Pokemon

Pokemon Games

Red and Blue
Yellow
Gold and Silver
Crystal
Ruby and Sapphire
FireRed and LeafGreen
Emerald
Diamond and Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold and SoulSilver
Black and White
Black2 and White2

The Pokemon franchise was started with two video games, red and green, that were released in 1996 by Nintendo in Japan. Since this time 18 games have been released world wide as well as 2 more scheduled for 2012. There has also been numerous spin off games released on various different platfroms, including;

The Trading Card Game
Pokemon Snap on the Nintendo 64
Pokemon channel on the Nintendo Gamecube
The Mystery Dungeon series on the Nintendo DS
And over 50 other Game

Many glitches are presant in the Pokemon games and the series has become well known to have functional and exciting "glitches", and players often exploit these to gain special Pokemon that cannot be obtain easily in another way.

Breif outlines of the main 20 games can be found below, for further information on spin off series or elaboration on these games see the provided links.

Spin-off Series
Complete list of games
Glitches

Red and Blue

Release dates:
Japan: February 27, 1996
Australia: October 23, 1998
Generation: 1
Region: Kanto
Starter Pokemon: Bulbasaur, Charander, Squirtle
Starting Town: Pallet Town
Villians: Team Rocket
Console: Game Boy

The first two games of the pokemon franchise, they feature 151 Pokemon from the Kanto region which can be caught by the player. The player must travel through the region, train their Pokemon, acquire 8 gym badges by beating the gym leaders, and finally travel to the elite four. The elite four are located on the indego platau to the west of the region, and once they are beaten, including a fifth opponent, the player has beatent the game.

Bulbapedia: Red and Blue

Yellow

Release dates:
Japan: September 12, 1998
Australia: September 3, 1999
Generation: 1
Region: Kanto
Starter Pokemon: Pikachu
Starting Town: Pallet Town
Villians: Team Rocket
Console: Game Boy

This game follow the same design as Red and Blue, with a few minor location changes and other adjustments. The player is also only able to choose from 1 starting Pokemon, Pikachu, meaning every player started with the same pokemon. This game was adapted to closely follow the story of the Anime and the actions of the Animes protagonist, Ash Ketchum.

Bulbapedia: Yellow