80C: Life and Works
This Curriculum Vitae has no commercial potential!
I created this post for documentary purposes to collect and summarize what can now be defined as my past career in the world of counterculture. This discussion also works as a reference map for my works that are collected on this blog: each one of these has a hyperlink assigned, so that it is not necessary to search for the threads in question for hours.
Unless where indicated, the main language in use is assumed to be English.
Books
The History of GB\C Pokémon Hacking. (483 pages). Formal title: “The History of First and Second Generation Pokémon Hacking, 1990-2020: From San Francisco to Taipei, from Helsinki to Rio”. Self-published.
1st Edition (in Italian): 21 September 2023. The first English-language edition was published simultaneously with the three-languages 3rd Edition, on 11 January 2024.
Most recent Edition: 8th Edition, 30 August 2025.
Extracts from the book and most of the chapters are available here, too.
La Historia del Hacking GB\C de Pokémon. (490 pages). Spanish (Castellano) translation of the book, originally based on the 2nd Edition of the book and first published on 2 November 2023. Self-published.
Most recent Edition: 8th Edition, 30 August 2025.
La Storia dell’Hacking GB\C di Pokémon. (483 pages). Italian translation of the book, first published on 21 September 2023. Self-Published.
Most recent Edition: 8th Edition, 30 August 2025.
Forgeries. (252 pages). A collection of my 4 fanfiction short stories from 2013-2024 and a selection of my previously published movie reviews. First published on 10 August 2024. Self-Published. No translation available at the moment.
Artworks
ROM Hacks
Pokémon Grape (October 2012 — December 2019).
Last Published Version: Final 1.6, 25 December 2021.
Pokémon Pink (July 2014). — The first version was created in barely 7 minutes.
Last Version: v2.1 (July 2015).
Pukemon Xanax: Special Vacuum Edition (July 2022). — Avantgarde ROM Hack, the 1st empty ROM Hack in History.
Side Projects:
Pokémon Rosso Fuoco Distorto (2013-14), a.k.a. Pokémon Fire Red Distorted (English translation: 2023) — Collaborator. Portions of the story and design (e.g.: the “Warp Room”), some sprites, etc.
Pokémon Fast Red (2015). A Patch for double-speed running and fourfold speed for biking in 1st Generation Pokémon games.
Pokémon Peach (2013, 2020-22, unpublished and erased) — Abandoned project. Gen.2 sequel to the infamous Pokémon Grape.
Several mods for 3D racing games, by now all lost or exported abroad in the pre-social epoch — including the infamous Grand Theft Auto Milano (2008-09) and its sequel, GTA Milano 2 (2009-11).
Jokemon Teal (2013, spoof). A never published parodistic 2nd Generation hack used as a pretext for April Fool’s Day as a showcase of the “Jokemon” sprites (e.g.: Snoopbull, Bulmasaur, Jigglypunk, etc.), all lost by now.
Tutorials and Documents (Non-Fiction)
A comprehensive set of dozens of tutorials for Gen.1 ROM Hacking, ASM programming, Scripting, Videogame Fixing, Debugging, cheat codes usage, etc., known as “How to Hack Gen1! - Guide Universali all'Hacking GB” (2013-2020) (in Italian).
Encyclopedia of GB Pokémon ROM Hacks (July 2014) — The first specialized encyclopedia in ROM Hacking ever made. Also included in my book The History of GB\C Pokémon Hacking.
Encyclopedia of GBC Pokémon ROM Hacks (April 2022) — The extention of the previous encyclopedia. Also included in my book The History of GB\C Pokémon Hacking.
GB\C Pokémon Bootlegs: A Brief History (July 2014. English translation: January 2024). (Italian Version).
Article on MissingNo. (2014. English translation: June 2024). (Italian Version) — This was the earliest discussion in Italian worth of relevance and detail, in an age still plagued by hearsay about “Nintondo Uncles” and other kindergarten conjectures (e.g.: MissingNo. misspelled, MissingNo. being a Kanghaskhan’s baby that instantly destroys the game, etc.). At the time of publishing, it contained several newly published piece of information, which was not featured even in English language publications — for instance, several findings were still not published in Bulbapedia at the time, and it took at least 6-7 years to ever publicly admit some of the findings my article discussed.
Expansion and overhaul of the RageCandyBar article about PokéGod (July 2020, English translation: June 2024) (Italian Version) — At the time of my translation the original English article by RageCandyBar was lost, and for some time it was unavailable on the web, therefore I made an Italian translation with notable expansions, in particular on the legends around the Pokémon games from the successive generations and also about the first fake PokéGod created around the first years of YouTube, along with several additions on the myths around Celebi and PokéGod myths of the first three generations of Pokémon games that were circulating in Italy.
A History of GB and GBC Pokémon Hacking (May 2020) — The first timeline and history dedicated to the chronology and development of 1st- and 2nd-Generation Pokémon ROM Hacking. Also included in my book The History of GB\C Pokémon Hacking.
Discovering Korean GBC Pokémon Hacks (March 2024. English translation: June 2024) (Italian version) — An extended introduction and historiography of the South-Korean GBC Pokémon ROM Hacking scene, previously unknown in the West (eventually included in my book “The History of GB\C Pokémon ROM Hacking”).
Article on DTyler’s “Pokémon Orange Islands Adventures” (October 2024. English translation: June 2024). (Italian version).
Fan Fiction, Short Stories, and Creepypasta
(In order of preference)
“The Asset at Civic 3” (July 2024). Original Italian version: “La Tenuta del Civico 3” (December 2022).
“The Forgotten History of Pokémon ROM Hacking Pioneer Gene Sepas” (January 2024). Original Italian version (January 2024).
“The Demise of Empathy and the Way Forward” (January 2025). Originally written in English.
“A Rocket Grunt’s Diary” (June 2024). Original Italian version: “Diario di una Recluta Rocket” (June 2014).
“Pokémon Silent Crystal” (July 2024). Original Italian version (Id.) (2013, June 2014. Revision: November 2020).
“Le Ultime Lettere di un Professore Psicopatico” (2015, unfinished). — I would like to keep it in its current, unfinished state. I wrote it aged 20, yet it’s currently too off-limits for the median contemporary audience and public concern. No translation available at the moment.
Music
All of these music projects are conceptual works. More details on this page.
St.8 of Emergency (2013-July 2015, August 2015). Video here.
Kokolinth Isle (August 2015-April 2016). Movie-Album “Kokolinth Isle: A Visual Companion” here.
Arcadia (April-July 2017). Video here.
80C’s All Stars: 2014-2017 (Compilation Album) (September 2017). Video here.
Furnaces of Forfaits (October 2017-May 2018). Video here.
The “Lost Chapters” (Compilation Album) (July 2018). “E.P. Edition” video here.
Uri’s Domain (July 2018-February 2019). Video here.
VXmas Concerto E.P. (Extended Play) (September-October 2019). Video here.
Nietzcheparable (July-December 2020). Video here.
Qanned Niche (Compilation Album) (July 2020-November 2022). — Actually the first half of “Nietzcheparable” when it was originally conceived as a double album (extended to a quadruple LP of 8 sides). Video here.
End of Spontaneity (Live Album) (May 2023). Video here.
Raleigh Höle E.P. (Mini-Album \ Double Extended Play) (July 2024-June 2025).
Pretty Tiresome Helium-3 Cap (Live Album) (October 2025).
Video Series
(These were made in Italian)
These were mostly comedic shocksploitation “Let’s Play” videos devoted to obscure GB\C ROM Hacks that included bizzarre montage, free-form dialogs and commentaries, and assorted craziness beyond the borders of public decency — yet it also included programming insights and analyses from time to time. It was a novelty for the time.
“What the F-Hack!” (20 Episodes, 2014-18). Remastered in HD in 2022-23.
“Let's Play Pokemon Team Rocket Edition” (30 Episodes, 2014). Remastered in HD in 2022-23.
“Let's Play Pokemon Molten” (12 Episodes, 2015-16, completed in 2017). Remastered in HD in 2023.
“Let's Play Pokemon Haiiro” (13 Episodi, 2016-17, completed in 2018). Remastered in HD in 2023.