About GameBoy Advance

The Nintendo Gameboy was the first console that made mobile video gaming a reality. For the first time, a cartridge based system was available that delivered Nintendo quality gameplay combined with fantastic graphics at a small size. Another radical leap in hand-held entertainment came with the Gameboy Color.

Gameboy Advance

If you thought Gameboy Color meant great progress, just wait until you feel the power of GameBoy Advance's 32-bit color graphics and intense new horizontal design. The screen is bigger, but it's just as compact as GameBoy Color. The addition of L and R buttons add increased control, taking the gameplay experience to the next level. The new Gameboy Advance SP has brought in sleek new looks, a lit display and rechargeable batteries.

Both the Gameboy Advance and Advance SP are fully compatible with all pre-existing GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. The game library includes more than 700 GameBoy and GameBoy Color video games -- with many more being released for GameBoy Advance.

Up to four Gameboy Advances can link up for incredible multiplayer action, occasionally requiring just one Game Pak.

For certain games, GameBoy Advance has the ability to serve as a controller for the Nintendo GameCube as well.

The Gameboy Advance requires only 2 "AA" alkaline batteries, and provides uninterrupted gameplay with a battery life of 15 hours! (Gameboy Advance SP has rechargeable batteries). This is certainly a technological achievement, given that the GBA runs with a 32 bit CPU, with color graphics and digital stereo PCM sound.

The Gameboy Advance requires only 2 "AA" alkaline batteries, and provides uninterrupted gameplay with a battery life of 15 hours! This is certainly a technological achievement, given that the GBA runs with a 32 bit CPU, with color graphics and digital stereo PCM sound.

CPU: 32-Bit ARM with embedded memory

Screen:
2.9-inch TFT reflective screen
240x160 pixels resolution
40.8 mm x 61.2mm screen size
32,768 possible colors
511 simultaneous colors in character mode
32,768 simultaneous colors in bitmap mode


Battery Life: 15 hours