One of the most interesting features in Gold and Silver is the Time Capsule. After opening, it allowed players the opportunity to trade over their beloved fighters from Generation I games, or trade their new ones to these games with moves they previously couldn't have. There are two very obvious technical limitations to this, of course, which are detailed below.

How to Open
The Time Capsule cannot be opened until the player visits Ecruteak City Pokemon Center for the first time and meets Bill. After he has fixed it, wait 24 hours and then you are free to use the machine to trade Pokemon of any level that meets the below requirements. Don't forget to pick up an Eevee from Bill in Goldenrod City after!

Restrictions
Just like in Star Trek, players can't visit the capsule if they're going to be messing with the timeline. Here are the restrictions:

- no Johto Pokemon or eggs can be transferred. - no new moves on old Pokemon can be traded over.

This means that you can't trade over your Lugia to awe Kanto with, nor any of the other Johto Pokemon. Not even pre-evolutions and evolutions of Kanto Pokemon. There are, of course, glitches that circumnavigate these restrictions, but we won't get into that here. The time steam must be preserved.

To be able to trade over Pokemon with new moves, you must first delete them. This is done either by writing over the offending move with a TM or level-up one, or taking the Pokemon to Blackthorn City's move deleter to have it erased manually. The latter method is the only way Pokemon who have learned Whirlpool will forget it.

It is perfectly fine to send back a Pokemon with a move it couldn't learn before but was available in Generation I. An example of this is Blastoise with Ice Punch, or Machoke with Karate Chop. Be warned however, moves like Karate Chop that changed types in Generation II will not retain these changes in Generation I.

Items
When you trade Pokémon over from Pokémon Green, Red, Blue or Yellow, you may notice that the Pokémon has got an item attached to it. Some of these items are quite common, but others can only be obtained by trading the Pokémon. The item may also vary depending upon the game it is being sent from.

No. Pic Name Type Base Stats Red/Blue Item Yellow Item
HP Att Def SpAtk SpDef Spd
#001
Bulbasaur
フシギダネ
45 49 49 65 65 45Bitter Berry
#004
Charmander
ヒトカゲ
39 52 43 60 50 65Bitter Berry
#007
Squirtle
ゼニガメ
44 48 65 50 64 43Bitter Berry
#010
Caterpie
キャタピー
45 30 35 20 20 45Berry
#011
Metapod
トランセル
50 20 55 25 25 30Berry
#013
Weedle
ビードル
40 35 30 20 20 50Berry
#014
Kakuna
コクーン
45 25 50 25 25 35Berry
#016
Pidgey
ポッポ
40 45 40 35 35 56Berry
#017
Pidgeotto
ピジョン
63 60 55 50 50 71Berry
#019
Rattata
コラッタ
30 56 35 25 35 72Berry
#020
Raticate
ラッタ
55 81 60 50 70 97Berry
#021
Spearow
オニスズメ
40 60 30 31 31 70Berry
#022
Fearow
オニドリル
65 90 65 61 61 100Berry
#023
Ekans
アーボ
35 60 44 40 54 55Berry
#024
Arbok
アーボック
60 85 69 65 79 80Berry
#025
Pikachu
ピカチュウ
35 55 30 50 40 90Berry Light Ball
#026
Raichu
ライチュウ
60 90 55 90 80 100Gold Leaf
#027
Sandshrew
サンド
50 75 85 20 30 40Berry
#028
Sandslash
サンドパン
75 100 110 45 55 65Berry
#029
Nidoran♀
ニドラン♀
55 47 52 40 40 41TM43
#030
Nidorina
ニドリーナ
70 62 67 55 55 56Berry
#031
Nidoqueen
ニドクイン
90 82 87 75 85 76TM43
#033
Nidorino
ニドリーノ
61 72 57 55 55 65Berry
#035
Clefairy
ピッピ
70 45 48 60 65 35MysteryBerry
#036
Clefable
ピクシー
95 70 73 85 90 60Leftovers
#037
Vulpix
ロコン
38 41 40 50 65 65Berry
#039
Jigglypuff
プリン
115 45 20 45 25 20Polkadot Bow
#040
Wigglytuff
プクリン
140 70 45 75 50 45Gold Berry
#041
Zubat
ズバット
40 45 35 30 40 55Berry
#042
Golbat
ゴルバット
75 80 70 65 75 90Berry
#043
Oddish
ナゾノクサ
45 50 55 75 65 30Berry
#044
Gloom
クサイハナ
60 65 70 85 75 40Berry
#046
Paras
パラス
35 70 55 45 55 25Berry
#047
Parasect
パラセクト
60 95 80 60 80 30Gold Leaf
#048
Venonat
コンパン
60 55 50 40 55 45Berry
#049
Venomoth
モルフォン
70 65 60 90 75 90Gold Leaf
#050
Diglett
ディグダ
10 55 25 35 45 95Berry
#051
Dugtrio
ダグトリオ
35 80 50 50 70 120Gold Berry
#052
Meowth
ニャース
40 45 35 40 40 90Berry
#054
Psyduck
コダック
50 52 48 65 50 55Berry
#055
Golduck
ゴルダック
80 82 78 95 80 85Gold Leaf
#056
Mankey
マンキー
40 80 35 35 45 70Berry
#057
Primeape
オコリザル
65 105 60 60 70 95Gold Leaf
#058
Growlithe
ガーディ
55 70 45 70 50 60Berry
#060
Poliwag
ニョロモ
40 50 40 40 40 90Berry
#061
Poliwhirl
ニョロゾ
65 65 65 50 50 90Berry
#063
Abra
ケーシィ
25 20 15 105 55 90TM09
#064
Kadabra
ユンゲラー
40 35 30 120 70 105Berry TwistedSpoon
#066
Machop
ワンリキー
70 80 50 35 35 35Brick PieceStardust
#067
Machoke
ゴーリキー
80 100 70 50 60 45Berry
#069
Bellsprout
マダツボミ
50 75 35 70 30 40Berry
#070
Weepinbell
ウツドン
65 90 50 85 45 55Berry
#072
Tentacool
メノクラゲ
40 40 35 50 100 70Berry
#073
Tentacruel
ドククラゲ
80 70 65 80 120 100Silver Leaf
#074
Geodude
イシツブテ
40 80 100 30 30 20Berry
#075
Graveler
ゴローン
55 95 115 45 45 35Berry
#077
Ponyta
ポニータ
50 85 55 65 65 90Berry
#078
Rapidash
ギャロップ
65 100 70 80 80 105Silver Leaf
#079
Slowpoke
ヤドン
90 65 65 40 40 15Berry
#080
Slowbro
ヤドラン
95 75 110 100 80 30Gold Leaf
#081
Magnemite
コイル
25 35 70 95 55 45Berry
#082
Magneton
レアコイル
50 60 95 120 70 70Silver Leaf
#083
Farfetch'd
カモネギ
52 65 55 58 62 60Bitter Berry
#084
Doduo
ドードー
35 85 45 35 35 75Berry
#085
Dodrio
ドードリオ
60 110 70 60 60 100Bitter Berry
#086
Seel
パウワウ
65 45 55 45 70 45Berry
#087
Dewgong
ジュゴン
90 70 80 70 95 70Gold Leaf
#088
Grimer
ベトベター
80 80 50 40 50 25Berry
#089
Muk
ベトベトン
105 105 75 65 100 50Gold Leaf
#090
Shellder
シェルダー
30 65 100 45 25 40Berry
#092
Gastly
ゴース
30 35 30 100 35 80Berry
#093
Haunter
ゴースト
45 50 45 115 55 95Berry
#095
Onix
イワーク
35 45 160 30 45 70Bitter Berry
#096
Drowzee
スリープ
60 48 45 43 90 42Berry
#097
Hypno
スリーパー
85 73 70 73 115 67Gold Leaf
#098
Krabby
クラブ
30 105 90 25 25 50TM33
#099
Kingler
キングラー
55 130 115 50 50 75Silver Leaf
#100
Voltorb
ビリリダマ
40 30 50 55 55 100Berry
#101
Electrode
マルマイン
60 50 70 80 80 140Silver Leaf
#102
Exeggcute
タマタマ
60 40 80 60 45 40Berry
#104
Cubone
カラカラ
50 50 95 40 50 35Berry
#105
Marowak
ガラガラ
60 80 110 50 80 45Gold Leaf
#106
Hitmonlee
サワムラー
50 120 53 35 110 87Bitter Berry
#107
Hitmonchan
エビワラー
50 105 79 35 110 76Bitter Berry
#108
Lickitung
ベロリンガ
90 55 75 60 75 30Bitter Berry
#109
Koffing
ドガース
40 65 95 60 45 35Berry
#110
Weezing
マタドガス
65 90 120 85 70 60Silver Leaf
#111
Rhyhorn
サイホーン
80 85 95 30 30 25Berry
#112
Rhydon
サイドン
105 130 120 45 45 40Silver Leaf
#113
Chansey
ラッキー
250 5 5 35 105 50Lucky Punch
#114
Tangela
モンジャラ
65 55 115 100 40 60Bitter Berry
#115
Kangaskhan
ガルーラ
105 95 80 40 80 90Bitter Berry
#116
Horsea
タッツー
30 40 70 70 25 60TM33
#117
Seadra
シードラ
55 65 95 95 45 85Gold Leaf
#118
Goldeen
トサキント
45 67 60 35 50 63TM33
#119
Seaking
アズマオウ
80 92 65 65 80 68Silver Leaf
#120
Staryu
ヒトデマン
30 45 55 70 55 85TM33
#122
Mr. Mime
バリヤード
40 45 65 100 120 90Bitter Berry
#123
Scyther
ストライク
70 110 80 55 80 105Bitter Berry
#124
Jynx
ルージュラ
65 50 35 115 95 95Bitter Berry
#125
Electabuzz
エレブー
65 83 57 95 85 105Bitter Berry
#126
Magmar
ブーバー
65 95 57 100 85 93Bitter Berry
#127
Pinsir
カイロス
65 125 100 55 70 85Bitter Berry
#128
Tauros
ケンタロス
75 100 95 40 70 110Bitter Berry
#129
Magikarp
コイキング
20 10 55 15 20 80Berry
#130
Gyarados
ギャラドス
95 125 79 60 100 81Bitter Berry
#131
Lapras
ラプラス
130 85 80 85 95 60Bitter Berry
#132
Ditto
メタモン
48 48 48 48 48 48Metal Powder
#133
Eevee
イーブイ
55 55 50 45 65 55Bitter Berry
#137
Porygon
ポリゴン
65 60 70 85 75 40Bitter Berry
#138
Omanyte
オムナイト
35 40 100 90 55 35Bitter Berry
#140
Kabuto
カブト
30 80 90 55 45 55Bitter Berry
#142
Aerodactyl
プテラ
80 105 65 60 75 130Bitter Berry
#143
Snorlax
カビゴン
160 110 65 65 110 30Leftovers
#144
Articuno
フリーザー
90 85 100 95 125 85BrightPowder
#145
Zapdos
サンダー
90 90 85 125 90 100BrightPowder
#146
Moltres
ファイヤー
90 100 90 125 85 90BrightPowder
#147
Dratini
ミニリュウ
41 64 45 50 50 50Bitter Berry
#148
Dragonair
ハクリュー
61 84 65 70 70 70Bitter Berry Protein
#150
Mewtwo
ミュウツー
106 110 90 154 90 130BrightPowder
#151
Mew
ミュウ
100 100 100 100 100 100Bitter Berry