The Pokemon Rom Hack Where You Play As Ash Ketchum! (Pokemon Ash Gray)

Throughout the years, Ash Ketchum has become a great trainer, but that wasn't always the case! Welcome to Pokemon Ash Gray, a rom hack of Fire Red where you get to play as Ash on his adventure through the Kanto Region! This game follows the Pokemon Indigo League anime episode by episode, including all the major events from each one. Watch as I relive the story that started it all with the exact team Ash used.
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[@CGA_YT]

What’s your favorite episode of Pokemon?

[@fddude96]

My favourite episode is Bye Bye Butterfree cause it made me cry so much when I first saw it when I was about 5

[@MXMario.15]

My favorite is when ash vs Paul in the league

[@sonicx711]

The one where brock calls a rice ball a jelly doughnut

[@Ingraam]

The final battle against alan in gen 6

[@MXMario.15]

@@sonicx711 when appear mankey

[@EpicBloxBoy]

this ROM hack was so popular they made a whole anime based off of it

[@Ty-nf5gd]

Lmao 🤣

[@Zapper1573]

Na bro the anime came first

[@NiccoloGagliani]

@@Zapper1573 You know his joking, right? Right?

[@Zapper1573]

@@NiccoloGagliani yup

[@kakyoinmilfhunter1896]

@@Zapper1573 the anime based off ashgray you mean?

[@alex_squeezebox]

for anyone wanting to play this, make sure you follow the anime as close as you can, I played it normally (catching and training random pokemon) and missed out on a lot of easter eggs!

[@dudesayshi2191]

And if you Evo Bulbasaur you get softlocked so yeah that's funnnnn

[@alex_squeezebox]

@@dudesayshi2191 How? that didn't happen with me but I'm curious

[@dudesayshi2191]

@@alex_squeezebox it specifically needs bulbasaur but i had an ivysaur (i didn't evo it to venasaur cause its design is ugly)

[@lavissorkingsley4766]

Here me missed the chance to get my Charizard loyal to me

[@dudesayshi2191]

at the make bulbasaur smell the flowers

[@leviadams8777]

Also my favorite thread in the anime is james' family having a bunch of houses in alternate regions. So funny.

[@binbinstorm2469]

Do u remember which episode is that in anime? Thnx

[@LSTNSCRFN]

@@binbinstorm2469 Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Ep 3 (Sinnoh League)

[@binbinstorm2469]

@@LSTNSCRFN tnx bro xD thats my fav scenes

[@ericswinton8742]

I think he came from an affluent family so it makes sense that his family would have houses in other countries

[@karlvassar-booth8860]

I will always remember the Pokémon episode on cassette tape that was about the first eeveelutions and the stones that were used to evolve them. I instantly fell in love with jolteon and it still remains my favorite to this day

[@CesarACastillo]

The Battling Eevee Brothers

[@kingkosher6231]

same for me but with Flareon but Jolteon is my second fav Eeveelution

[@Zanelander]

Bro you do realize VHS and cassettes aren't the same thing.. right?

[@freakytostadacartoon]

Mine was Vaporeon but internet ruined it for me.

[@TheBudgetTechnician]

@@Zanelander you do realize VHS was also referred to as video cassette right?

[@deatherbradley]

It’s wild, I haven’t sent the original show for over 20 years. But I remember each story and Pokémon and you go to it. Definitely gonna try to download this today. Haha

[@megapokekid1]

There is another Rom Hack called "Fire Ash" that takes you beyond Kanto (as the Orange Islands can only be accessed by cheating in this game) and to every region. Every Pokemon up to Meltan can be caught. Ash's Pokemon are gotten as gifts throughout the game.

[@quadbell8190]

Fire Ash was built from the ground up in rpg maker, unfortunately it doesn't count as a ROM hack

[@yelon176]

That isnt a rom hack

[@joanfelicianoo]

Sabrina laughing because of Haunter is one of my favorites moments of the whole anime

[@adultnewborn3460]

I been playing this for about a week now. The Charmander episode was always my favorite and most memorable because of how sad it was. Getting to play it hit me right in the nostalgia

[@mexwest6734]

I love this type of content and the different variations of Pokemon runs out there. Great content.

[@CGA_YT]

Thank you!

[@quibligaming3221]

Wow your channel is growing so fast! You deserve the subscribers!

[@alfiesmullet1311]

This is great! You can tell there was so much effort put into building this

[@CGA_YT]

It was such a great return to the story

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

splendid upload CGA. I shattered that thumbs up on your video. Continue to keep up the exceptional work.

[@leviadams8777]

I had a vhs tape with the great race, the kangaskhan episode and one other episode I can't remember but that was one of my favorite trio of episodes. Though the episode set where ash gets bulbasaur charmander and squirtle back to back to back was always amazing.

[@PabloLopez-hz2hq]

I HAVE THE FIRST TWO TOO.

[@CGA_YT]

The kangaskhan episode is one of the all time greats

[@MrRichieRides]

Omg the great race!!! I had that vhs too!!! I’ve seen those 3 episodes more than any! And the first episode on that vhs is Ninja Pokémon Showdown! Which is Ash’s battle with Koga! In Fuchsia!! One of my favorite episodes haha 😂

[@jackdoesgaming6921]

@@CGA_YT amazing video keep it up this actually made me wanna watch old episodes again and banned ones keep it up

[@SavingPrivateBob]

This video took a lot of work, good job man :)

[@kingkosher6231]

My personal fav episode is the Bulbasaur garden one where all the Bulbas and Ivysaurs met up with that big Venusaur and Ash's Bulbasaur used Solar Beam

[@giacomobongrazio]

My favourite episode is The Tower of Terror hands down! I started to love Gengar back then!

[@mjbrownii]

I remember playing this back in middle school (like 2012 or so) but it was still following the anime to the orange islands. DO NOT EVOLVE SQUIRTLE AND BULBASAUR there’s events you’ll miss

[@mjbrownii]

Play Pokémon orange too it follows after this game ( if they didn’t finish the rom hack )

[@yelon176]

@@mjbrownii they already have the orange islands in this rom hack

[@mjbrownii]

@@yelon176 thanks I might need to go back and replay the updated version😁

[@MrRichieRides]

19:49 yes James’ parents did fake their own death to get james to come home and marry Jessebelle that’s why Jesse came up with the plan to force James to come home and accept his inheritance 😂😂😂 trust me it happened I’ve watched the first 13 seasons of the series start to finish probably about a 100 times 😂 and the pandemic was long and I got bored so now I literally use it as something to play in the background while I’m gaming hahaha 🤣

[@Kennyisdarkvanilla]

I’ve played this version before. If you do evolve it to Charizard and then have a rematch with Blaine, Charizard will actually listen to you and you can use it to fight Magmar.

[@LordIvul]

While not being an episode from Indigo League, I think the most memorable episodes is one of the final episodes of Johto League I watched as a kid on TV. It was a farewell episode, where Ash, Brock and Misty went their own ways and parted. It was emotional for me, enough to bring tears into my eyes. It's still embeded into my memories.

[@quanofficial9547]

I played this rom hack a few years ago before a lot of rom hacks came out and it’s still my favorite up to this day

[@stanezakihikaru1086]

Because of that episode Gengar is in my Top 3 favourite pokemon till today😂 along with Arcanine and Ampharos

[@floranuko2854]

I played this years ago and had so much fun!!! Followed the anime exactly! :D Only crappy thing is I saved somewhere on a surfspot idk where it was? But when I started the game again I couldnt move away from the spot and I didnt have fly so.. I was stuck and have to restart the game entirely and that kinda drained the fun for me. Other than that bug thingy, amazing!

[@mudangayu1729]

Watching this video mad me want to watch Pokemon series from the beginning again

[@Mystikbvsn]

18:26 I wouldn't dare call Paras a coward after playing Legends Arceus

[@yoseftreitman7226]

15:15. I was about to comment that! Absolute legend!

[@mooblerthomson9851]

I’m really surprised gamefreak never made a game like this.

[@badindiegamer]

Too many favourite episodes to name, but one of the most memorable for me is from second gen where Team Rocket are trying to take a baby Lugia away from its mother.

[@NeedMoreHennessy]

this is easily the coolest rom hack i’ve seen. wow!

[@dantemack6323]

Such a phenomenal fun game. They even made the orange islands add on to this.

[@maryfakename3706]

I had the vhs tape with Ash trying to capture Haunter for Sabrina's gym, and the Mankey ep

[@colleenahoutz]

My favorite episode is "Princess VS Princess" where Misty and Jesse battle for a set of Pokémon dolls. There are very few girls only battles in the original series, so this one felt special. Plus it's the first appearance of Lickitung and who doesn't love that?

[@Shamrock-Rover]

This looks so amazing and accurate!!!

[@DCLK]

This video brought back so many memories

[@Luco_TA]

My all time favourite is definitely the advanced groudon and kyogre fight episode(s)

[@arianagrandefromfortnite]

6:42 "We dont miss out on any events because of it" Yeah, you do

[@georgedimi7930]

I started to rewatch the original anime after like 25 years still epic as I remember

[@Klng_Harry]

I never got to watch the entire anime because it wasn't fully on Netflix, but this still brought back so many memories

[@davidmichaels5045]

This made me remember every episode of indigo league is a banger

[@SCWproductions123]

Ash losing to Richie so he learns that there a lot of people that can beat him and he learns he need to bond more with his Pokémon

[@youdud44]

My favorite had to be the one where we're introduced to the Pokemon Police Academy with Officer Jenny and the Growlithes and Arcanines. Just because it introduced my favorite doggo Pokemon!

[@liamthomaspeters110]

Am I the only one here that is unhappy by the fact that Brock and Misty don't join on the adventure? I mean, he wouldn't have gotten far without them in Kanto

[@TheMegaProtoMan]

I would love to learn to do rom hacks. I would take this already stellar anime adaptation and would love to try and add mIsty and brock as companions with more dialoge for the events like it happened in the episodes! They wouldn't be in the way if you used the Final Fantasy logic of disappearing in the MC and reappearing when appropriate.

[@WASDCVBN]

My favorite episode was in the indigo league where you could see ash’s Pokémon talking

[@colleenahoutz]

Yes! Such a good episode!

[@buffyglimmers]

The absolute nostalgia this brings me I’m so happy with this 😂

[@lastfestival4669]

That one episode with the bridge, when Ashe had fought a golem using a Charmander xD

[@pls.dont.shoot_]

i remember all the events from the orginal show it was my favorite show ever

[@homebaked1731]

This rom hack is weirdly very nostalgic to me. It’s actually a pretty old rom hack and I remember playing an earlier version of it around 2010/2011 as a kid. It’s a shame the game was never completed.

[@Dreadlord365]

This was my first ever rom hack i love it

[@oppmez3102]

10/10 best hack need to make the rest of the regions

[@litodat233]

I used to like the diglet and dugtrio song on the anime the one that go diglet dig diglet dig trio trio trio 😂

[@hydrocannons7573]

The Squirtle Squad episode is by far my favorite episode.

[@Xrider6]

Its crazy how many team rocket battles there are lol

[@zanderbeach536]

The one where lucca the cardio when he 1st gets lucario I like that season

[@radvil]

Aw i remember I used to play this ROM hack when I was a kid, never got past brock cause everything on my team was weak to rock loooool (except pikachu ofc) and i didnt know type matchups

[@utuberavensg2051]

Casandra and the cowardly paras ! Love that episode.

[@yashraipure1534]

Wanted the next part ! Play the forward series (orange Island 🏝️) ! ❤️🔥

[@thatoneaxolotlguy9969]

my favorite pokemon episode is when ash battle his best battle and the most intence battle in his entire life, a battle that was better ther then mega charizard x vs ash greninja in the finals of lumiose cornfrense, i am talking about the episode of the battle vs samorai, spessificly, metapod vs metapod, this battle was extremly good, well detailed, and the strats are basicly 986523485893258439iq, ash needed metapod to outharden samorai's metapod so samorai counted with his metapod to outharden ash's metapod.

[@boyt8712]

QOTD: I love that banned episode with a gun

[@adeptusxiao02]

I REMEMBER PLAYING THIS YEARS AGO

[@SolidFoxHoundSF]

This is what I wanted as a kid!

[@Rellez]

So many memories

[@GorochuVA]

"And then Mewtwo says the line everyone quotes in their yearbook" HOW DID YOU KNOW!

[@stillbuyvhs]

From thus video, it's missing the episode where Togepei hatched, the one where a kid in a daycare was obsessed with Meowth, & the ones with Tod Snap.

[@tahamalik8792]

I remember playing this back in 2015 it was good.

[@Hexmonkey]

I get it’s annoying that charizard doesn’t listen but it would be cool to see charizard in the cutscenes.

[@IOR-g]

He appears in the Aerodactyl cutscene

[@George04957]

It would be cool if brok and misty join as like party members with there own teams and it becomes like a more classic ff style combat but brok andisty have there teams from the show and it becomes like 3v3s

[@TheRealKevLarDaDon]

8:38 Being an 8 year old at the time, I remember crying my eyes out during this episode. This and when Ash died in that movie, absolutely broke my Pokémon heart 🥺

[@ldzfranca8869]

My all time Favourite episode was the Fight between Charizard and Magmar in the Cinnabar Island Gym of Blaine 🔥

[@PennStation1992]

Bye Bye Butterfree was my most favorite Pokémon Episode it holds a special place in my heart.

[@MoonSole.]

I want a game like this but of x and y and I’ll make sure greeninja wins the league

[@XxSlayer_]

I remember playing Pokemon ash Gray it was my first rom hack

[@justicetaylor3050]

I wish lvl grinding Charizard wasn’t a pain due to him never listening. It’s a potentially worse attribute then the truant ability due to the chance of slacking of 2 or more turns in a row.

[@RuV9999]

it feels like im watching the recap episode of the entire Pokemon kanto episodes

[@zakiyashirin9910]

I still can't believe that this was a rom hack all along.

[@saryung4099]

Just putting the first move is already one of the best thing this game have

[@RetroSmoo]

This rom hack is pretty awesome but so was the Pokemon Adventure romhacks based on the manga

[@noobiusfailsar2759]

Best one is the first charmamander appearance.

[@novirageyt706]

This is amazing

[@gytuj6722]

About the first gym, I understand that you are supposed to lose to Brock, but are you able to beat him if you just grind up your pokemon? Or are there not any patches of grass at this point?

[@CGA_YT]

I think you can beat him if you just grind a lot

[@user-jf5ku5hb3q]

16:13 dude...as a digimon Fan I got really Excited for a second😐

[@litodat233]

Crazy how their is a ancient jiggly puff now in Scarlett lol

[@vallabhavajulaanirudh5461]

I don't remember the episode but I remember it being the episode where charizarad evolves

[@MrQuantitySquare]

This game is my favorite rom hack... Next to Pokemon Light Platinum Version

[@ayoShaanMuzic]

Coincidentally, my favorite episode is “Holy Matrimony!” The episode with James parents faking their death. It was on a VHS with 2 other episodes, but I watched that one all the time because it was the most interesting, creepy and sad. There’s this tragic backstory of James having to leave his best friend Growly to escape his rich and insane parents 😭 lol. If you really don’t remember it, please fine and watch it! I wish they made her look like Jesse and designed her hair for the hack, because that was a big plot point but happy they included it.

[@MrSlushy69]

My favourite episode of the anime is every single episode 😂

[@ahmadruiz2707]

Fires of a red hot reunion

[@Its_Tuff]

Good stuff

[@deadpoolgames1]

omg i played this i only got to the first badge tho cuz i found out this game isnt finished when i was playing it lol :D

[@fazzalshahid8713]

I played it multiple times back in the day

[@LifeCoachJesse]

This was great. Would of been excellent to be released with ruby, sapphire, and emerald.

[@alanchoichang8336]

jelly donuts was my favorite part of the entire series.

[@mjbrownii]

30 toros? Was that from the anime or the adventures manga? I don’t remember that happening in motion

[@bluebirdsigma]

It was in a banned episode (because the safari zone warden loved to threaten people with his shotgun). They go into the Safari Zone to catch pokemon (hopefully Dratini) but Ash wastes his 30 safariballs in Tauros that somehow always get in the way. We didn't get that episode but the rest of the show acknowledged that he got the 30 tauros in the safari zone off-screen. Please stop conflating the adventures manga with the anime. They have nothing to do with each other

[@kainoat]

I had this game years ago and at that point was only up to Orange Island

[@Eliphaschoas]

When I played this a few years ago, I tended to catch pokemon that Ash didn't catch, mostly because I could though I don't remember if it broke anything

[@sarathchandhiran5660]

Pokemon fire ash and ash grey are awesome

[@leouchiha1539]

lol in Germany it’s Officer Rocky instead of Jenny (?) and I am really confused now why they would English the name up 😂

[@ryancox4689]

I beat Onyx the first time without the Light Ball. I got experience and money, but it still went through the motions as if I lost. 😅

[@GhostedPlays]

i remember this from years ago but i was thinking about it yesterday weird coincidence

[@haileywisler2802]

I remember this one from like 9 years ago