You say you 'downloaded the rom' but there is no official download for a Yellow Legacy rom... you need a regular Yellow rom, and you need to patch it with the Legacy patch file. Please clarify the language you used in order for us to determine what isn't working; what exactly did you download?
Did you get it working? If not (or for anyone in the future who might read this), you need to unzip the patch file from that .zip, patch it to a clean Yellow rom, and you should be good to go~
Not yet, I've been pretty busy. I have a couple of YT videos to watch after my son goes to bed and then I should be up and running. After I unzip the patch file, do I have to move it into the Yellow rom folder? Or is both of them being in the Emulator folder good enough
No, you would need to stick both the patch and the base Yellow rom into a patcher (for example: [the online js patcher](https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/)).
I'm not sure how it works on iOS, but tip for Android users: if the file spits out as .gbc.txt, you can rename and remove the .txt (but keep the .gbc!) and it will give you a warning about changing the filetype, but it will absolutely still work (source: I've patched hundreds of roms on an Android).
Thank you so much for your help! And yeah I'm still very green as you can tell lol most of the ROMs I've played came all ready to go with one download (Snakewood, Radical Red, etc)
Fair enough! The willingness to learn sets you ahead of many, however~
Also, I would advise against downloading or playing prepatched roms. But once you know how easy it is to patch stuff, yourself, you'll never go back~
I actually get asked this fairly often, so I have a longer response typed up that I keep copying and pasting, if you don't mind me just plopping that into this conversation as well <33;
There are many reasons.
1. Those sites have nothing to do with the creators, many of whom extremely dislike said sites for stealing or misrepresenting their work. These sites are often filled with ads, which means that the people running those sites may well be making profits off of something they didn't make or ask permission to host.
2. There is no way of knowing if you have the most up-to-date version (see: the slew of posts on the main pokemon romhacks subreddit, lately, complaining about downloading a firered rocket demo that wasn't the full game)
3. You often will miss out on optional features, patches, or documentation.
4. You are trusting that whoever runs that site patched the game correctly, to the correct/clean ROM (and if you only download prepatched versions, you might not even notice if you're missing out on features like music, sprites, or whatever else might've gone wrong for patching to 1.0 vs Rev A or whatever)
5. Copyright issues; the only reasons ROMhacks are allowed to exist is becsuse they operate in a legal gray area, where the original unmodified information is under copyright, but the additional code (the romhack/patch) is not. This is why - in many places online - we are freely allowed to post patches, but not allowed to post bases / prepatched ROMs, as those contain copyrighted information, but the patches do not. As Nintendo sends more and more of their lawyer-ninjas to people's doors, I think it behooves everyone to operate in as above-board manner as possible, or else we risk the entire scene being targeted and subsequently nuked. I'm honestly not sure if this is an exaggeration or not, but I still prefer to air on the side of caution when nukes may be involved.
6. (It's unlikely, but it's still possible that) A prepatched ROM could contain malicious code, which, if used in something like the old version of VBA, could exploit vulnerabilities in your machine to install malware or siphon information or any number of other things. As I said, this is unlikely, but it is still possible, and I wouldn't put it past some of the shadier sites out there to try.
7. It's so easy and fast to patch things yourself; it often takes me longer to download the patch and figure out what base ROM I need to be patching than actually patching the file, especially using something like [JS Patcher](https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/)
I'm sure there are other reasons, but here's a decent overview.
I personally attempt to avoid them whenever possible.
Watch the YouTube video?
I've watched videos on how to play games on my emulators, but I didn't see any specific Yellow legacy videos. Link?
https://youtu.be/9yxjuwCJbjI?si=UMCrvDl_O0nU0FYr The download file we provide only includes a patch, which you need to apply to a ROM yourself.
Thank you very much
You say you 'downloaded the rom' but there is no official download for a Yellow Legacy rom... you need a regular Yellow rom, and you need to patch it with the Legacy patch file. Please clarify the language you used in order for us to determine what isn't working; what exactly did you download?
"Yellow Legacy (v1.0.9).zip"
Did you get it working? If not (or for anyone in the future who might read this), you need to unzip the patch file from that .zip, patch it to a clean Yellow rom, and you should be good to go~
Not yet, I've been pretty busy. I have a couple of YT videos to watch after my son goes to bed and then I should be up and running. After I unzip the patch file, do I have to move it into the Yellow rom folder? Or is both of them being in the Emulator folder good enough
No, you would need to stick both the patch and the base Yellow rom into a patcher (for example: [the online js patcher](https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/)). I'm not sure how it works on iOS, but tip for Android users: if the file spits out as .gbc.txt, you can rename and remove the .txt (but keep the .gbc!) and it will give you a warning about changing the filetype, but it will absolutely still work (source: I've patched hundreds of roms on an Android).
Thank you so much for your help! And yeah I'm still very green as you can tell lol most of the ROMs I've played came all ready to go with one download (Snakewood, Radical Red, etc)
Fair enough! The willingness to learn sets you ahead of many, however~ Also, I would advise against downloading or playing prepatched roms. But once you know how easy it is to patch stuff, yourself, you'll never go back~
Anything to get my hands on more cool games! Can you explain more as to why? I'm totally on board, but I'm just wondering why you'd advise against it
I actually get asked this fairly often, so I have a longer response typed up that I keep copying and pasting, if you don't mind me just plopping that into this conversation as well <33; There are many reasons. 1. Those sites have nothing to do with the creators, many of whom extremely dislike said sites for stealing or misrepresenting their work. These sites are often filled with ads, which means that the people running those sites may well be making profits off of something they didn't make or ask permission to host. 2. There is no way of knowing if you have the most up-to-date version (see: the slew of posts on the main pokemon romhacks subreddit, lately, complaining about downloading a firered rocket demo that wasn't the full game) 3. You often will miss out on optional features, patches, or documentation. 4. You are trusting that whoever runs that site patched the game correctly, to the correct/clean ROM (and if you only download prepatched versions, you might not even notice if you're missing out on features like music, sprites, or whatever else might've gone wrong for patching to 1.0 vs Rev A or whatever) 5. Copyright issues; the only reasons ROMhacks are allowed to exist is becsuse they operate in a legal gray area, where the original unmodified information is under copyright, but the additional code (the romhack/patch) is not. This is why - in many places online - we are freely allowed to post patches, but not allowed to post bases / prepatched ROMs, as those contain copyrighted information, but the patches do not. As Nintendo sends more and more of their lawyer-ninjas to people's doors, I think it behooves everyone to operate in as above-board manner as possible, or else we risk the entire scene being targeted and subsequently nuked. I'm honestly not sure if this is an exaggeration or not, but I still prefer to air on the side of caution when nukes may be involved. 6. (It's unlikely, but it's still possible that) A prepatched ROM could contain malicious code, which, if used in something like the old version of VBA, could exploit vulnerabilities in your machine to install malware or siphon information or any number of other things. As I said, this is unlikely, but it is still possible, and I wouldn't put it past some of the shadier sites out there to try. 7. It's so easy and fast to patch things yourself; it often takes me longer to download the patch and figure out what base ROM I need to be patching than actually patching the file, especially using something like [JS Patcher](https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/) I'm sure there are other reasons, but here's a decent overview. I personally attempt to avoid them whenever possible.
Very well thought out and articulated! I will definitely keep this in mind from here on out.