Hey! I',m Going to Start a new game on my red version, but want to try playing the game WITHOUT

my started and WITHOUT gameshark(which i HATE with a pasion!!!!)

Any Suggestions?

Thanks for the help, i'm still goingg to take suggestions for another two weeks(I'm taking the training for the Elite four slowly)

the tips are all very good.

i would consider adding zapdos and snorlax to your team because they are power players and can cover alot of your weakness.

You can't go wrong with the Eeveelutions, either. I can remember replaying that team again and again, trading back and forth via link cable and starting the game again with the same three pokemon.

go with a alakazam

Fire pokemon aren't that good in gen1 anyway, there are a lot of water pokemon that are better than blastoise like starmie, lapras, and slowbro for example. If you want a grass pokemon you could use exeggutor, since he's pretty good. Victreebell and vileplume also work (if this is red I think you get oddish?). Tangela's not too bad either he just doesn't get many moves.

it terms of moveset most of the grass and fire pokes suck with tm's (solabeam/fireblast) be wary if you have already used the tm's

I actually played most of my late Silver without my starter, boxed it around Ecrotek or so and then begun to carry it again after I defeated the game.

I would imagine the beginning of any set of the games without your starter would be difficult, the metal set may be the one exception to the beginning of the games usually offering useless pokemon. At least in the metal set you are given the Bugsy friendly pokemon hoothoot, spearow and pidgey early on, if you can find a way past Fawkner especially with Chikorita.

In the first set, you are offered nothing but bugs, pidgey, pikachu and ratatta most commonly which are all a very very Brock unfriendly pokemon; So until you are at least past the first two gyms your starter is pretty much your ringer unless you choose Charmander which is a type disadvantage to both. And you could use a pikachu for the second gym, but Brock you would for sure have trouble getting past without Squirtle or Bulbasaur(or gameshark).