Pokemon LeafGreen Blind and Deaf on Official Hardware

"Your name shall no longer be called Brian, but Arduino, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."
Video inspired by: • Can you beat Pokemon F...
The Arduino Due is discontinued, but this works just as well on an Arduino Mega: www.sparkfun.com/products/11061
GBA charger available at: www.ebay.com/itm/274667498922...
Arduino code can be found on github: github.com/Brian-Frost-LaPlan...
Music in order of appearance:
Outset Island (Legend of Zelda Wind Waker)
八つ墓村 (Eight Village Grave) - Mystery Kindaichi Band
金田一耕助のテーマ (Theme of Kohsuke Kindaichi) - Mystery Kindaichi Band
悪魔が来りて笛を吹く (Devil Blows The Whistle) - Mystery Kindaichi Band
本陣殺人事件 (Honjin Murder) - Mystery Kindaichi Band
Seven Goblins - 高中正義 (Masayoshi Takanaka)
Intro: 0:00
The Gameboy Days: 2:47
Nibbles: 4:10
Doug Cycles: 6:36
"Eathly" Problems: 8:29
Goodnight: 12:39

[@martsnack]

This is so cool! A lot more challenging to do on hardware than I could have anticipated. In a way, it comforts me knowing at least one other person had to deal with the agony of a >100 hour run that could be ruined at any moment and the only way to know what is ruining it is to watch it like a hawk the entire time it's running. What a nightmare. It was already a challenge on an emulator, dealing with random frame drops and hardware issues might have broken me. Excellent work!

[@TongyBacala]

Thanks so much, and thank you for doing so much of the heavy lifting!

[@reddeadspartan]

I like how one of the biggest challenges of this run is figuring out how to prevent cats from pulling the wires.

[@huntermastin3581]

You make me feel stupid

[@Eichro]

Pokémon Blind and Deaf should be the titles of Gen 10 games

[@TongyBacala]

i love this idea LMAO i wouldn't put it past gamefreak at this point to publish a game that's just a black screen and honestly they'd probably still get a few million people to pay 60 dollars for it

[@roknovak9991]

Arduino and MATLAB being the tools of choice is a perfect example of: "Tell me you're an electrical engineer without telling me you're an electrical engineer"

[@jacobkoziej]

A part of me died on the inside when you whipped out Matlab

[@Raminator243]

I’m glad I’m not the only one 🤣

[@captianblitz]

What’s wrong with Matlab?

[@jacobkoziej]

​@@captianblitzit's kind of like using a sledge hammer to hammer in a nail in this context

[@ZeroArtsMade]

We walk amongst blind and deaf pokémon legends.

[@TongyBacala]

tune in - the first of a Pokemon crystal blind deaf video series is coming in the next month or so

[@TongyBacala]

Thank you so much everyone - 2000 views! I'm really happy you enjoyed this video. Please tune in, as a new video on a Blind and Deaf run for Pokemon Crystal will be coming soon.

[@2bluedragons492]

Help, my eyes have enlarged like a cartoon character's and it hurts and they will not go down.

[@diribigal]

8:28 "Eathly Problems" like the video editor not having spell-check? But seriously, this video is amazing.

[@TongyBacala]

a great example of an eathly problem

[@PoorDunce]

So happy that KZbin suggested this to me - as the original concept video is one of my favorite uploads of all time To see someone take the time to replicate it on official hardware is amazing The humor, the execution, the detailed breakdown of the thought process behind your side of the arduino interpretations, the sabotage from feline friends, the Tyler the creator reference, the christopher moltisanti representation - bravo to all of it Immediate subscription - and I'm super excited to see whatever content you produce going forward Really hope to see more from you!

[@TongyBacala]

thanks so so much, paisan! tune in, there will be more!

[@Zer0_TrueMoo]

Another mind battered and broken, cast away like a spent torch

[@TongyBacala]

like tears in rain

[@Ethan-gw6mi]

Gotta love it when nobodies come in and do something so ridiculous then move on as if it was nothing. Great video!

[@toshmagosh666]

I liked it when the cats helped.

[@Joebob31100]

I don't know much about programming, but this is definitely impressive nonetheless. I don't think anyone thought the original video was fake, but it's still cool that other people can replicate his results

[@stoic_rose]

i love that this entire video is done in second person

[@keoosman4660]

This is incredible. I can’t imagine the pain you went through to get this working. Well done!

[@TongyBacala]

Thank you so much!

[@xexat]

Do the live stream again I wasn't looking

[@redstonewolfx]

I was hoping there could be more content about this kind of thing, and now there is! Thanks for the cool video!

[@TongyBacala]

thank you! tune in for more

[@wilhellmllw3608]

Didn't expect The Rainbow Goblin to start playing xD

[@jakaw224]

This is even more inspiring when you realize the programmer is a blind K pop idol.

[@kaimanthelizardwizard1248]

Props to you for taking the pains to emphasize the "bb" sound in "nibble".

[@rabidfurify]

As well as this being very technically impressive the music choices are on point, damn

[@PrincessFelicie]

well now I regret leaving a comment on the original vid about wanting to see a twitch stream of the run, because I probably contributed to making you want to do this... and I ended up missing the streams anyway!

[@federicoghezzi1261]

Legendary accomplishment

[@icarusDaBoi]

Brilliant presentation, brilliant project. I was enthralled from start to finish.

[@jaybeans981]

I can’t believe that you interpreted the code enough to change the inputs so that you could name Gyarados Carl’s Jr.

[@TongyBacala]

thank you for realizing 😁

[@jcnot9712]

Man this deserves to go viral. What’s the algorithm doing?

[@TongyBacala]

thanks! hopefully it does :) what do you mean by "the algorithm"? the program works in two parts. one part takes the input list in human-readable form and turns it in to a binary string. the other part reads that binary string and turns it in to actual button presses

[@jcnot9712]

@@TongyBacala oh my bad man. I meant the KZbin algorithm is asleep at the wheel since it hasn’t blessed you with the views this vid deserves. Thanks for making it!

[@ArkThePieKing]

Dude hats off to you for doing this, that is some INSANE dedication!

[@fortello7219]

I'm so glad I found a video that follows up on that first one

[@ahmedmuhammadawi]

Pokemon? Marxism? Sopranos? Wasting real hours of your life to achieve virtual goals? You just earned a new subscriber!

[@TongyBacala]

thank you Ahmed, i hope you'll appreciate more hours of my life wasted to achieve virtual goals

[@user-fo6ej3cl5u]

Absolutely insane. Great video

[@TongyBacala]

thank you so much! it was really fun to make

[@Catt0]

This was phenomenal. More people who watched the original blind and deaf vid should see this!

[@Vekstar]

Why am I now only getting recommended this video. Great video as always.

[@davidp2537]

Amazing! Can't believe this video hasn't blown up and can't wait for the Crystal run

[@TongyBacala]

thanks so much!

[@FROZENbender]

can't imagine writing a program and waiting 100 hours for it to verify. goodnight goblin.

[@Hobbes2]

Really fun video! Loved the 2nd person presentation style :)

[@Luis-gb1ph]

This is gold my man. Really impressive and also funny.

[@noopa5229]

Absolute legend

[@adef]

Iconic.

[@MrHublibubs]

Man this was such a joy to watch. The idea was great, the execution was even greater!

[@TongyBacala]

much appreciated! it was a joy to make

[@fatbiscuiturtle]

Alright so obviously great work with the arduino. I haven’t messed around with one of those in years and never got to much microcontroller stuff so you’re already a wizard to me. But I gotta say how much I love your editing choices. The way you violently shake while holding delicate electronics is one of the most hilarious - and dread inducing - things I’ve seen in a long while. And also love the use of Sopranos clips while talking about failing to play Pokémon. Amazing. That’s poetic contrast or some shit idk Keep it up, definitely curious to see what you do in the future tony bagaloney

[@Guneal]

This was the coolest thing I've seen all day. I totally get having a (perhaps unhealthy) obsession. Mad respect. I love seeing people commit to something so hard because they know no one else will do it if they don't.

[@TongyBacala]

thanks :) that's more or less all i do....

[@_Podzilla_]

Only thing we need is a complete run of FireRed and LeafGreen on official hardware being played by a human who is blind and deaf

[@TongyBacala]

the only way i could ever possibly sleep at night

[@steve67339]

My exact thoughts. Since the challenge is blind and deaf, why not circumvent the problem of memorising over 300.000 inputs, by using a modified Game Boy to give you feedback that isn't visual or auditory (I'm thinking electrodes or vibrations) and beat the game blind and deaf that way?

[@tray84]

beating firered and leafgreen while sensory deprived new challenge@@steve67339

[@cosmicsvids]

If this was pokemon emerald this would be pretty easy to to the rng is broken in that game so if you send all the inputs in frame perfect which is easy for a computer to do the rng will always be the same same with ruby and sapphire with a dead battery or the ds games if you keep setting the time to the same time before you start the game. So if you record all your inputs and play them frame perfectly you will get the exact same save file every time.

[@gogopri]

Absolutely bonkers, this deserves more views!

[@eporeon]

this was an amazing video and such a cool project, but honestly the most surprising thing was the music selection!! seven goblins is my favorite track off my favorite album of all time lol

[@TongyBacala]

ゴブリンゴブリンゴブリンゴブリン

[@beemansgaming]

Watching the actual video then seeing this is actually crazy. Instant sub

[@Caleb-zj9xi]

The absolute mad man! Loved the original video, and this one too! Wish there was a vod of the entire thing available for posterity and background noise. Great job!

[@TongyBacala]

ah i can work that out. i have some unlisted vods of the round 2 run and the crystal run i did, in the descriptions of those videos

[@idonnow2]

Amazing work my man

[@SirBrandonKing]

Extremely rad video, my man

[@windowsforvista]

This is great! I loved the original video so I appreciate the continuation.

[@TongyBacala]

thanks, windows Vista. you're my favorite operating system. tune in for a Pokemon crystal blind and deaf video coming some time in the next two weeks

[@env3lop]

This is crazy, congratulations

[@AllergyPuppy]

Absolutely amazing, utter lunacy.

[@sectionsixty4020]

I dont know what is going on with the music here but its good

[@kakashiuchiha3403]

I was planning of streaming the entire thing on emulator and uploading it to KZbin and even that was proving too different to do without crazy amounts of storage! This is amazing, you have inspired me to take another go at trying to make it work!

[@TongyBacala]

follow your dreams, カカシ先生

[@kakashiuchiha3403]

Thanks also, quick question, why does yours only take 100 hours, didn't the original take 270?

[@TongyBacala]

@@kakashiuchiha3403 good question. a guy named Marcus The Boneduster asked this below, and Martsnack gave a very comprehensive answer. the reason is more or less that he did not actually run the whole thing in sequence start to finish. took breaks, including him testing things etc. if you hit "go" on the emulator from start to finish it would be about 100 hrs like mine

[@kakashiuchiha3403]

@@TongyBacala I finally did it! kzbin.info/aero/PLm-x73KNg0rzYm1xXsCZ2t4ud7at_lrxC Took about 3 days of waiting, possessing and pain!

[@BenghalCat]

This whole video had me laughing my ass off, amazing work my man

[@darmandez]

Imagine leaving this run unattended and then when you come back to it you realize you got fast Pidgey'd lol Jokes aside, fantastic video!

[@TongyBacala]

oh it happened once ;)

[@darmandez]

@@TongyBacala ... Oh lord

[@Jamsalt]

this video is dangerous bc i own firered and keep thinking "if i learn Braille i dont have to memorize the inputs i just have to write them out" this ignores that there are so many but it does lean more towards an actual human playing the game blind and deaf.

[@TongyBacala]

do it and upload it to KZbin

[@Jamsalt]

@@TongyBacala gods I don't think I've got the metal. I'll update you specifically if it ever comes to be tho.

[@Nekiplex]

👑 you dropped this somewhere on the way with your multiple 100 hour test runs. Make sure not to drop it again, king.

[@SenpaiSoren]

Fantastic video!! Super enjoyable. Congratulations!

[@TongyBacala]

thank you senpai

[@SpectreXS]

All I gotta say is... Congratulations!

[@kitsuneprincess4637]

Your video style is very reminiscent of Vi Hart, I love it. Awesome video!

[@TongyBacala]

wow, i haven't heard that name in a long time but i used to watch vi hart religiously. thanks!

[@kitsuneprincess4637]

@@TongyBacala Haha, I thought that might be the case. You do the style very well, I liked it a lot! Also, props to you on console verification. Even people who do console verification for TASes run into hiccups quite often, and they do this kind of thing a lot. It was fun to watch someone chronicle their journey!

[@kallebanan1924]

Awesome video, very impressive. (ps. Masayoshi Takanaka, hell yeaahhhh.)

[@ComDenox]

This video is so high quality for someone with so few subs Although I'd lower the music volume a little bit to make the voice more audible

[@anomalocarisgaming8205]

Incredible

[@DotboT3812]

why is this entire video essay in second person

[@TongyBacala]

video essay LMAO

[@thefierybrib]

This looks very interesting, but the oh-so-loud background music makes it so difficult to even figure out what you're saying >

[@RPBiohazard]

Insane dude, the temptation to try it is strong

[@TongyBacala]

rip out those eyes, toss out those cochleae and get started

[@RPBiohazard]

​@@TongyBacala fortunately for me I am too familiar with electrical interference to actually give this a go ;) I will leave the insanity to you crazy youtubers

[@DanielHarveyDyer]

This is very good. Well done

[@TongyBacala]

thank you!

[@garrettrodgers6598]

This is so sick

[@Jaxquees]

Really good video, but the background music is really load, turn it down a little, then configure you mic a little and you audio will sound awesome. But over love it dude goofd job

[@TongyBacala]

thanks! I've tried to improve audio quality in my more recent videos.

[@frownyclowny6955]

Two words (technically four): RNG manipulation

[@IchBinCaptainIglo]

when you said "the best tool for this is matlab" i wanted to get violent

[@driptcg]

Respect!

[@thisismyaltaccount4195]

This is amazing! It makes me so happy seeing the older games recieve the love involved with these huge undertakings. The scientific significance and the implications have me itching! I'm ecstatic that this has finally been done officially, and I'm curious of who will be the one to try this with other games! Fantastic video!

[@allcapsoff]

this is awesome and also gives vihart video style

[@Nucleardoom]

Frobenius would be so so proud!

[@Pokefanmati1]

Ah yes, the orange cat. It's because he's orange.

[@jojak12]

Its always the orange one.

[@recodegamesstudio]

Amazing

[@mees6104]

Videos like these make me actually grateful for the Big Brother KZbin algorithm. So glad this was recommended to me after watching martsnack's video. Subbed & in eager anticipation of more!

[@00Krohnos]

Great video! The original was one of my favorites from last year so this was really fun. My only criticism is the audio - your voice sounds muffled and it's also quiet - the volume sometimes seems lower than the music.

[@TongyBacala]

thanks! yes the audio is poor. i bought a new mic for my new video coming in the next week or two

[@UberDragon]

The question is, was it worth it? Well assuming half of the 22322 views on this video watched all the way through, and at least half of those people enjoyed it, that would mean your efforts were responsible for around 1400 hours of enjoyable time for people! I'd say that's worth.

[@TongyBacala]

that's the kind of mathematical genius i like to see around here

[@CocaColaVanilla]

great video, hopefully more ppl see this :)

[@Yamandon]

Pretty impressive

[@Wyshes]

I was NOT expecting a Takanaka appearance

[@TongyBacala]

ゴブリンゴブリンゴブリンゴブリン

[@Wyshes]

@@TongyBacala goburin

[@nunyabiznes33]

Currently playing an Emerald ROM on emulator on Android, can't even imagine playing it like this. This is crazy.

[@emilymonkey]

Incredibly impressive and entertaining! Also was that the guy from Nathan For You in the suit? 😂

[@TongyBacala]

thank you! and yes, it's Solomon!

[@earningzekrom4173]

BASED

[@Tintaaa]

Insane.

[@parkinglotmosh4360]

holy shit this is rad

[@hardrocklobsterroll395]

Sick

[@wertyxq3468]

can't wait for the release of the new pokemon blind and deaf for the new nintendo stay

[@lennard5789]

That's just outstanding! Great video! A shame that the cat destroyed the original Gameboy though.

[@jkid1134]

It's probably awful that my first thought at the end of the video (well, after thinking "goodnight!" involuntarily) is that it would be cool to run it until it fails for the conceptual reasons, just sort of gleefully ignoring the fact that 200 hours is 1% of 20000 hours

[@oof5992]

Bacala's blind and deaf now? Jesus christ tone. New York can't get away with it.

[@TongyBacala]

if only karen were still here 😭

[@oof5992]

@@TongyBacala You should have also coded a Toy train into the Arduino system, smh fake bobby

[@ajaxk7677]

Just watched this, i was a different man 15 minutes ago

[@Cassandra.]

good movie 👍

[@LucDaMan4]

I wish I could hear the audio better over the music

[@TongyBacala]

Yes, sorry about that. this was my first serious video so it's rough around the edges. My newer videos have better audio quality.

[@LucDaMan4]

@@TongyBacala nahh bro it's chill this video is fire 😎

[@_SparkySaltySnowflake]

very cool

[@TongyBacala]

thanks paisano!

[@hisho2255]

Iirc someone wrote a library that emulates a gamecube controller on arduino. It wouldnt have helped with anything but... Actually I dont know where I was going with this comment.

[@watchrandomuser395onyoutube]

12:43 WELL RIP CAT