Daily Red

Daily Red went up on 11 October 2026. Its author built it from pret/pokefirered, the community decompilation of Pokémon FireRed, plus their own changes, compiled that into a Game Boy Advance ROM, and ran it in the browser through the mGBA emulator compiled to WebAssembly. Every battle uses FireRed’s own battle engine; nothing is rewritten in JavaScript.

The same day, the author took the site down. The original address now says “Daily Red is offline for now”, the repository was archived, and its README now covers playing it on your own computer only. No reason was given, and we couldn’t confirm why.

Where you can play it now

• dailyredgame.com (the Play link above, new tab): a fan site registered on 13 October 2026. Its About page says it is an independent fan site based on Daily Red by amoi-builds, not run by the original creator, and links the original repository. It downloads the Daily Red game file and the emulator, and runs the battle in your browser. It adds a practice mode for other dates and Spanish, Italian and French versions.
• dailyredgame.org: another fan site that says it is inspired by amoi-builds’ project. It is mostly its own reworked version, with a battle screen built for the browser, Easy and Hard teams and a separate emulator mode. Because dailyredgame.com stays closer to the original and credits it more clearly, we link that one instead.
• The original source is on GitHub. It holds only the author’s patches and the website code, not the ROM; you build the game yourself with the scripts in the README.

How it works

1. Press Play today’s battle. The page downloads the game (about 9 MB in all).
2. You start at the foot of a snowy summit with six level-100 Pokémon. Open the menu to check their moves before you fight.
3. Walk up the stairs and talk to RED to start the battle.
4. Win or lose, that is your one battle for the day. A new team arrives at midnight in your own time zone.

The day’s team comes from the date, so everyone on the same calendar day starts with the same six. Teams are drawn from all 386 Pokémon of Generations 1 to 3, with a minimum total of base stats, and about one team in eight gets a legendary. Each Pokémon gets random moves it can learn and a held item. RED uses his Mt. Silver team from HeartGold and SoulSilver (Pikachu, Espeon, Snorlax, Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise) at level 100, with Gen 3 moves.

Once the battle with RED starts, leaving or reloading the page counts as a loss. Your wins, losses and streaks are kept in your browser only.

Controls

On dailyredgame.com:

Click the game first so it takes your keyboard. On a phone or tablet the site shows on-screen buttons; we have not tested it on a phone.

Is it official?

No. Daily Red is a fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak or The Pokémon Company, and the game itself is FireRed with changes, including its art and music. The site we link is a third-party re-host, not the original author’s. Pokémon fan projects are often taken down; we check the site daily and will mark it if it goes.

Want more Pokémon fan games in the browser? Try Pokémon Battle Advanced, a 3D fan remake of FireRed’s opening, or the football team builder All-22 Pokémon.

Unofficial. This page is written by an independent directory. It is not made by, endorsed by or affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company or amoi-builds (original Daily Red); now hosted by an unnamed third-party fan site (Daily Red's author). We do not host any files, and we never link to game files, ROMs or ISOs.