Add maps, party data, battles and touch controls to Gen1Recomp. Use one screen, combine both views in one window, or give Kanto Gear its own display.
Kanto Gear gives Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow and Gold a configurable companion display without changing the game underneath it.
- Explore with a live region map, detailed local maps, exits and item markers.
- Check your party, Trainer Card, badges, Pokédex progress, steps and area data.
- Use contextual touch controls for battles, bags, dialogue, PC boxes and moves.
- Move battle controls—or the complete battle HUD—to the second screen.
- Swap views, hide an overlay or move the companion between displays.
- Choose classic Game Boy-inspired or modern light and dark themes.
Display changes and disconnects are handled live, so the game remains reachable when a second display disappears.
Kanto Gear currently uses a matched host release. The host and Kanto Gear mod are required; no Voxel renderer is required.
| Download | Required | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Gen1Recomp Kanto host 0.1.94-kanto.22 | Yes | Matched Android, Windows, Linux or PortMaster/Rocknix host |
| Kanto Gear 2.0.0 | Yes | Companion UI and display modes |
| Kanto Gear Deutsch 0.2.3 | No | German text for the Kanto Gear interface |
| Kanto Gear Español (España) 0.2.3 | No | Spanish (Spain) text for the Kanto Gear interface |
Important
Use the versions linked above together. The official Gen1Recomp release does not yet contain every host feature required by this Kanto Gear release.
You need your own supported Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow or Gold ROM. No ROM or ROM-extracted game data is included.
- Install the Gen1Recomp Kanto host for your platform. Linux x64, Linux ARM64, PortMaster/Rocknix and a universal LÖVE 11.5 payload are available alongside Android and Windows.
- Download Kanto Gear 2.0.0.
- Open the host's MODS → Import mod .zip screen and select the Kanto Gear ZIP.
- Enable Kanto Gear and start the game. Choose a display mode in Kanto Gear's settings.
For a German or Spanish Kanto Gear interface, import the matching optional
kanto_gear_de-0.2.3.zip or kanto_gear_es-0.2.3.zip from the same release.
Other translations can use the small
language-pack template.
When updating the host, install the newer APK over the existing app. Do not uninstall it first unless you have exported your save. On Windows or Linux, use the new host package; your normal per-user save remains separate. PortMaster keeps its portable save beside the game on the SD card.
Warning
If the second screen stopped working after accepting an old host update
prompt, manually install 0.1.94-kanto.22 once. That prompt installed the
official Gen1Recomp host, which does not yet include every Kanto Gear Android
bridge feature. The matched host disables that incompatible self-update path;
normal mod update checks still work.
Kanto Gear does not require or bundle a Voxel renderer. Our former
Dramatic Shape Android fork
is frozen at 1.7.0-android.1 and no longer maintained. Its release remains
available for existing users, but it will not receive upstream, compatibility,
feature or support updates and is not part of the current matched release set.
Other renderer forks may work, but compatibility belongs to their current maintainers. Do not install multiple Dramatic Shape variants together because they intentionally share the same mod ID.
- Single Screen keeps one view fullscreen and lets you swap to the other.
- Combined Screen places both views in one window: side by side, stacked or as a movable overlay with adjustable size.
- Dual Screen uses Android's selected display or opens a separate desktop companion window that can be moved like any other window.
The game viewport and Android touch controls remain usable when a combined layout makes the game view smaller.
- AYN Thor — primary development and test device
- Retroid Pocket 5 + Retroid Dual Screen Add-on — community tested
- Anbernic RG DS — community confirmed specifically with GammaOS Nano 1.4 (Android 14). Avoid other performance-heavy mods on its lower-power hardware.
- Anbernic RG DS with Rocknix — the dual-screen and touch route was community confirmed with the earlier diagnostic PortMaster build; the final 2.0 package remains experimental until it receives a fresh confirmation.
- Windows 11 — combined layouts and a separate companion window tested
- Linux x86_64 and ARM64 — packages embed the exact Android/Windows-tested payload and pass structural verification; real-device reports are welcome
- External Android displays, docks and TVs — supported through selectable display routing; hardware reports are welcome
macOS uses the same desktop display path through the universal .love package,
but it is not presented as a tested or signed native app bundle.
| Action | Control |
|---|---|
| Change Kanto Gear page | Swipe left/right or tap the header arrows |
| Swap the two displays | Enable SCREEN SWAP (Y), then press Y |
| Cycle pages with a controller | Enable TRIGGER TABS, then use L2/R2 |
| Zoom the local map | Tap + / − |
| Open Kanto Gear settings with Modern UI | MOD MENUS → KANTO GEAR |
Useful settings:
- DISPLAY MODE → DUAL SCREEN is recommended on dual-screen handhelds.
- DISPLAY MODE → COMBINED SCREEN is recommended on one-screen devices.
- SCREEN SWAP (Y) is off by default so other mods can use Y.
- BATTLE VIEW → STANDARD keeps the original battle HUD.
- BATTLE VIEW → GEAR moves duplicated battle controls.
- BATTLE VIEW → FULL GEAR also moves HP and status panels.
- INFO → PURIST hides assistance; ENHANCED enables it.
This uses an unofficial matched test host. It is not an official Gen1Recomp release. Keep an exported save backup while testing experimental packages.
Open a Kanto Gear issue for second-display, touch or companion-UI problems. Include your device, operating system, display setup, installed versions and a screenshot if useful.
Include host startup problems in the Kanto Gear report and identify the host version. Problems exclusive to a third-party 3D renderer belong to its current maintainer. Our legacy Dramatic Shape Android fork is retained only as an unsupported historical download.
Kanto Gear is built on Gen1Recomp. The former Android renderer fork was based on Dramatic Shape Voxel Mod.
Special thanks to @Rocky5150 for more than 24 hours of Retroid Pocket 5 testing and diagnostics, and to CustCast for sharing the artwork that inspired the optional Modern Light and Modern Dark themes. The Spanish (Spain) Kanto Gear translation was contributed by Desierto La Espada.
Kanto Gear's code is available under the MIT License. Pokémon and related names are trademarks of their respective owners. This project is not affiliated with Nintendo, Game Freak, The Pokémon Company, Gen1Recomp or Dramatic Shape.