Pokémon Gold and Silver/Cheats

Shiny Ditto
Red Gyarados Needed and ability to trade to Generation 1

First, trade the Red Gyarados to a Red or Blue version, teaching it the Mimic TM, and trade it back. Then, using the move deleter in Blackthorn City, delete all its moves except Mimic. Then, trade the Gyarados back to the Red or Blue version and battle a Ditto. While battling the Ditto, get Gyarados to use Mimic after  the Ditto uses Transform. Gyarados can then use Transform. It then transforms into Ditto, after which Ditto transforms into the transformed Gyarados. After that, catch the Ditto, which will be shiny when traded to Gold, Silver, or Crystal.

Shiny Lugia
Needs Shiny Gyarados traded to R/B/Y

Another, even more complex trick involves restarting the game; it does not always work, so it is dangerous to do. The player takes the name ??w?x?y (case sensitive), then uses a combination of the Missingno. trick and the aforementioned Shiny Ditto trick. Before doing this, you must look at a Pokédex entry for Ditto. Once this is done, the Shiny Ditto trick can be used on a level 230 Missingno, which will only know Transform. The Missingno. must be level 230 for this to work. When the Missingno. is caught, it will have the DVs of a shiny Pokémon. When traded to a Gold or Silver version, if the game allows it (sometimes it may say the Missigno. is unusual and cannot be traded) it will be a Shiny Pokémon. If the "ghost" form of Missingno. is traded properly, it becomes a Shiny Lugia.

Glitch City
To get to Glitch City, you have to hear the cry of a Machop then use the Coin Case, if done correctly then the game will restart and all the colours will be wrong, it is not known what happens if you save here so try it at your own risk, the cry of the Machop can be the one in Goldenrod Mart or Vermillion City. Doing this with most other Pokémon will cause the game to crash but Ratticate makes it say "Which move?".

Phone Calls
To get more phone calls, talk to your mum and continuously flick back and forth with Daylight Saving Time.

  Warning: Use at your own risk, some of these cheats may cause data loss or data change

Cloning Pokémon
First you go to a Pokémon centre and save the game. then you place the Pokémon in a box, and then go to change box. when the overwrite screen appears, press a. WAIT FOR THE SCREEN TO SAY "SAVING..." AND IMMEDIATELY TURN OFF YOUR GAME BOY. you must do this correctly, or you stand the chance of losing not only that Pokémon you want to clone, but also your data. if it is done correctly, when you turn back on the game boy, you will have the Pokémon in subject in your team, and a copy of it in the PC. you can use this to clone items, if you attach an item beforehand to the Pokémon.

Duplicating Pokémon
Make sure that you have at least two Pokémon in your party. After making sure, save your game in front of the PC. After saving, deposit the Pokémon you want to duplicate in Box 1. When you're finished depositing, press change box. When you change the box, you will have to save. Save it but make sure to turn off the console when it says : Saving... Don't turn off the power. Turn it back on and then you will have the deposited Pokémon in your party and when you check the PC, you will have one more. Also if it is holding an item it will too be duplicated.

Getting the 3 starters without trading
Before you chose a Pokémon from the 3 starters: Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile, save your game. Then just play without saving until you get a Poké Ball from Professor Elm's assistant. When you get the ball try to catch a Pokémon. You should be able to have 2 or more Pokémon in your party. Remember that up to this point, you will only save before you picked the Pokémon for Prof. Elm's table. Then when you get a 2nd Pokémon, go to the Pokémon Center. Deposit the starter you chose and then change box. Then turn off the console when it says : Saving... Don't turn off the power. Turn it back on and you will be back on Professor Elm's Lab and he will ask you to chose your starter. Chose a different starter. If you picked Totodile, pick Cyndaquil or Chikorita in the second time. then repeat the process. After doing this, you will have 1 starter with you and 2 starters deposited in the PC.