A walkthrough for obtaining the Pokemon Mew in the first-generation Gameboy games. It also includes the technical details in how it works. In a nutshell: the games store which Pokemon gets encountered in a random battle and the Special stat of enemy Pokemon trainers’ Pokemon in the same memory location. By interrupting the game state, you can control the next wild Pokemon you encounter by manipulating the Special stat of enemy Pokemon. Through some wonderful coincidence, a Pokemon trainer contains the right Special attack value to trigger a Mew encounter.
