Bike Shop instant text glitch
The Bike Shop instant text glitch is considered to be a natural glitch in Pokémon Red and Blue. It was fixed in at least the English version of Pokémon Yellow and was found by Swaph_.
This trick generated debate by Pokémon speedrunners as to whether it would be considered a glitch. The glitch was allowed in any% glitchless, like the Marowak ghost skip but was later prohibited from the category.
If the player talks to the Bike Shop owner in Cerulean City while pressing B through the dialogue to bring, it will temporarily enable the normally inaccessible instant text.
The instant text will persist until:
- The player opens the start menu.
- The player heals their Pokémon at a Pokémon Center.
- The player loads a Yes/No box.
- The player speaks with the Bike Shop owner again.
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Cause
When the player activates the two message boxes with the price of the Bicycle (Bicycle ₽1000000) and the text "It's a cool BIKE! Do you want it?", the game sets bit $6 of memory address D730 in order to instantly display the text. Due to an oversight bit $6 remains after exiting the menus with B.
A more detailed description of this glitch and other events that enable instant text (but are unaffected by the glitch) by Decon082 may be found here.