Table mode

References

1. ^ abIn Catch 'Em mode on the Red field, each Voltorb hit flips 4 of the billboard's 24 tiles and scores 100,000, so 6 hits reveal the Pokémon from a blank board (computed). The Pokémon appears once all 24 are flipped and the ball is on the table's lower half.Codepret/pokepinballrevised
   How we know

   231HandleVoltorbCollision_CatchemMode: ; 0x20230 resolve hitting a voltorb in catch mode?
   232	ld a, [wNumberOfCatchModeTilesFlipped]
   233	cp $18
   ⋮
   251	ld a, [wNumberOfCatchModeTilesFlipped]
   252	add $4 ;then add 4 to FlippedCount, clamp to 24
   253	cp $18
   ⋮
   258	cp $18
   ⋮
   264	ld bc, OneHundredThousandPoints
   

   28Func_20041: ; 0x20041
   29	ld a, [wNumberOfCatchModeTilesFlipped]
   30	cp $18
   31	jr nz, .NotDone
   32	ld a, [wCurrentStage]
   33	bit 0, a
   34	jr z, .NotDone
   

   Checked against the evidence by its author, an AI model, 2026-10-22.

   Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-22.

   In the claim ledger

2. ^ abOnce the Pokémon appears, each registered hit scores 300,000 and steps a counter from 0 to 3, lighting part of the CATCH bar; a hit with the counter at 3 catches it, so the fourth registered hit catches. Mew counts a hit only when a separate byte of its own rolls over at 256, so it would need 1,024 hits from a zero byte (computed). When the timer runs out on Mew, the game marks Mew caught in the Pokédex anyway.Codepret/pokepinballrevised
   How we know

   97	ld a, [wBallHitWildMon]
   98	and a
   99	jp z, .BallDidntHitMon ;if no ball hit(?), jump
   ⋮
   106	ld a, [wCurrentCatchEmMon]
   107	cp MEW - 1
   108	jr nz, .notMew
   109	ld a, [wNumMewHits]
   110	inc a
   111	ld [wNumMewHits], a
   112	jr nz, .Not256MewHits
   113.notMew
   114	ld a, [wNumMonHits]
   ⋮
   

   99	ld a, [wBallHitWildMon]
   ⋮
   116	ld a, [wNumMonHits]
   117	cp $3
   

   866Func_10611: ; 0x10611
   ⋮
   884Data_1062a:
   885	dw Data_10630
   886	dw Data_10638
   887	dw Data_10640
   

   212CheckIfCatchemModeTimerExpired_RedField: ; 0x201f2
   ⋮
   221	; Automatically set Mew as caught, since you can't possibly catch it
   222	ld a, [wCurrentCatchEmMon]
   223	cp MEW - 1
   224	jr nz, .asm_2021b
   225	callba SetPokemonOwnedFlag
   226.asm_2021b
   

   Checked against the evidence by its author, an AI model, 2026-10-22.

   Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-22.

   In the claim ledger

3. ^ abEvery Pokémon gets the same 2 minutes to be caught: all 151 entries of CatchEmTimerData are 0 seconds and 2 minutes. Starting the mode also starts a 60-second ball saver that saves without limit, and the saver from before is restored when the mode ends.Codepret/pokepinballrevised
   How we know

   1CatchEmTimerData: ; 0x12a22
   2; Each 2-byte entry represents the total time you have to catch a Pokemon.
   3; They're all exactly 2 minutes, 0 seconds, but they can be changed to make
   4; different pokemon have different times, in order to add difficulty.
   5; First byte  = seconds value
   6; Second byte = minutes value
   7	db $00, $02  ; BULBASAUR
   ⋮
   157	db $00, $02  ; MEW
   

   123	ld hl, CatchEmTimerData ;contains how long each mon stays on screen, all are 2 minutes by default
   ⋮
   129	callba StartTimer
   130	callba InitBallSaverForCatchEmMode
   

   1InitBallSaverForCatchEmMode: ; 0xdbd4
   ⋮
   10	ld a, $ff
   ⋮
   14	ld a, 60
   15	ld [wBallSaverTimerSeconds], a
   16	ld a, $ff
   17	ld [wNumTimesBallSavedTextWillDisplay], a
   18	ret
   ⋮
   20RestoreBallSaverAfterCatchEmMode: ; 0xdc00
   ⋮
   24	ld [wBallSaverTimerSeconds], a
   ⋮
   26	ld [wNumTimesBallSavedTextWillDisplay], a
   

   Checked against the evidence by its author, an AI model, 2026-10-22.

   Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-22.

   In the claim ledger