Travel to VIRIDIAN CITY, then travel up through it until you see an old man pacing backwards and forwards from left to right [the one who would not let you pass through at the beginning of your game]. So you know it is the right person, he will say that he has just had a coffee and he feels great .....

He will then ask you if you are in a hurry. First of all, say yes. Then talk to him again but this time say no, you are not in a hurry. He will then show you how to catch a Pokémon [WEEDLE]. Afterwards talk to him one more time and tell him that you are not in a hurry.

Then fly to CINNABAR ISLAND. Travel to the right side of the island and use a WATER Pokémon that has learned SURF. Keep going up and down the right side of the island next to what looks like a dark blue strip with crosses on. Keep doing this until you run into a Pokémon which looks like a fuzzed graphic. Sometimes it will be called MISSINGNO. But sometimes it will not have a name, it will just be blurred.

BEWARE! Do not catch this Pokémon because it can wipe your saved game. However if you do not catch it, everything will be okay. So just run away from this Pokémon. Once you have done this, whatever item you have on Item 6 of your item list will now be multiplied by a considerable amount, well over 100. This will be good for RARE CANDY for getting your Pokémon up levels, or you may wish to multiply the amount of your MASTER BALLS, which will catch Pokémon at any time. The way to tell whether you are running out of the item you have chosen to multiply is when the number you have left gets to 99, that is your last 99 so do not use the last one, i.e. you can do the cheat again.

Also, if you are finding it hard to catch SAFARI ZONE Pokémon, go to the SAFARI ZONE and find the Pokémon you wish to catch. If you are not able to catch this Pokémon in the SAFARI ZONE, then do the cheat as above and apart from getting MISSINGNO, the Pokémon you want should appear after a while.

You can turn an ULTRA BALL into a MASTER BALL by pushing down and B at the same time while in the air. If you push the buttons too late, then it will not work.

When you use the cheat to do the RARE CANDY trick [see Cheat No. 2001] you will run into GOLDUCK level 120-140 - you can catch it and use as many RARE CANDYs as you want on it.

How to get MEW .....

Go to the Pokémon Center near MOUNT MOON and buy a MAGIKARP. Take it to the Pokémon Daycare and leave it there until it gets to level 49 then feed it a RARE CANDY and it will evolve into a MEW!!! You can use this in Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Update: We've heard from No.1 WizardFan saying this cheat does not work. So far we have had one person (Cameron B.) write in saying that it does work, plus the person who gave us the cheat in the first place. However we've tried out the cheat here and it didn't work, and we've been advised by Tony B. that it didn't work for him either [see #2072]. Tip - save just before you get to Level 49, so that you can keep trying if we get any new information about this cheat - however, see our MEW page also.

Later: see also # 3017. From our own experiences, and from those of the many other people who wrote in, we have with some regret now had to put this cheat in the "RUBBISH" category. So don't waste your time trying it :) and our thanks to all visitors who helped rule this one out.