How do I fix this Pokemon yellow glitch that happens when I withdraw my Pokemon?

Question

My copy of yellow has this one weird glitch. So whenever I try to withdraw my Pokemon from the computer the game freezes for a minute and then crashes and restarts my GBC. I can't find anything about it online and no one I've talked to has any answers for me. I did buy this copy off of eBay, but the seller didn't say anything about it having any bugs like this. Does anyone out there have any answers for me?

EDIT: This happens no matter what Pokemon I try to withdraw. I did buy this cart from a Chinese seller, so it probably is a fake. Does anyone know how I might try and fix this? Also, thank you for your helpful comments!

Comments

Which Pokemon are you trying to withdraw? Does the freeze happen with all of them, or just some?

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It could be a fake cartridge. fake carts are notorious for glitches like this. But Gen 1 in general is too, so it could be legit.

Answer 1

In Generation I, attempting to withdraw a level 1 Pokémon using the "Medium Slow" growth algorithm will softlock the game.

This is the only glitch that's close to what you described that's listed on my source. I doubt that you have a Level 1 Pokemon, however. Therefore, your cartridge is almost certainly fake, as you see to have already figured out. There isn't a way to fix a fake cartridge, sadly, so your best bet is to simply purchase another copy and see if that works.

Hope I helped!