Pokémon Lost Silver is a Creepypasta story about a disturbing haunted Gameboy Color cartridge for the game Pokémon Silver. It has inspired fan-made artwork and a game built on a custom engine.
Origin
The earliest known posting of the pasta comes from a 4chan thread submitted on June 6th, 2010. The original story of Lost Silver was recorded and narrated by a Pokemon fan who claims he bought a used copy of the game at GameStop for a bargain price. But once he loaded the game onto his Game Boy, he immediately noticed that the saved game left behind by the cart’s previous owner was highly unusual. Whoever had owned the game simply named their trainer “…”, had maxed out their PokeDex with all 251 entries (including legendary Pokemon like Celebi and Mew), and had also maxed out their money and levels.
But most unsettling was the active party that the game’s previous owner had left behind. It contained five Unown (alien Pokemon with letter-shaped bodies that can spell out messages) and a Cyndaquill. According to the teller of the tale, the Unown spelled out “LEAVE,” and the Cyndaquill was named “HURRY.”
The narrator talks about finding himself trapped in a silent, still version of Pokemon Gold/Silver’s Bellsprout Tower, and how he used “Flash” to illuminate a dark area, only to have the room bathed in a menacing red glow. Other events include the utter death of the Cyndaquill (as opposed to the usual “faint”), the Unown spelling out messages like “DYING” and “NO MORE", and a ghostly battle with the trainer from Pokemon Red/Blue, which ends with Celebii and a tormented-looking Pikachu using Perish Song and Destiny Bond to finish each other off simultaneously.
At the story’s conclusion, the trainer named “…” becomes a ghost and is trapped forever among several Pokémon graves. The moral, if you can call it that, spells out that despite his enormous success as a Pokémon trainer in life, death still came for “…” in the end, same as it comes for all of us. Worse, “…” seemingly died nameless, alone, and forgotten.
Facts
- Because the story was posted anonymously, it is unknown who wrote it.
- Most fan-work (including this very page) on Pokémon Lost Silver will use 'Lost Silver' to refer to the main character of the eponymous game. The story never refers to the character as such. In-game, the character is named '...' while the narrator of the pasta calls him 'Gold'.
- Calling the character "Lost Silver is purely for the sake of convenience.
- The story could technically not a haunted gaming pasta as the game might just be a ROM hack instead.
- The fan game includes a second storyline, generally known as “Lost Silver: Hidden”, which is unlocked if the player declines to turn back. The creator of the fan game says that this plot was written by the Creepypasta’s original author and given to him for the game.
- In Ashes, when the narrator ends up at Ilex Forest with a normal looking Gold and regular music, they initially think they broke out of the hacked portions and managed to reach the normal game. Shortly into the forest however, the map turns out to be scrambled, confirming this is another hacked portion.
- Taking the Hidden path in the fangame will change the original path’s ending message from R.I.P … to R.I.P. PKMN Trainer Gold.
- Heavily utilized on the "Hidden" route, as many of the characters lack eyes and names, dialogue is sparse and often cut-off, and the music is comprised of slowed-down Dark Reprises of Pokémon Silver's music with some of the notes missing.
- Gold starts off with arms and legs, but the further he goes in the game, he loses them.
