Pokémon Red is being recreated in Minecraft

The Reddit user Magib1 has started one of the more impressive Minecraft projects the world has seen so far. He has created a working Game Boy standing in the dessert and is now recreating Pokémon Red in the game, including a working Pokédex.

You might have seen working calculators being made in Minecraft, but this is much bigger, and he describes some of the process:

"There's a physical representation of the map... in spawn chunks in which each block corresponds with a texture. When the player clicks, a reader armor stand moves and clones the row of new textures behind the display. Display armor stands then detect the block type and stick the corresponding texture on their head before moving. The player model is just swapping between a static walking and standing texture."

He also explains how the map works:

"In order to store easily accessible information I'm also creating a sort of physical database underneath the block map. For example, the first layer under the map represents whether the block can be walked on or not (green wool = yes, red wool = no). Separate levels with this type of binary information can be created for doorways, surfable tiles, signs, etc. This cuts down on the command blocks needed, as lag is a very serious concern for the map."

Check out his progress at this link. Which Pokémon game should be next?