in the rooms. Gary is on the ship too. Try to stock up on recovery items because you are not permitted to leave the ship often to go to the Pokecenter. You MIGHT be able to get off once, but if you try again, the ship might just leave before you accomplish an important goal. The Captain of the ship is sick. Help him , and get the CUT HM. If you don't get it before the SS Anne leaves, you never will. And, you will be stuck forever. Save before you board the ship just to be safe. Getting the CUT HM lets you figt Lt Surge by the way.

Vermilion City (Part II)

Now that you have the CUT HM, teach it to one of your Pok�mon. I don't know who can be taught for sure, but I know ground-type can be taught (like Sandshrew), Charmander, grass-type (Bulbasaur), and a few others. Know one really knows how they are limited. The good thing about HMs is that they can be used an unlimited amount of times, where as with TMs, you can only use them once, and many of them you will only find 1 of in the game. CUT can also be used as an attack in combat, but it is pretty weak (it's ideal for weakening Pok�mon to capture in my opinion). BE sure to use it on a Pok�monFight Surge and win the badge. East of Vermilion City is Diglett's Cave.

Diglett's Cave

This is a short path that will take you back to a special part of Pewter City that you couldn't reach before, unless you returned their and used CUT. Diglett's cave is filled with yup, you guessed it-Digletts. Very few Dugtrios are in there, but they are hard to capture anyways. You should try and capture one. They are great. At a certain level, they learn DIG which is a skill you can use in and out of combat. Out of combat, you can use it like an Escape Rope and get it out of Caves and some buildings, and will take you back to the Pokecenter you visited last. DIG in combat is a devatating attack. It can often be a 1-hit kill move. Beware, Diglett is a ground-type, which means it will die with just a splash of water.

Pewter City (from Diglett's Cave or using CUT ability)

Here, you will get the FLASH HM from one of Oak's Aides in one of the houses. He will give it to you AFTER you catch a certain amount of Pok�mon. Also, you can get many items that you missed because you didn't have CUT before. Now go back to Cerulean City so you can get to Rock Tunnel. With the CUT ability, use it right next to the museum. It will take you behind the counter of the museum so you can talk to some Scientists. Talk to the top one and you will get Amber. Store this in your PC. It is just like the Helix and Dome Fossil, which can be used to get some rare Pok�mon later.

Rock Tunnel

To get here, you have to defeat some trainers. You will be able to catch some Electric Pok�mon that you couldn't find before. Teach FLASH to an Electric Pok�mon that you don't like. Flash isn't a good attack to begin with, plus, you'll only use it ONCE to see in the dark at Rock Tunnel. So, like I said, give it to a one of your crappy electric-Pok�mon. Flash isn't really an attack. It's one of those abilities that lowers stats in combat, although I forget which. While in the tunnel, you will fight trainers and find items.

Lavender Town

There's no gym here. This Town is the location of Pok�mon Tower, where dead Pok�mon are remembered. Don't try going in there unless you want to find out why, the hard way. Talk to all the people and you will find out Mr. Fuji is missing. He is in Pok�mon Tower. If you try and go in, on the second floor, you will be greeted by Gary. Continue after that, and you will fight a host of Channellers (ghost-Pok�mon trainers) and a bunch of Ghost Pok�mon. You can't fight/ID Ghost Pok�mon unless you have a Silph Scope, which you can get from Celadon City. So heed my warning, and don't go. Just find out what's up, and go West of Lavender Town. There will be a City Gate to Saffron City (which you can't use, STILL) and an underground tunnel that will take you to Celadon City.

Celadon City

This is the location of Gym #4. The trainer here is Erika. She specializes in grass-type Pok�mon. If you have a Charmander, you will kill her Pok�mon quick. You can match grass vs. grass Pok�mon if you had a Bulbasaur. Squirtle's water attacks will not be effective against grass, so if you use him, just use non-water attacks. However, since Squirtle is a water-type Pok�mon, thier grass attacks will kill him fast. You will be awarded a Rainbow Badge for winning. It makes it so level 50 Pok�mon obey you, and lets you use STRENGTH. To get to here, you will need to use CUT on the bushes South of Celadon. In her gym, you will find MANY trainers. Take your time to gain more EXP. Celadon is home to a very large shopping mall where you can buy things for your Pok�mon. On the top floor, there are vending machines where you can buy Water, Soda Pop, or Lemonade. If you've been talking to the guards at the city gates, you'd know you need to buy them water. Buy one for a guard, and give it to him. He will share some with the other guards, and you can now go through the city gates. Also on the top floor, there is a girl who is thirsty. Buy here any one of those drinks, give it to her, and she will give you a TM. You can give her all 3. In the mall, you can get a Stone that evolves certain Pok�mon. Also, there is a Pokedoll, which will get you an item later, or help you RUN from combat. You can also get the one of a kind Evee by going into the back of one of the buildings. Once you have given the water to the guards, you can go to Saffron. But first, back to the Lavender Town business. If you've been around, you know what the Game Corner is. If you want to play, you need to get a Coin Case from a guy in the Diner. You might have heard rumors that Game Corner is run by Team Rocket. You also might have heard there is a secret switch. Go to Game Corner and talk to the guy facing the wall. He is a member of Team Rocket and will fight you. Defeat him and you can press the switch. It will open a door to the left, which leads to the basement levels of Game Corner.

In Game Corner's basement, there are some Team Rocket trainers to fight, and items to find. In a nutshell, here's how you get to the boss, Geovanni, leader of Team Rocket. Go down the stairs as far as you can (4th Basement Level). You're going to have to find and fight a Team Rocket guy who mentions the Lift Key. It will make it so you can operate the elevator on the lower right-hand of every floor (except 3rd Basement) so you can get to Geovanni. You might have to talk to him after you beat him so
you get the Lift Key. Now, take the elevator to get to the bottom floor and fight Geovanni. Defeat him and get the Silph Scope. Now, you can identify/fight ghost Pok�mon in Lavender Town. At this point, you can either go to Saffron City and get the Marsh Badge or return to Lavender Town to rescue Doctor Fuji. Also in this city is HM 02 which is FLY. It is located left of Celadon City, near the city gate. Get to it's location by CUTTING the bush in the small path that is close to the City Gates which lead to the bike path. Go up and left, through the house. It will take you to a small hallway that is right above the guardhouse. Then, there will be a house. Go in it and the girl inside will give you FLY. Now, you can quickly return to cities that you have already visited without having to journey long distances to return.

Lavender Town (Part II)

Why are we here at Lavender Town rescuing someone if our goal is to get badges to go to the Pok�mon league? 2 Reasons. There's a sleeping Snorlax blocking the route from Lavender to Fuschia (Routes 12-15) and another Snorlax blocking the Bike Path that takes you from Celadon City to Fuschia City (Routes 16-18). Now, what does this have to do with Lavender Town? Well, Mr. Fuji is trapped in Pok�mon tower. So what you say? Well, he has a PokeFlute. What's a PokeFlute? It is an item that will
wake up the Snorlax and can be used to wake up sleeping Pok�mon in combat. Mr. Fuji is on the top floor if I haven't mentioned it already. With the PokeFlute, you can wake up a Snorlax and attempt to capture it. There are only 2 in the whole game, so you should save before you wake it up. It sleeps a lot, so it should make it easier. You can go right on ahead to Fuschia but it's better to go to the Saffron City Gym first. You might wanna get a ghost-type Pok�mon just in case (because the Saffron Gym Leader uses psychic Pok�mon, which are weak against ghosts.

Saffron City

This is the location of Gym #5, which is headed by Sabrina. She prefers Psychic Pok�mon and will give you a Marsh Badge if you defeat her. It will make it so level 70 Pok�mon will obey you. You can't access this gym at first. If you've been to Saffron before you finished up business in Pok�mon Tower, you'd have noticed that there was a tall building (Silph Co.) with the entrance guarded. If you rescued Mr. Fuji, you can now go in. Here, you will take on Team Rocket trainers and rescue Silph Co. Doing so earns you a Master Ball. The Master Ball will catch ANY Pok�mon, 100% of the time. Beware, you only get one, so save it (for Mewtwo). To get the Master Ball, defeat Giovanni to save the president of Silph Co.

If you don't wanna go there right away, you can find the Psychic's house. The person there will give you a free TM. Another place you can visit is a Dojo (Gym). It was the former Pok�mon Gym, but lost thier title, and now operate outside of the Pok�mon League. In there, you will fight a few fighting-type Pok�mon trainers. Defeat the boss of the gym and you get a free Pok�mon. He will let you pick between Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee. There's only one of each in the game, so this is the only time you can get
it. When you finish off Geovanni and defeat Sabrina, you should move on to Fuschia City. It is home of the Safari Zone.

Fuchsia City

This is the location of Gym #6. The leader is Koga, who uses Pok�mon with hypnosis-related abilities. You can access this gym right away, but there's a catch. There are invisible walls in the gym, so you'll have to navigate blindly through the maze. If you look close enough, you'll notice that the floor has lines going from left to right. You can tell what is a wall and what isn't by the lines on the floor. If they go up-down, then thats a piece of wall. It's pretty simple to figure out. And you can get there
eventually if you run into the wall enough times. Anyways, defeat Koga and get a Soul Badge. It lets you use SURF and the defense of your Pok�mon will be raised a little.

Safari Zone/Helping the Warden

If you do some exploring in Fuschia, you'll find out something's up with the warden of the Safari Zone. He's missing his gold teeth. You can find it in the Safari Zone next to the Secret House. In the Secret House, you can get a free SURF HM. When you bring the Gold Teeth back to the Warden, give it to him and he will give you the STRENGTH HM. It is used to move boulders, and can be a pretty strong attack. You can use the skill and move the Boulder in the Warden's house and get the TM. Next Door to the Warden's house is the fisherman's older brother. Talk to him and he'll give you a Great Rod to fish with. You can catch Goldeen and a few other water-Pok�mon. If you came to Fuschia through Routes 12-15 (from Lavender to Fuschia), you might have met the fisherman's oldest brother. Talk to him and get the Super Rod, which will catch you some better water-Pok�mon.

Seafoam Islands

Not much to explain here. Navigate through the cave to get out the other end so you can head off to Cinnebar. If you try to swim inside the cave, there might be strong currents that will push you in the wrong directions. To stop that, look for boulders in the cave and use STRENGTH to push them in the nearest holes you can see. This will act as a dam and regulate the force of the current, so you can SURF easier and maybe get out quicker. Theres a secret Pok�mon in here. It's one of the rare birds...Articuno!

Cinnebar Islands

Location of Gym #7. The leader here is Blaine, who will give you a Volcano Badge if you win. It makes it so your Pok�mon's special abilities increase a little. Blaine specializes if fire-type Pok�mon. You won't be able to get into the gym until you find the Secret Key. The Secret Key is located in the building right above the lab. It has many fire Pok�mon. Make plenty of room for items too.

Also on this island is a lab, where you can finally unload those Helix and Dome Fossils, as well as the Old Amber . The scientist there will restore the Pok�mon using the fossil you found. It will take a little bit of time though. When you are done with Blaine, swim North and return home to Pewter. Go through Pewter and get to Viridian City.

Viridian City (Part II)

Location of Gym #8. If you explored here in the beginning, you'd know that the Gym was not accessible before. Now, you will be allowed to enter. In the Gym is a bunch of those spin-tiles that you encountered in Game Corner's basement. If you navigate your way correctly, you will meet the 8th Gym Leader. The Gym Leader is someone you have fought twice before. No, not Gary. You've faced him too many times. If you guessed Geovanni, you are correct. You already know what kinda Pok�mon he uses. Win against him and you are rewarded with the Earth Badge. It makes it so Pok�mon at any level will obey you. He will also give you a TM. It contains Fissure, which is a 1-hit kill attack. It is somewhat innaccurate, but could work out pretty well with the correct Pok�mon. Now, journey West to the Pok�mon League. You must have all 8 badges, plus a Pok�mon with SURF and a Pok�mon with STRENGTH to head to Indigo Plateau. You need SURF to cross water so you can head to the cave that leads to the Pok�mon League. In the cave, you'll need STRENGTH to move boulders to activate switches which operate certain doors. If you travel down the right path, you will actually see a Pok�mon. Save before you decide to talk to it. That Pok�mon is a Moltres, a rare bird Pok�mon. You can capture it with almost any Pokeball, but don't use the Master Ball. When you get through the cave, you will see a cottage-like building. That's a Pokemart/Pokestore. If you are there, you have reached Indigo Plateau.

Indigo Plateau

Inside is a Pokemart and Pokecenter. Here, you can still deposit/withdraw items or Pok�mon, and you can still trade/match with other players with the game link cable. In order to defeat the Elite Four (the Pok�mon League), you will have to rely on items. You will have to face 4 Trainers with lefel 50+ Pok�mon, consecutively. Lose once, you'll have to start all over.

Note: The surroundings of the Pok�mon trainer will give you a hint of what kind of Pok�mon they use. The first one uses Ice Pok�mon. The second is rock-type. The third is psychic-ghost-type. The fourth is dragon-type.

Upon defeating the Elite Four, they crown you league champion. That is, they would if you didn't have 1 more trainer to face. He defeated the Elite 4 right before you came along. Yup, you've guesses it. Gary. He is pretty tough, but if you have recovery items, you should be fine. Win against him, and your Pok�mon's name/level as well as time will be entered into the Hall of Fame. After that, you can continue on an rechallenge the Elite Four and Gary, or continue on with your quest to become a Pok�mon
Master.

*Secret Dungeon

The Secret Dungeon is located right next to Cerulean. Go up the bridge and use SURF, and head on downward til you see the cave entrance. This is just a cave with lots of great level 50 Pok�mon to capture. Here, you will find Mewtwo. If you can see him, capture him with the Master Ball you've saved up. he's a level 70 psychic Pok�mon!!! In this cave, you will need SURF to get to Mewtwo. You will also find some high-level Raichus as well. You cannot get here until you have ecome a Pok�mon League
Champ.

*Power Plant

Another secret area you can only get to with SURF. Here, you will find lots of electric Pok�mon (including level 20-24 Pikachus). If you manage to find your way to the exit, you will see a Pok�mon. This one is a Zapdos, and electric-flying Pok�mon (lethal combo). You can capture him with any ball except the standard Pokeball I think. he's rare and 1-of-a-kind, so you might wanna save before engaging him. To get to the Power Plant, go to the area North-East of the Rock Tunnel. It's right above the Pokecenter. use SURF and follow the river.

Changes in Pokemon Yellow

CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS Pokémon EDITIONS

Intro

Instead of Jigglypuff/Nidoran and Snorlax/Gengar (is it?) battling, you get to see a darkened Pokémon running at you on all fours. As it gets closer, you realise it's PIKACHU! During this various clips are shown of him doing a flying kick, riding a surfboard, flying on balloons, and then it shows him close up, and his cheeks start to spark, and then he lets rip with a Giant thundershock! The title screen then comes on, which is Pikachu saying Pikachu (duh). It has new music too, sounds similar to the casino in Celadon City. Much better intro.

Graphics

EVERY Pokémon in the Pokédex has been redrawn and they look a lot better. Also, Gary changes art throughout the game. Not the sprite onscreen, but the picture of him during a battle. There are three different drawings. Brock too is different (i.e. he is wearing a shirt), and Misty also looks similar to the show (the shirt with the straps on, no bathing suit for her
anymore).

Starting Pokémon

Instead of choosing between Squirtle, Charmander and Bulbasaur at the beginning, Professor Oak stops you at the grass (you get to move one step further too. Ooooh :) ) and then captures a Pikachu! He brings it back to his lab and then lets you have it! As for Gary (your rival) if you look at the Pokeball on the desk, he shoves you out of the way and takes it. It's an Eevee! Then you fight. Later in the game, after battling Gary 3 times more, when you face him in the Silph Co. Building, his Eevee will have evolved into one of it's three other forms (Flareon in my case). Whether or not his choice of Pokémon change based on what Eevee he plans on getting is unknown. The team Gary faced me with at the end of the game was: Sandslash, Alkazam,
Exeggutor, Magneton, Cloyster, Flareon.

Pikachu

Pika-pi! Of course, the game is mostly about Pikachu now, so of course he has new stuff!

Talking to Pikachu

Pikachu follows you around on the map! Unless he fainted. You can talk to him at any time, bringing up a picture of his face, showing if he is happy or sad. If happy, sprite on the main screen will jump up and down, really fast if super happy! If really upset he will turn around and not look at you! When he sees Bill The Pokemaniac as a Pokémon, question marks appear over his head! And when you go to the Pokémon meeting in Vermillion City, love hearts appear when he
sees the other Pokémon!

Pikachu's Moves

Pikachu learns new moves! Chief amongst them is Thunderbolt, which he gets at level 26. Here is the list of his moves:

Thunder Stone

Pikachu will NOT use the Thunderstone! Thus leaving this question: How the heck do you get a Raichu? (There are no Pikachu in the game besides the one you start
with). Just as on the cartoon; Pikachu chooses not to evolve, deciding it will fight Raichu for the honour of Pikachu everywhere.

Team Rocket

Yes, it's true, Team Rocket appear in the game!Just as you are about to leave Mt. Moon they come running over and battle you! They fight with Ekans, Meowth and Koffing! After you beat them they dissappear, like Giovanni. You meet them three times more, in the Casino/Rocket base (just before Giovanni), Lavender Tower (you beat them to save Mr. Fuji, and they have Arbok and Weezing now! (But still just Meowth) And finally the Silph co. Building, just before Giovanni). And yes, just like the cartoon, they are easily beaten!

Anything different during the game

Nurse Joy

Nurse Joy is at every Pokémon Centre, with her Chansey!

Pokémon sprites

Chansey has been redrawn in it's pen at Fuschia City. Also there is an Oddish sprite and a Sandshrew, and a Bulbasaur. The last three are all in a house in Cerulean City.

Officer Jenny

Officer Jenny is in Vermillion City.

Two Pikachus?

The hut at the bottom of Fuschia City, inside, there is a Pikachu walking around!

Computer Options/Boxes

Not too clear on this, but you probably get more places to store Pokémon.

Trading

The people you trade with are generally asking for different things in this
game. For example, I think the old man in the lab at Cinnabar Islands trades
Rhydon for Golduck (not sure tho).

Pokémon learn moves faster?

I'm not sure about anyone besides Pikachu learning new moves, but, I have noticed Pokémon learn skills faster. Butterfree for example gets confusion as soon as it evolves, rather than level 12! It gets all it's other skills faster too! Jeez, how much of an advantage does a Poke Yellow player have
over the others??

Casino

Pokémon for sale:
Scyther 6500
Pinsir 6500
Porygon 9999
Vulpix 1000 (The only place you can get it?)
Abra 230
Wigglytuff 2680

JIGGLYPUFF!

If you talk to Jigglypuff in the Pokémon Centre at the Pewter City Gym, she sings her lullabye! To the correct tune! And then if you talk to Pikachu, he is asleep!

Old Man In Viridian City

You know the old guy who blocks your path or something? The guy who shows you how to use a Pokeball? (We'll just ignore Professor Oak using one earlier...) Instead of trying to get Weedle and failing, this time he tries to get Rattatta and he succeeds! Sometimes, anyway.

Missing Pokémon

To ensure that Pokémon Yellow offers no distinct advantage over the previous versions/colours (yeah right, you can get Charmander, Bulbasaur AND Squirtle?? O--k, fair...), 11 Pokémon are unattainable again. Although I can't be certain at this time, here are my guesses as to which ones they are (note there are 13, so at least 2 of these must be wrong, or perhaps not....):

Weedle (None in Viridian Forest or anywhere else, but many "Bug Catchers" have them)
Kakuna (again, many bug catchers have them)
Beedrill (One of the Bug Catchers near Cerulean City has two of them though)
Jynx (though Lorelei of the Elite Four has one. The original place for the trade has been replaced by the "Bulbasaur House.")
Raichu: Using the Thunderstone on Pikachu does NOT WORK. He will not take it!
And since there are No other Pikachus in the game besides your starting one...... ?? (Lt. Surge has one)
Electabuzz
Magmar
Ekans (No nest on map, unable to find. Jesse has one)
Arbok
Meowth (No nest on map, unable to find. Team Rocket have one :) )
Persian
Koffing (No nest on map. Unable to find. James has one :) )
Weezing

I'd say that not being able to get Ekans, Koffing and Meowth is definite (since the game follows the cartoon more so than the others, and they are the villain Pokémon). Jynx probably does exist to trade still, but I can't find it. Electabuzz and Magmar are likely removed to make up for both Scyther and Pinsir (if you remember, Magmar and Pinsir are in the blue game, Scyther and Electabuzz in thr red.). That would leave Raichu as the other possible collectable)

Extra Pokémon in this version

I do not mean brand new Pokémon (see the upcoming Silver or Gold, and the
cartoon for Togepi :) ), but I mean certain Pokémon you could only get one or
the other of in the previous versions.

a) Scyther and Pinsir

BOTH are in this version :) Both can be found in the same area in the Safari Zone.

b) Charmander

After Nugget Bridge, there is a man standing on a raised bit of land. If you talk to him he'll ask you something, choose the top answer and you get a Charmander!
- Charizard can now learn fly (HM02). Seems right.
- Maybe the guy is Damien from "Charmander, The Stray Pokémon."

c) Squirtle

In Vermillion City, after the trip on the St. Anne, talk to Officer Jenny and
she'll ask you something. Choose the top again and you'll get a Squirtle!
- You have to beat Lt. Surge first tho.....
- This seem to have nothing to do with "Here comes The Squirtle Squad." There's only one of them!

d) Bulbasaur

In Cerulean City, there is a house with an Oddish, a Sandshrew and a lady stood next to what looks like a Bulbasaur. Talk to her, and when you have to choose, choose the top answer..... then when you have to choose again, do the same. You get Bulbasaur!!
- I think this might be something similar to the episode "Bulbasaur and The Hidden Village." Melanie could be the girl. After all, there is an Oddish present.

e) The four "Tradies" (Gengar, Golem, Alkazam, Machamp)

They are available within the game! Or.... so I have heard. Somewhere people trade you wither something for them, or something for their "previous form" (example, someone trades you a Graveler, and it then evolves to Golem because it has been traded). Recently I found Machamp!

i) Machamp - In the tunnel that goes between Vermillion and Cerulean, in the north entrance, a kid trades you Machoke if you give him Cubone.... but what? When traded, Machoke evolves! You got yourself a Machamp!!!

f) Psyduck
- Just north of Vermillion City, in the grassy area where there are trainers, there is a pond, and if you surf on it for a while, you get to fight a Psyduck! Psy-ai-ai!

g) Farfetch'd
- South of the hut where you get the Good Rod, there are two grassy areas. In the southern most one (you have to go into the bizarre maze on the left and "cut" through a plant to get to this grassy area), about one in 15 encounters ia a Farfetch'd! You can get them in the wild! Far-far-fetch'd!

h) Shellder
- Fish with the Super Rod along the cycling road, you can get a Shellder!

Can you catch 150 Pokémon?

Regardless of how many of the Pokémon on the list turn out to be catchable, even if you can get all 150, you can't "get" all 150. I count 145 minimum as the
very most you can get (without trading with a friend): You still can only have one of the Hitmon's from the karate dojo: Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan
b) You can still only get either Omanyte or Kabuto (thus only Omastar or Kabutops)
c) You only get one Eevee, hence one evolution, so you can;t get the other two.   However, you can SEE two evolutions if you do it right (remember Gary has one.).
Of course, look on Bill's computer and you see all three anyway.
And then there are the missing 13 on the list above.... bringing the number down to 132. Furthermore, it looks like you can get Machamp, but not Gengar,
Alkazam or Golem, so in total, I believe you can catch 129 without trading That's still more than the other colours though. The most you will ever SEE is 148 without trading/battling another cartridge. (whichever of the ancient Pokémon you don't get, you'll never see in an evolved form, unless you count the bones of the Kabutops in the museum. Which you don't). Without trading, you can never see a Golem either.

Unknown Dungeon

The layout of the last dungeon is slightly different, with more water sections. Also, there are different Pokémon inside from previously. These are the ones I have run into: Ryhorn, Rhydon, Ditto, Gloom, Golbat, Chansey, Graveller, Weepinbell, Sandslash, Likcitung, Seaking (use Super Rod) and, of course, Mewtwo.

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