POL Map Editor — Pokemon Online (2001)

Pokemon Online (POL) Map Editor, Release 1. Dated 5/12/2001, recovered from the original Bulbagarden.com/pol era. Created by Konidias (contact alias: B-Quest, bquest@usa.net), this tool allowed POL staff and players to design tile-based game maps for the fan-made Pokemon MMO. Maps were saved as .bmp files and submitted to game admins for inclusion in the game world. Includes original tile sets, sample levels, and full readme documentation viewable upon installation. Confirmed working on Windows 11 (2026) with no compatibility layer required. It has also been rebuilt as a working in-browser recreation on the Doors 98 desktop — a clean-room reimplementation whose 178 tile sprites, exact File/Options/Other/Help menu tree, and About dialog were reverse-engineered directly from the original mapeditor.exe.