Thousands attempt to play one game of Pokemon using emulator on Twitch

If you fancy wasting away part of your Valentine's Day then head over to Twitch Plays Pokemon which, thanks to a clever emulator, is enabling thousands of people to input text-based commands to crowd-control Pokemon Red/Blue.

The Twitch Chat can understand basic commands including directions, A, B, Start and Select.

Already live for over a day, the combined force of players has managed to beat the game's first gym.