Retro Pokemon
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Animated Gen 1 Game Boy Pokemon companions living in your VS Code Explorer sidebar.
Sprites walk, bounce, and idle in a pixelated Game Boy green palette with CRT scanlines and VHS effects. Click any Pokemon to hear its original 8-bit cry. Spawn and capture them with pokeball animations and retro audio.
Inspired by vscode-pokemon by jakobhoeg, built independently using PokeAPI assets.
Features
- All 151 Gen 1 Pokemon with authentic Red/Blue sprites
- 4-shade Game Boy green palette filter with chromatic aberration
- CRT scanline overlay and VHS flicker/tracking effects
- Pokeball throw and capture animations with 8-bit synthesized audio
- Click a Pokemon to play its original 8-bit cry
- Idle, walk, and bounce state machine per Pokemon
- Sidebar panel that scales sprites to fit the section height
Commands
All commands are accessible from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and from the toolbar icons in the Retro Pokemon sidebar section.
| Command |
Icon |
Description |
| Retro Pokemon: Spawn Pokemon |
+ |
Pick a specific Gen 1 Pokemon from a list |
| Retro Pokemon: Spawn Random |
shuffle |
Spawn a random Pokemon |
| Retro Pokemon: Remove Pokemon |
x |
Pick a Pokemon from your team to capture |
| Retro Pokemon: Remove All |
trash |
Capture all Pokemon at once |
Configuration
| Setting |
Type |
Default |
Description |
retro-pokemon.size |
number |
3 |
Maximum number of Pokemon on screen at once (1-6) |
retro-pokemon.gbPalette |
boolean |
true |
Apply the original Game Boy green palette filter |
retro-pokemon.scanlines |
boolean |
true |
Show CRT scanline overlay |
Installation
From the Marketplace
Search for Retro Pokemon in the VS Code Extensions panel (Ctrl+Shift+X).
From a VSIX file
- Download the latest
.vsix from the Releases page
- In VS Code: Extensions panel >
... menu > Install from VSIX
Development
Prerequisites
npm install
Sprites and cries are bundled in media/. To re-download them from PokeAPI:
node scripts/download-sprites.js
node scripts/download-cries.js
Build
npm run compile # development build
npm run watch # watch mode
Run in Extension Development Host
Press F5 in VS Code to launch a development instance with the extension loaded.
Package
npx vsce package --no-dependencies
Credits
- Sprites: PokeAPI sprites - Gen 1 Red/Blue transparent PNGs
- Cries: PokeAPI cries - legacy 8-bit OGG files
- Pokemon and all related names are trademarks of Nintendo / Game Freak. This is a fan project with no commercial affiliation.
