Play Pokémon Silver on an emulator via Computer Use
A published walkthrough shows someone ran Pokémon Silver in an emulator and let ChatGPT, which they call Lyric, control it through Computer Use. They played alongside it instead of having it only give advice. It worked well enough to start the game and pick a starter.
- Agent or tool
- ChatGPT Agent
- Topic
- Productivity
- Reported on
- Blog
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Small, repetitive tasks eat more of the week than anyone likes to admit. Cases like this show an agent taking a chore off someone's plate end to end, not just suggesting what to do. It is one of 201 sightings filed under Productivity on Agent Sightings (number 143 by interest), and one of 48 involving ChatGPT Agent.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into ChatGPT Agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Help me play Pokémon Silver on an emulator via Computer Use. Break it into steps, show your work, and wait for confirmation before anything irreversible, paid, or outbound.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Blog: https://community.openai.com/t/let-chatgpt-play-games-with-users-through-comput…. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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