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Binding: Video Game Brand: Nintendo EAN: 0045496712105 Item Dimensions: Label: SPIG Manufacturer: SPIG Model: AGB S MBA MPN: AGBSMBA Platform: Game Boy Advance Publisher: SPIG Studio: SPIG Features:
Accessories: Editorial Review: Product Description: MODEL- AGB-S-MBA VENDOR- NINTENDO FEATURES- Game Boy Advance- Glacier finish Muscular 32-bit processor. Big screen. Great multiplayer features. Nintendo Gamecube connectivity. And it slips easily into your pocket. You can also play every Game Boy or Game Boy Color game ever made. Weve lost count, but trust us -- thats plenty. * The screen is big, sharp and vivid, displaying hundreds of colors at once in crisp, clear hi-res graphics. Your peepers will be dazzled. * One speaker and a headphone jack deliver first-rate music, audio effects, even voice. Sounds great. * GCN - GBA Link Developers have only begun to tap the possibilities of the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable. Exchange data. Unlock secret characters, items and levels. Use the GBA SP as a secret game screen. The possibilities are endless. * Multiplayer Swap items. School your pals. Simply connect any combination of GBA SP and classic GBA systems. Some games even let you share a single Game Pak. Now thats spreading the joy. -- SPECIFICATIONs ------------ CPU - 32-bit ARM with embedded memory MEMORY - 32 Kbyte + 96 Kbyte VRAM (in CPU) 256 Kbyte WRAM (external of CPU) SCREEN - 2.9" TFT reflective screen RESOLUTION- 240 x 160 pixels COLOR - 511 simultaneous colors in character mode 32,768 simultaneous colors in bitmap mode POWER- 2 AA batteries, approx. 15 hours battery life. SIZE - 5.69"w x 3.23"h x 0.96"d WT.- 4.94 oz. MANUFACTURER WARRANTY:andnbsp;andnbsp;12 Months Amazon.com Product Description: The Game Boy platform (which includes the original unit, the Game Boy Pocket, and the Game Boy Color) came to market when most video game consoles had a life expectancy of just a few years. More than a decade later, the system is still going strong. How did the Game Boy successfully compete--and in some cases bury--an onslaught of faster, more powerful handheld and home console systems? Let us count the ways: affordability, a huge library of games that consistently made the most of the hardware's limitations, smart power management that extended battery life, and uncluttered controls. But perhaps it was the system's ultraportable design that allowed devotees to play video games around their schedule, making it the must-have system for kids and adults alike. Now the Game Boy Advance (or GBA as people are already calling it) comes to us with power that would have been unthinkable back in the day. The portable's 32-bit RISC CPU runs circles around the former's 8-bit workhorse, allowing it to process program instructions much faster. What that means to everyday gamers is more intricate visuals, more simultaneous movement on the screen, and better sound. In fact, the often-annoying beeps and boops of old-school Game Boy titles are being replaced with digitized stereo sound. The extra processing muscle also means you can even network up to four Game Boy Advance units together, via the communication cable, for multiplayer fun off of one shared cartridge. Only two Game Boy Color units could link together, and each unit had to have its own copy of the game. What's not being replaced, however, is the wide selection of Game Boy games. Because the Game Boy Advance system is backward-compatible, it will play its own line of colorful games--including such launch titles as Super Mario Advance, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Army Men Advance, High Heat Major League Baseball 2002, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2--as well as all of the monochrome and color games that have already been released for the previous Game Boy systems (nearly 500 in total). Players can view the older games in their smaller, originally square dimensions, or, with the touch of the shoulder button, expand the game to fit the GBA's larger screen. We tried enlarging the screen on a Game Boy Color edition of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and found that Mr. Hawk was much easier to see. When you first pick up the system, you'll be amazed at how lightweight it is. At fewer than 5 ounces and a little larger than a deck of playing cards, the system easily fits into a shirt pocket without any sag. The GBA's wider shape fits better into a wider range of hands. The former design too often pushed the left and right thumb knuckles together during gameplay. The new layout should be comfortable for all ages, and the center screen orientation makes it easy to see. Game Boy Color owners will find the GBA's larger screen somewhat darker than they're used to, but that's because the screen is outfitted with antiglare technology. Like the old Game Boy Color, the color LCD is not backlit, so you need pretty good light to play by. Unlike that system, though, you won't be craning your neck and tilting the unit to see around the hot-spot reflection of the light bulb in your screen. But you'll also notice the graphics. Sporting what's basically a redesigned SNES technology, you'll see things on the GBA that the big consoles do, such as scaling (making objects larger or smaller) and rotation effects--technological advances that will affect the look of everything from crossing a finish line to throwing a touchdown pass to crawling through a dungeon. Some might argue that Nintendo could have tried to put even more power into this Game Boy Advance. After all, the 32-bit video game had its heyday more than five years ago. Perhaps, but after handling this new handheld, we're inclined to think that Nintendo wisely struck a balance between size, price, and power consumption. And considering how well the old 8-bit system weathered the decade's technological storms, we think the Game Boy Advance is here to stay, and we're glad. --Porter B. Hall Unit Specifications
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 Rating:  - GBAExcellent game console system has much more accessories than the GBA SP you can accessorize so much more with this game system because they made more accessories for this one. Excellent system plays well exactly to a tee like the GBA SP only difference it doesn't fold and doesn't have a back light like the GBA SP but you can get the light for the original GBA on amazon for 2 or 3 bucks if that. Really cheap basically. Even this system because it's been out a while you can get it really cheap which ... Read More Rating:  - This GBA Was horribleI bought this a few years ago because I sold my Game Boy Advance SP Classic NES Limited Edition since I bought a Nintendo DS Lite Onyx Black and later came across some of my old GB Color and Black and White games I thought I lost in a move. This is crap compared to a Game Boy Advance SP Classic NES Limited Edition system (or any GBA SP). The screen is so dark on this original GBA System, I have to shine several lights on it to see the screen and sometimes the glare of the lights makes it even more difficult ... Read More Rating: - Incredible.This console was awesome. Surely 5 stars. It ranks equivalence to the SNES in graphics, so you can really get something nice out of it. It also plays Gameboy/Color games so it's kind of the "GameBoy Ultimate." It plays everything, it has SNES+ graphics, and it has several features. Along with the Gameboy Player, the E-reader, and several others, the GB link cable makes a comeback. You can be playing Mario Bros. with 4 of your friends, or hook up for more stuff. Excellent value, recommended. Rating:  - not satisfiedI received the package and it was torn and the battery cover did not come with it so I have to put tape on it so the batteries will not fall out. This was suppose to have been a gift but I couldn't give it to them looking like that. I was not PLEASED. Rating: - The Gameboy AdvanceThe Gameboy Advance is awesome! They are very small, so it'll easily fit inside a pocket. It has a wide library of games like Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Madden, and Spyro. The Gameboy Advance takes two AA batteries, which last up to 15 hours of gameplay. The Gameboy Advance is the exact same thing as the SP, except the SP has a rechargeable battery, a backlight, and is smaller. If you want a rechargeable battery or backlight for Gameboy Advance, they are sold on Amazon for about $5.00 each. The Gameboy Advance itself ... Read More |
