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Another [[Game Mod|hack]] of ''[[Pokémon]] Ruby'', released by the author as a patch file intended to be played by [[Emulation|VisualBoyAdvance]] users who already owned the Ruby cartridge and dumped its ROM image.
The game has a great number of spelling and grammatical errors, which mostly result from the hack being translated from Spanish, although the grammar improves throughout the game. The game also contains profanity and adult themes, which are absent from all official Pokemon games. Pokemon Quartz replaced all names and graphics of traditional Pokemon with new characters and creatures, although some of the changes were only cosmetic and did not change learnsets or types. The game takes place in a region known as "Corna", a heavily edited version of Hoenn, and requires the player to navigate a very different series of paths during gameplay.
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While the best-known bootleg cartridge as played on the actual GBA contains serious glitches and errors, the current patch file release works well with VBA when the patch is applied to a clean image of an authentic Ruby cartridge.
This hack was brought out of obscurity mainly by the hilarious [[Let's Play]] by Zorak, done in a style similar to (and assisted by) [[Let's Play]]/Chorocojo, the other famous Pokemon LPer. The archived version can (and should) be read [http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Pokemon%20Quartz/ here]. Quartz is now rather infamous and has a cult following because it may be considered ''[[The Room]]'' of ROM hacks. Just when you think it can't get any stranger... it does.
A [[Sequel]] was in development called Pokemon Marble, but it hasn't been updated [[Development Hell|since 2008]]. [http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=5449743#post5449743 In 2010 he released the most recent build of the hack before he quit in the thread for an LP of Quartz.]
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* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: For ANYTHING [[Author Avatar|Baro]] says about the sever, really.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Arturo, {{spoiler|leader of the (unofficial) ninth gym.}}
* [[Character Filibuster]]: Several characters in Pinkranite go out of their way to rant about how bad the school system is and about the dangers of drugs. FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER.
** [[Misaimed Fandom]]: One girl says she wants to be a [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|"Drug Trafficant, Prostitute, Sexy Assasin..."]] That last one sounds awesome.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]
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** "You won't have a chance against our BOSS, you cocksucker kid!"
* [[Old Shame]]: Thankfully the creator seems to agree on how bad the game is, and he's improved since then. The game even gets better towards the end...relatively.
* [[Shout-Out]]: One of the trainers you battle is named [[Blink
** There's also a Rocker named Anthony, who only quotes Red Hot Chili Peppers lyrics.
** There's also a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Majoras Mask]] in the graveyard area. One of the ninjas there says "Master, you called! ... ... What are you?!" when he challenges you; his name is Garo; and after you defeat him and talk again, he says "To die without leaving a corpse... That is the way of us Garo." He doesn't actually disappear, though.
** In the area that [[Sarcasm Mode|clearly isn't a hacked version of the route near Meteor Falls]], there is a hiker, completely dressed in green, who claims to be an ogre. His name is [[Shrek]]. [[Did Not Do the Research|But wait- aren't trolls supposed to be the ones extracting tolls from bridges?]]
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