THEZEPHEROUS ARCHIVE

On This Day Video Games

Pokémon Gold & Silver. A world that kept time.

Johto’s day-and-night clock, one hundred new Pokémon and the American launch campaign’s traveling Lugia.

The original feature 35 seconds. The story is also available in the slides and text below.

The Feature Film

Pokémon Gold & Silver. A world that kept time.

Pokémon Gold and Silver reached US stores on October 15, 2000—the date marked by this feature.

Johto brought 100 new Pokémon and a built-in clock that changed the world from day to night. Some Pokémon appeared only at certain times of day.

The Photo Essay

5 slides from the feature.

The story behind the images.

The launch campaign had its own adventure: five custom Lugia PT Cruisers went on tour, and Nintendo celebrated at Fort Knox on October 10, five days before release.

For the Archive, we’re seeking original US editions with their boxes, cartridges and manuals. Those physical pieces tell part of the story, too.

Wanted for the Archive

Gold and Silver, complete in their U.S. boxes.

Original U.S. Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver editions with their cartridges, boxes and manuals.

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