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![Main/Horsemen of the Ap x Twitch Plays Pokemon: In x ←-) Den.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch-Plays-Pokémon Create account&Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Search 雓 WIKIPEDIA The Free Encyclopedia Amending our Terms of Use Please comment on a proposed amendment regarding undisclosed paid editing WIKIMEDIA [ Help with translations! ] Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Wikimedia Shop I witch Plavs Pokemon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Twitch Plays Pokemon is a "social experiment" and channel on the video streaming website Twitch, consisting of a crowdsourced attempt to play Game Freak's and Nintendo's 1996 role-playing video game Pokémon Red, by parsing commands sent by users through the channel's chat room Developed by an anonymous Australian programmer and launched on 12 February 2014, the stream became unexpectedly popular, reaching an average concurrent viewership of over 80,000 viewers (with at least 10% participating). By 20 February, the stream had reached a total of over 20 million views overall, peaking at 120,000 concurrent viewers, and an estimated 658,000 users having participated. The experiment was met with attention by media outlets (and even staff members of the website itself for its interactivity, its erratic and chaotic nature, the unique challenges faced by players due to the mechanics of its system, along with the community and memes that had been developed by participants ▼ Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact page Tools Contents [hidel 1 Premise 2 Viewership and reception 3 References 4 External links Print/export ▼ Languages Premise [edit] Inspired by another Twitch-based interactive game, SaltyBet (a website where users could wager on the outcome of randomized M.U.G.E.N. matches)!1 and described as a social experiment, the system used by the stream was coded by an anonymous Australian programmer using Python and the Game Boy emulator VisualBoyAdvance. The script captures specific messages (directional commands, "B", "A", "select", and "start") sent into the stream's chat room by users, and sends them to the emulator as button input, thus controlling the game. An additional web app coded using JavaScript is used to display a live tally of moves that are shown within the stream. The author chose to use Pokémon Red and Blue for the project, citing nostalgia Italiano Nederlands Twi toh Plays Pokemon Edit links ndone19 is used to display a lie taly of moves that are shown within the s bennu hs ctolig the game An aditional web apcded dcwn t control structure "[wouldn't] work with any genre that isn't a JRPG" (particularly targeting its "forgiving" tun en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/704/172/f52.png "THERE'S A F------ WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE")
