RomPatcher.js VS pokeyellow

You need to patch your rom with the translation patch. On PC there's offline patchers, but using something like https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/ is probably easiest on mobile.

In that case, you're gonna need a ROM, an emulator (https://www.zophar.net/snes/snes9x.html), a translation patch (https://forums.serenesforest.net/index.php?/topic/63676-fe4-translation-patch-open-beta-v7/#comments), and a patcher (https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/). Theres different patches for different versions of the game, but the readme in the translation patch tells you which patch to use for your file.

Do you have a 3DS or PSP? I hacked mine and it’s really convenient to play old games on. There’s lots of homebrew tutorials on YouTube. For those games you need to put a translation patch on the rom (I usually use this website to patch stuff). Or sometimes you can find a rom that someone already patched. All this might sound complicated, but trust me it’s not. I barely know anything about computers and this kinda thing, but I figured this stuff out.

I usually get my patches from Romhacking.net, and they specify which ROM you'll need in the the ROM / ISO Information section in each page. For patching, I use Floating IPS. You just need the .ips patch and a copy of the right ROM. You could also use online patchers, like the one over at www.marcrobledo.com.

I then loaded the ISO.file with the latest patch 2.0.31 https://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=12767.0 with the help of the following website https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

You need to patch it first with a clean emerald rom (Emerald.gba (Trashman)) . Using https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

Related: https://github.com/pret/pokeyellow

~195k lines of assembly for yellow

Take a look at the pokeyellow disassembly. You can edit maps with Polished Map and everything else can be done with a text editor.

i think most gen 1 hacks use the decomp projects, in this case pokeyellow.

always wondered why no one has tried making native snes builds using the Pokemon RBY De-compilation project

Very cool. It's funny, I just started looking into Pokemon ROM hacking. It's made much easier by the fact that complete decompilations have been made of many of the ROMs, so instead of hex editing I'm able to actually write assembly code. It's pretty daunting making additions to a game that's already so complex but it's been fun to play with.