Catch 151 for Windows 2.2.5

Reel Fishing is here: a sixth game on the Game Boy.

• Reel Fishing: five casts off the pier at the Beach. Tap the water by a fish, wait out the nibbles, strike when the float goes under, then reel to the beat and keep the needle in the green of the LINE bar. Every fish is weighed on a gold gauge before it's let go. Bronze, silver and gold are at 50, 150 and 300 kg, and a giant comes in every game. It has two new songs.
• The Game Boy holds six games, and its power light is lit.
• Catch chances on the Catch 151 Dex: every Pokémon's page has a Catching tab with its chances of 1, 2 and 3 stars, regular and shiny.
• Three games renamed: Rock Hopper, Dungeon Crawler and Volley Ball. Your records and medals carry on.
• The soundtrack, online: all 30 songs, played live in your browser by the game's own synthesizer.
• New app icons drawn from the Catch 151 logo, sized like their neighbours in the Dock and crisp at every size on Windows.
• Knomi: smoother screens (a full 10 frames a second), no freeze when buddies connect, back on Wi-Fi sooner, and sharp medals.
• Attack trains slower: a battle won adds 3 attack training, not 6.

All of it in the changelog.

Installing

1. Download Catch151.exe and put it somewhere you'll keep it, like your Desktop or Documents.
2. Open it. Windows says it protected your PC, because the app isn't signed by a paid developer certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway. After that it opens normally.
3. If Windows Firewall asks, allow it on private networks so buddies on your Wi-Fi can find you.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in %APPDATA%\PokeWinGochi (it keeps the old name), not in the app. With Update Automatically on it updates by itself; otherwise choose Yes when it tells you. (PokeWinGochi.exe is here for copies of the app from before the rename: it's the same program.)

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.

Catch 151 for Mac 2.2.5

Reel Fishing is here: a sixth game on the Game Boy.

• Reel Fishing: five casts off the pier at the Beach. Tap the water by a fish, wait out the nibbles, strike when the float goes under, then reel to the beat and keep the needle in the green of the LINE bar. Every fish is weighed on a gold gauge before it's let go. Bronze, silver and gold are at 50, 150 and 300 kg, and a giant comes in every game. It has two new songs.
• The Game Boy holds six games, and its power light is lit.
• Catch chances on the Catch 151 Dex: every Pokémon's page has a Catching tab with its chances of 1, 2 and 3 stars, regular and shiny.
• Three games renamed: Rock Hopper, Dungeon Crawler and Volley Ball. Your records and medals carry on.
• The soundtrack, online: all 30 songs, played live in your browser by the game's own synthesizer.
• New app icons drawn from the Catch 151 logo, sized like their neighbours in the Dock and crisp at every size on Windows.
• Knomi: smoother screens (a full 10 frames a second), no freeze when buddies connect, back on Wi-Fi sooner, and sharp medals.
• Attack trains slower: a battle won adds 3 attack training, not 6.

All of it in the changelog.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in ~/Library/Application Support/PokeMacGochi (it keeps the old name), not in the app. With Update Automatically on it updates by itself; otherwise choose Update when it tells you. (PokeMacGochi.zip and PokeMacGochi.dmg are here for copies of the app from before the rename.)

Installing for the first time

1. Download Catch151.dmg, open it, and drag Catch 151 into Applications.

2. Open it once. macOS warns that it can't check the app, because it isn't signed with an Apple developer account. Click Done.

3. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway next to Catch 151, and confirm. After that it opens normally.

   Or, in Terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Catch 151.app"

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.

Catch 151 for Windows 2.2.0

PokeKnomiGochi is now Catch 151. Your Pokémon, Pokédex and medals carry over, and everything moves over by itself.

• New name, new logo and icon: the apps are Catch 151 for Knomi, Mac, Windows and Web, and the online Pokédex is the Catch 151 Dex.
• Mac: the app renames itself to Catch 151 the next time it updates. A fresh download is Catch151.dmg.
• Windows: the app is called Catch 151 and keeps your pet. A fresh download is Catch151.exe.
• Web: the game is at catch151.3dprintsos.com. Opening the old address brings your Pokémon along.
• Knomi: it updates from the new address, and the old one still answers.
• Buddies: old and new versions still meet.

All of it in the changelog.

Installing

1. Download Catch151.exe and put it somewhere you'll keep it, like your Desktop or Documents.
2. Open it. Windows says it protected your PC, because the app isn't signed by a paid developer certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway. After that it opens normally.
3. If Windows Firewall asks, allow it on private networks so buddies on your Wi-Fi can find you.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in %APPDATA%\PokeWinGochi (it keeps the old name), not in the app. With Update Automatically on it updates by itself; otherwise choose Yes when it tells you. (PokeWinGochi.exe is here for copies of the app from before the rename: it's the same program.)

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.

PokeWinGochi 2.1.4

PokeKnomiGochi 2.1.4: Sound and Music apart, and a cleaner CRT edge. Your Pokémon, Pokédex and medals carry over.

• Sound and Music apart: Sound is the effects and the cries, Music the music, each on its own. Turning Sound off or down no longer touches the music.
• The CRT screen's edge: no more black bars at the sides. The picture's own edge now shades softly into the ring, with straight scanlines, and the need bars stay where they were.

All of it in the changelog.

Installing

1. Download PokeWinGochi.exe and put it somewhere you'll keep it, like your Desktop or Documents.
2. Open it. Windows says it protected your PC, because the app isn't signed by a paid developer certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway. After that it opens normally.
3. If Windows Firewall asks, allow it on private networks so buddies on your Wi-Fi can find you.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in %APPDATA%\PokeWinGochi, not in the app. From 1.13 on, PokeWinGochi updates itself: choose Yes when it tells you a new version is out. From 1.18 on, with Update Automatically on, it doesn't need to ask.

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.

PokeWinGochi 2.1.3

PokeKnomiGochi 2.1.3: music, Pokémon cries and a softer CRT screen. Your Pokémon, Pokédex and medals carry over.

• Music: 28 original chiptune tracks. A home tune in the style of the old handhelds' towns, a Travel tune and a battle theme for each zone, Knomi Tower, the legends, the mini games, a win, an evolution and a goodbye.
• Pokémon cries: every Pokémon has its own call, when you pet it, when it wins, and in the Pokédex. Our own sounds, made the way the old sound chip made them.
• Sound and Music levels: each from 0 to 3 in Settings, and Music in the menu (Off, Low, Medium or High).
• A softer CRT screen: half the glow and half the curve, and whites and light greys no longer wash out.
• Ultra and Master Balls: only battles you win fill their bars now.

All of it in the changelog.

Installing

1. Download PokeWinGochi.exe and put it somewhere you'll keep it, like your Desktop or Documents.
2. Open it. Windows says it protected your PC, because the app isn't signed by a paid developer certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway. After that it opens normally.
3. If Windows Firewall asks, allow it on private networks so buddies on your Wi-Fi can find you.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in %APPDATA%\PokeWinGochi, not in the app. From 1.13 on, PokeWinGochi updates itself: choose Yes when it tells you a new version is out. From 1.18 on, with Update Automatically on, it doesn't need to ask.

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.

PokeWinGochi 2.1.2

PokeKnomiGochi 2.1.2: a CRT screen, and bigger, sharper windows. Your Pokémon, Pokédex and medals carry over.

• A CRT screen, on by default: each scanline a soft beam, a warm glow, a slightly curved glass for that nostalgia look. Clicks land on what you see through the curve. CRT Screen in the menu turns it off for the Knomi's own look.
• Bigger, sharper windows: the sizes move up one, and it opens at the new Large. Small is about the old Medium and Medium the old Large. The pixel art stays crisp at every size instead of blurring.
• A drop shadow: a soft shadow under the round window, as if it floats over the desktop. Clicks go straight through it.
• Your Pokémon's nickname in battles: the HP panel and lines like "SPLASHY: DRAGON RAGE!" use the name you gave it.
• Travel: sliding out to Knomi Tower moves the whole map, so the tower no longer shows at the bottom of the island while it slides.

All of it in the changelog.

Installing

1. Download PokeWinGochi.exe and put it somewhere you'll keep it, like your Desktop or Documents.
2. Open it. Windows says it protected your PC, because the app isn't signed by a paid developer certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway. After that it opens normally.
3. If Windows Firewall asks, allow it on private networks so buddies on your Wi-Fi can find you.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in %APPDATA%\PokeWinGochi, not in the app. From 1.13 on, PokeWinGochi updates itself: choose Yes when it tells you a new version is out. From 1.18 on, with Update Automatically on, it doesn't need to ask.

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.

Catch 151 for Mac 2.2.0

PokeKnomiGochi is now Catch 151. Your Pokémon, Pokédex and medals carry over, and everything moves over by itself.

• New name, new logo and icon: the apps are Catch 151 for Knomi, Mac, Windows and Web, and the online Pokédex is the Catch 151 Dex.
• Mac: the app renames itself to Catch 151 the next time it updates. A fresh download is Catch151.dmg.
• Windows: the app is called Catch 151 and keeps your pet. A fresh download is Catch151.exe.
• Web: the game is at catch151.3dprintsos.com. Opening the old address brings your Pokémon along.
• Knomi: it updates from the new address, and the old one still answers.
• Buddies: old and new versions still meet.

All of it in the changelog.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in ~/Library/Application Support/PokeMacGochi (it keeps the old name), not in the app. With Update Automatically on it updates by itself; otherwise choose Update when it tells you. (PokeMacGochi.zip and PokeMacGochi.dmg are here for copies of the app from before the rename.)

Installing for the first time

1. Download Catch151.dmg, open it, and drag Catch 151 into Applications.

2. Open it once. macOS warns that it can't check the app, because it isn't signed with an Apple developer account. Click Done.

3. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway next to Catch 151, and confirm. After that it opens normally.

   Or, in Terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Catch 151.app"

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.

PokeMacGochi 2.1.4

PokeKnomiGochi 2.1.4: Sound and Music apart, and a cleaner CRT edge. Your Pokémon, Pokédex and medals carry over.

• Sound and Music apart: Sound is the effects and the cries, Music the music, each on its own. Turning Sound off or down no longer touches the music.
• The CRT screen's edge: no more black bars at the sides. The picture's own edge now shades softly into the ring, with straight scanlines, and the need bars stay where they were.

All of it in the changelog.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in ~/Library/Application Support/PokeMacGochi, not in the app. Quit PokeMacGochi, open the new DMG, drag PokeMacGochi into Applications and choose Replace. From 1.30 on, it updates itself: choose Update when it tells you a new version is out. From 1.35 on, with Update Automatically on, it doesn't need to ask.

Installing for the first time

1. Download PokeMacGochi.dmg, open it, and drag PokeMacGochi into Applications.

2. Open it once. macOS warns that it can't check the app, because it isn't signed with an Apple developer account. Click Done.

3. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway next to PokeMacGochi, and confirm. After that it opens normally.

   Or, in Terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/PokeMacGochi.app

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.

PokeMacGochi 2.1.3

PokeKnomiGochi 2.1.3: music, Pokémon cries and a softer CRT screen. Your Pokémon, Pokédex and medals carry over.

• Music: 28 original chiptune tracks. A home tune in the style of the old handhelds' towns, a Travel tune and a battle theme for each zone, Knomi Tower, the legends, the mini games, a win, an evolution and a goodbye.
• Pokémon cries: every Pokémon has its own call, when you pet it, when it wins, and in the Pokédex. Our own sounds, made the way the old sound chip made them.
• Sound and Music levels: each from 0 to 3 in Settings, and Music in the menu (Off, Low, Medium or High).
• A softer CRT screen: half the glow and half the curve, and whites and light greys no longer wash out.
• Ultra and Master Balls: only battles you win fill their bars now.

All of it in the changelog.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in ~/Library/Application Support/PokeMacGochi, not in the app. Quit PokeMacGochi, open the new DMG, drag PokeMacGochi into Applications and choose Replace. From 1.30 on, it updates itself: choose Update when it tells you a new version is out. From 1.35 on, with Update Automatically on, it doesn't need to ask.

Installing for the first time

1. Download PokeMacGochi.dmg, open it, and drag PokeMacGochi into Applications.

2. Open it once. macOS warns that it can't check the app, because it isn't signed with an Apple developer account. Click Done.

3. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway next to PokeMacGochi, and confirm. After that it opens normally.

   Or, in Terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/PokeMacGochi.app

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.

PokeMacGochi 2.1.2

PokeKnomiGochi 2.1.2: a CRT screen, and bigger, sharper windows. Your Pokémon, Pokédex and medals carry over.

• A CRT screen, on by default: each scanline a soft beam, a warm glow, a slightly curved glass for that nostalgia look. Clicks land on what you see through the curve. CRT Screen in the menu turns it off for the Knomi's own look.
• Bigger, sharper windows: the sizes move up one, and it opens at the new Large. Small is about the old Medium and Medium the old Large. The pixel art stays crisp at every size instead of blurring.
• A drop shadow: a soft shadow under the round window, as if it floats over the desktop. Clicks go straight through it.
• Your Pokémon's nickname in battles: the HP panel and lines like "SPLASHY: DRAGON RAGE!" use the name you gave it.
• Travel: sliding out to Knomi Tower moves the whole map, so the tower no longer shows at the bottom of the island while it slides.

All of it in the changelog.

Updating keeps your pet. Your save lives in ~/Library/Application Support/PokeMacGochi, not in the app. Quit PokeMacGochi, open the new DMG, drag PokeMacGochi into Applications and choose Replace. From 1.30 on, it updates itself: choose Update when it tells you a new version is out. From 1.35 on, with Update Automatically on, it doesn't need to ask.

Installing for the first time

1. Download PokeMacGochi.dmg, open it, and drag PokeMacGochi into Applications.

2. Open it once. macOS warns that it can't check the app, because it isn't signed with an Apple developer account. Click Done.

3. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway next to PokeMacGochi, and confirm. After that it opens normally.

   Or, in Terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/PokeMacGochi.app

Personal, non-commercial use only: the sprites are CC BY-NC.