POKÉMON CHRONON — BETA 1
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A story-first ROM hack of Pokémon Emerald, set in Helvera: an alpine
region of lake towns, funiculars and punctual trains, where a very old
and very polite company has begun selling the time itself.

  Version ......... Beta 1 (13 August 2026)
  Base game ....... Pokémon Emerald (U), the common clean dump
                    CRC32  1F1C08FB
  Patch format .... BPS
  Website ......... https://ramador.me/chronon/
  Contact ......... ray@ramador.me


WHAT IS IN BETA 1
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Five badges: Brückenstadt, Bärenburg, Turicum, Rhenfall, and the fire
festival of Sorriva beyond the Ferren bore. The Landsgemeinde, the sealed
freight, and the first raid on MERIDIAN AG. Roughly two acts of story
across a wholly original region — no borrowed maps.

The beta ends at the mouth of the Cervaux valley, where two route setters
are re-checking every anchor. Zermatta and the via ferrata open in the
next release. Your save file will carry forward.


HOW TO PLAY (PATCHING)
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This download contains NO game data from Nintendo. You need your own
legally obtained Pokémon Emerald (U) ROM; this patch transforms your copy
into Pokémon Chronon. Verify your base if unsure: its CRC32 must be
1F1C08FB — BPS patching will refuse a wrong base rather than corrupt it.

Any of these works:

  1) In your browser: open an online ROM patcher (e.g. the widely used
     "Rom Patcher JS"), select your Emerald ROM and this .bps file,
     press Apply, download the result.

  2) On desktop: Flips (Floating IPS) — Apply Patch → choose the .bps →
     choose your Emerald ROM → save the output .gba.

  3) Any other BPS-capable patcher (beat, MultiPatch on macOS, …).

The result should be:
  SHA-256  06027ab798550ad052ad1e8f9420307e6f871fe10dc689445be3bd6362cf5d7f
  CRC32    9D37F534

Play it in mGBA (recommended, https://mgba.io), or any accurate GBA
emulator, or on real hardware via a flashcart. Save type is Flash 1Mb —
mGBA autodetects it.


NOTES FOR THIS BETA
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* Saves: in-game saving is stable, and Beta 1 saves are intended to be
  compatible with the next release.
* Two gym leaders battle with placeholder portrait art; some towns use
  placeholder music. Both are on the roadmap.
* Difficulty sits between vanilla and the hard hacks: soft level caps
  (the registrar in Bärenburg will explain), modern battle engine, all
  quality-of-life systems on. Mega evolution unlocks after Badge 4.
* Found a bug? A line to ray@ramador.me with what you did, what
  happened, and (if possible) your .sav is gold.


LEGAL
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Pokémon Chronon is a non-commercial fan work. Pokémon is © Nintendo,
Creatures Inc. and GAME FREAK inc. This project is not affiliated with or
endorsed by them, distributes none of their data, and exists as a patch
precisely so that it never does. If you represent a rights holder and
have concerns: ray@ramador.me — content will be taken down on request.

Built on pokeemerald-expansion by the Rom Hacking Hideout community, atop
the pret decompilation. Thanks to both, and to the authors of mGBA,
Porymap, and the wider Gen-3 hacking community whose collective knowledge
this stands on.
