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Encountering MissingNo. has been known to interfere with the save game data in various ways, such as adversely affecting the [[Hall of Fame]] data. The Hall of Fame is corrupted because of its proximity to a buffer used to store decompressed sprite data, which is too small to properly hold MissingNo.'s garbage sprite data. | Encountering MissingNo. has been known to interfere with the save game data in various ways, such as adversely affecting the [[Hall of Fame]] data. The Hall of Fame is corrupted because of its proximity to a buffer used to store decompressed sprite data, which is too small to properly hold MissingNo.'s garbage sprite data. | ||
When a Trainer battles with MissingNo. in their [[party]], both the Trainer sprite and their Pokémon's sprites will be scrambled, and all other sprites will be [[Inverted | When a Trainer battles with MissingNo. in their [[party]], both the Trainer sprite and their Pokémon's sprites will be scrambled, and all other sprites will be [[Inverted sprite|reversed]]. Viewing the [[stats]] screen of a non-glitch Pokémon will remove the effects. | ||
In Pokémon Yellow, capturing MissingNo. will commonly cause multiple player sprites, and sometimes other NPC's, to walk around the screen. If the NPC is aligned to the grid, it is possible to talk to them. Doing so may display text from the area, or may cause glitch text. <!--There should be an article on that, but unfortunately isn't. If one were created, the error codes page could be merged.--> Collision with those NPC's is buggy, but the game does handle it. | In Pokémon Yellow, capturing MissingNo. will commonly cause multiple player sprites, and sometimes other NPC's, to walk around the screen. If the NPC is aligned to the grid, it is possible to talk to them. Doing so may display text from the area, or may cause glitch text. <!--There should be an article on that, but unfortunately isn't. If one were created, the error codes page could be merged.--> Collision with those NPC's is buggy, but the game does handle it. | ||
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[[Nintendo]] has an official description of MissingNo. listed in their Customer Service troubleshooting section: | [[Nintendo]] has an official description of MissingNo. listed in their Customer Service troubleshooting section: | ||
<blockquote><p>"MissingNO is a programming quirk, and not a real part of the game. When you get this, your game can perform strangely, and the [[Inverted | <blockquote><p>"MissingNO is a programming quirk, and not a real part of the game. When you get this, your game can perform strangely, and the [[Inverted sprite|graphics will often become scrambled]]. The MissingNO Pokémon is most often found after you perform the [[Fight Safari Zone Pokémon trick]].</p> | ||
<p>To fix the scrambled graphics, try releasing the MissingNo Pokémon. If the problem persists, the only solution is to re-start your game. This means erasing your current game and starting a brand new one."<ref name="NintendoTroubleshooting">[https://web.archive.org/web/20221001001612/https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/gameboy/trouble_specificgame.jsp Nintendo - Customer Service]</ref></p></blockquote> | <p>To fix the scrambled graphics, try releasing the MissingNo Pokémon. If the problem persists, the only solution is to re-start your game. This means erasing your current game and starting a brand new one."<ref name="NintendoTroubleshooting">[https://web.archive.org/web/20221001001612/https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/gameboy/trouble_specificgame.jsp Nintendo - Customer Service]</ref></p></blockquote> | ||