A-Button held down glitches

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The A-Button held down glitches occur in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow.

These glitches involve a false lock-up for while the player is holding down the A-Button. This article will cover three known variations of these glitches.

Professor Oak's Laboratory

Holding down the A-Button during the starter choosing game sequence while Blue is saying "I'll take this one, then!" (Red/Blue) or after Blue's "!" box (Yellow) will cause the game to pause until the A-Button is released.

YouTube video

YouTube video by LanceAndMissingNo.


Other names

  • "Freeze" the game in Oak's Lab
  • Freezing the game in Oak's Laboratory

Saving

The player simply needs to save their game, and have the A button held when the "[PLAYER] saved the game !" text box disappears. This will cause the Start menu to stay open with the cursor filled white.