GBA About

The Game Boy Advance often referred to, as GBA is a 32-bit video game console. This video game is a product of Nintendo.  It was released in 2001 and was known as the successor to the popular Game Boy Color.

Technical specifications of Game Boy Advance as they are provided by Nintendo

• LCD: Thin film transistor (TFT) Color Liquid crystal
• Size: Approx 3.2 x 5.69 x 0.97 inches
• SCREEN SIZE: approx 2.9 inches
• CPU: 16MHz 32bit RISC-CPU + 8bit CISC-CPU
• MEMORY: 32 kilobyte + 96 kilobyte internal to CPU and 256 kilobyte external to the CPU
• SOUND: Speaker (mono)/Headphone (stereo)
• POWER: 2x AA batteries
• RESOLUTION: 240×160 pixels
• DISPLAY ABILITY: 32,000 colors
• BATTERY LIFE: 16-20 hrs with 2 AA batteries
• WEIGHT: About 140g
• CARTRIDGE: 34.5mm x 60mm x 9.5mm
• PRICE: $99.99
• BACKWARD COMPALIBILITY: it contains the CPU of the GBC so it is 100% compatible with all old Game Boy Color games
• LINK PLAY: Up to 4 players on 1 cartridge

ACCESSORIES OF GAME BOY ADVANCE

• Game Boy Advance Communication Cable: This  is the Link Cable which contains a box to plug in another cable  to provide 4-player games on one copy of the game.
• Game Boy Advance to GCN Cable: It will allow user to link the Game Boy Advance to the GameCube.
• Battery Pack/AC Adaptor: This allows user to play Game Boy Advance without buying batteries every few weeks. Its plays 10 hours if charged for 2 hour.
• Mobile Game Boy Advance Adaptor: It enables user to download and play games online through a cell phone.
• Game Boy Advance Infrared Communication Adaptor: Game Boy Color originally has a built-in infrared port, which was used very less because of its low bandwidth. Keeping that in mind this feature was removed from Game Boy Advance to cut cost, but is now available as a peripheral.
• Wireless Adapter: This adapter can be plugged at the back of the Game Boy Advance. It allows user to replace the link cable and with the help of the wireless adapter many people get to link with each other.
• Play -Yan device:  Play-Yan is a MP3 and MPEG4 player for the Game Boy Advance. It contains a built-in headphone port and a SD card slot. It allows users to transfer the Music or videos that they have downloaded from the Internet into the SD Card and then slot it into the Play-Yan device.

NEW VERSIONS OF GAME BOY ADVANCE

GAME BOY ADVANVE SP:  It was an upgraded version of Game Boy Advance and was released in February 2003. The ‘SP’ here stands for special. This is considered to be much superior to Game boy advance in terms of features and usability Game Boy Micro: This is the third version of Game Boy Advance. It was released in 2005. With an updated form most of the functional features of GAME BOY ADVANVE SP are present in Game Boy Micro. It is known for its small and sleek size and design.