Sacred Gold is not a new game. It is a ROM hack (a modification) of the Nintendo DS game Pokémon HeartGold. You apply a patch file to a clean copy of the original HeartGold ROM to create the hacked version.
Think of it as HeartGold on steroids. Drayano designed it to be the version of Johto that Game Freak would have made if difficulty settings and modern mechanics existed in 2009. pokemon+sacred+gold+rom+fr+new
A: This is a common bug in the "New" 2.0 beta. Save often (use Save States and in-game saves). To fix, ensure you are using MelonDS 0.9+ rather than DeSmuME. Sacred Gold is not a new game
The most common search for "Sacred Gold new" refers to the 2024/2025 re-release updates. Drayano returned to this hack years after its original release to fix bugs and add quality-of-life features. Think of it as HeartGold on steroids
Here are the highlights of the newest patch:
A: You likely applied the French patch to the wrong ROM version. You need a US English HGSS ROM, not a European one. European ROMs have different text encoding.