What sort of hardware was used to transfer Mew at Pokemon Red & Blue worldwide events?
Many years ago when Pokemon Red / Blue was immensely popular, I attended a Pokemon tour in Melbourne. For attending you got a showbag with a Pikachu trading card (with a gold logo stamped in the top right corner), a book with Episode 1 of the TV show in a comic-book format, some stickers / temporary tattoos and if you brought your game cart along, you could get Mew using some specialised hardware they had.
From recollection (this was 15+ years ago now. Yikes!) the hardware ran a modified version of Pokemon red or blue (not sure which). You'd make a slot (first or last, can't remember) empty in your party, pop your cart in the top of the machine and they'd whack a button on the control pad (a SNES controller, I think?). Mew would transfer over, before the game would "lock up" and revert back to the initial "Press a button to transfer" screen. I don't remember if the revert was automatic or if the attendant had to press a reset button, but it was a rather quick and easy procedure.
I suspect this hardware maybe used two Super Gameboy 2's (which had a Game Link port, where the original SGB didn't) with a modified GB cart in one, and the other SGB2 modified so you could hot-swap carts so you didn't need to get people to head to Pokemon centers, hook up, start trading etc.
Does anyone have any more information about this hardware? I've got a keen interest in modified Nintendo Hardware (devkits, demo units etc.) and would love to know more.
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How did people get Mew in Pokémon Red and Blue?
There are two alternative ways to enter Route 8 and trigger Mew after beating the Youngster. If you have access to Saffron City, you can fly there and go through the eastern city gate. Also, you can fly to Celadon City, head east to Route 7, enter the Underground Path, and emerge back in front of the Gambler.How was Mew originally distributed?
This Mew was distributed at Nintendo Space World '97, which was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. The distribution was announced in the October 1997 issue of CoroCoro Comic (which was released on September 13, 1997). At this distribution, players connected their game cartridge to a special machine.Can you transfer Mew from Red?
Pok\xe9mon Bank finally lets you transfer Pok\xe9mon from Red/Blue/Yellow to Sun/Moon, true, but the servers try to block any Pok\xe9mon they detect as illegitimate \u2014 and considering the only way to get Mew has always been through special official events and distributions, a Mew caught in a random encounter on Route 8 at level ...How do I transfer Mew?
Press and hold the control stick button on the Pok\xe9 Ball Plus for a few seconds, then let go. The ring around the control stick button will light up as a pink/purple color and make a sound like Mew laughing. (You can also shake the Pok\xe9 Ball Plus to hear Mew's voice.)Can You Move Pokémon from GameBoy to Virtual Console?
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