| Gemini 4 Argon |
Pokémon Emerald |
All 8 badges in Pokémon Emerald (now 3,797 turns in, still playing) Last verified: Oct 18, 2026 · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 How was this run measured?
- Model
- Gemini 4 Argon
- Game
- Pokémon Emerald
- Project
- Gemini Plays Pokémon
- Harness
- Gemini Plays Pokémon harness (mGBA emulator)
- Inputs
- emulator frames + game-state analysis
- Tools
- custom subagents, Python sandbox, notepads (published on GitHub)
- Assistance
- not disclosed
- Budget
- not disclosed
- Verification
- Verified Badge count and turn count read from the hub's game-state telemetry; every turn is committed to the public repo with an emulator save state.
- Evidence
- Hub telemetry: run emerald_gemini_4_argon (primary)
Public repo branch emerald_gemini_4_argon (turn-by-turn commits) (primary)
- Unknown
- turn at which the 8th badge was earned; reasoning budget
- Dates
- started Oct 13, 2026 · evidence dated Oct 18, 2026
- Recorded
- published Oct 18, 2026 · discovered by AI vs Games Oct 18, 2026
- Changes
- Last change 2026-10-18: Turns 3722 → 3797
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Gemini Plays Pokémon harness (mGBA emulator) emulator frames + game-state analysis |
Verified |
Oct 18, 2026 |
| Gemini 4 Argon |
Pokémon Emerald |
Entered the Hall of Fame in Pokémon Emerald (beat Champion Wallace) Gemini 4 Argon's whole run so far (3,797 turns, post-game included) is under half the 9,274 turns Gemini 3.8 Flash has used to reach 5 badges on the same hub. Last verified: not independently verified · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 How was this run measured?
- Model
- Gemini 4 Argon
- Game
- Pokémon Emerald
- Project
- Gemini Plays Pokémon
- Harness
- Gemini Plays Pokémon harness (mGBA emulator)
- Inputs
- emulator frames + game-state analysis
- Tools
- custom subagents, Python sandbox, notepads (published on GitHub)
- Assistance
- not disclosed
- Budget
- not disclosed
- Verification
- Creator-reported Stated in the AI's own run notepad, which logs post-Hall of Fame events. The hub does not expose a Hall of Fame flag, so we have not confirmed it from game state.
- Evidence
- Hub telemetry: run emerald_gemini_4_argon (primary)
Public repo branch emerald_gemini_4_argon (turn-by-turn commits) (primary)
Run notepad: 'Post-Hall of Fame' section (creator)
- Unknown
- turn and date of the Hall of Fame entry
- Dates
- started Oct 13, 2026 · evidence dated Oct 18, 2026
- Recorded
- published Oct 18, 2026 · discovered by AI vs Games Oct 18, 2026
- Changes
- Historical record. Nothing to update unless the source changes.
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Gemini Plays Pokémon harness (mGBA emulator) emulator frames + game-state analysis |
Creator-reported |
Oct 18, 2026 |
| Gemini 4 Argon |
Pokémon Blue |
8 of 8 badges in Pokémon Blue, run finished after 1,753 turns Same game, same hub: Gemini 4 Argon reached 8 badges in about a third of the turns Gemini 3.8 Flash used for 3. Last verified: Oct 18, 2026 · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 How was this run measured?
- Model
- Gemini 4 Argon
- Game
- Pokémon Blue
- Project
- Gemini Plays Pokémon
- Harness
- Gemini Plays Pokémon harness (mGBA emulator)
- Inputs
- emulator frames + game-state analysis
- Tools
- custom subagents, Python sandbox, notepads (published on GitHub)
- Assistance
- not disclosed
- Budget
- not disclosed
- Verification
- Verified Hub game-state telemetry. The game is inferred from the hub run name ('blue_'); this run has no public repo branch.
- Evidence
- Hub telemetry: run blue_gemini_4_argon (primary)
- Unknown
- why the run was marked finished; whether it was a timed or capped run
- Dates
- started Oct 10, 2026 · evidence dated Oct 11, 2026
- Recorded
- published Oct 11, 2026 · discovered by AI vs Games Oct 18, 2026
- Changes
- No change detected since we started tracking.
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Gemini Plays Pokémon harness (mGBA emulator) emulator frames + game-state analysis |
Verified |
Oct 11, 2026 |
| Gemini 4 Argon Team of 4 Gemini 4 Argon agents |
Minecraft |
A team of 4 Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft: killed the Ender Dragon in 27h 14m, with 605 deaths and 2,783 programs written The authors call it the first end-to-end autonomous completion of Minecraft by AI agents. They also list its limits: the agents read the world through an API, a plugin handled pathfinding, and they played on Easy. Last verified: not independently verified · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 How was this run measured?
- Model
- Gemini 4 Argon · agent: Team of 4 Gemini 4 Argon agents
- Game
- Minecraft
- Project
- Gemini 4 Argon agent team (research paper)
- Harness
- 4 general-purpose Gemini 4 Argon coding agents controlling players through Mineflayer (+ pathfinding plugin); team chat + shared memory
- Inputs
- text API (position, health, inventory, nearby blocks and mobs), not pixels
- Tools
- self-written JavaScript programs (2,783); no human-written game logic, no pre-scouted seed
- Assistance
- none during the run (researchers could pause or stop it but did not intervene)
- Budget
- single run; Java Edition 1.20.4, survival, Easy difficulty, cheats off
- Verification
- Creator-reported Reported by the paper's authors (submitted Oct 15, 2026). We have checked the paper; we have not seen independent replays or logs.
- Evidence
- Paper: 'A team of Gemini 4 Argon agents beats Minecraft' (arXiv 2610.22319) (creator)
Full text (HTML) (creator)
- Unknown
- public replay or logs; compute cost
- Dates
- evidence dated Oct 15, 2026
- Recorded
- published Oct 15, 2026 · discovered by AI vs Games Oct 18, 2026
- Changes
- Historical record. Nothing to update unless the source changes.
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4 general-purpose Gemini 4 Argon coding agents controlling players through Mineflayer (+ pathfinding plugin); team chat + shared memory text API (position, health, inventory, nearby blocks and mobs), not pixels |
Creator-reported |
Oct 15, 2026 |
