Gameboy Games And Accessories

Nintendo is the acknowledged worldwide leader in the creation of interactive entertainment. To date, Nintendo has sold more than one billion video games worldwide, created such industry icons as Mario and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda and Pok?mon. Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems, including Nintendo 64 and Game Boy - the world's best-selling video game systems.The Game Boy Advance Game Link cable allows you to trade data or play multiplayer games with other owners of Game Boy Advance systems. This cable will only work with the Game Boy Advance portable video game system and Game Boy Advance Game Paks.

Package content: 100V-240V Game Boy Micro US Plug Wall Charger Adapter x 1

Originally developed on a Russian DCC clone PDP Computer by a humble employee of the Moscow Academy of Sciences, Alexey Pajitnov's mega hit succeeds where other puzzle games have failed: by keeping it simple. Seven blocks, known as Tetraminoes, and one empty "well" quickly translate into hopeless addiction. There are few games that haunt you even after you stop playing -- but 30 minutes with this puzzle masterpiece and you'll see Tetris pieces wherever you look. No matter what platform it's on, Tetris remains one of the purest and accessible videogames ever made, proving that some of the most addictive games are the simplest

MODEL- AGS-S-ZRA VENDOR- NINTENDOFEATURES- Game Boy Advance SP- Flame 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. * Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery Delivers hours of nonstop gameplay. Fast recharges get you back in the game quicker. * 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 memoryMEMORY - 32 Kbyte + 96 Kbyte VRAM (in CPU) 256 Kbyte WRAM (external of CPU) SCREEN - 2.9 TFT reflective screen (diagonal) Front light integrated with LCDRESOLUTION- 240 x 160 pixelsCOLOR - 511 simultaneous colors in character mode 32768 simultaneous colors in bitmap modePOWER- Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery Battery life: 10 hours continuous play with light on 18 hours continuous play with light off 3 hours rechargingSIZE - 3.23w x 3.3h x 0.96d WT.- approx. 5 oz. MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 12 MonthsReviewMany decried the original Game Boy Advance's reflective LCD screen and its reliance on external light sources. The Game Boy Advance SP's main feature--optional backlighting--fixes this complaint nicely, but it's the wealth of other features that makes this system so surprisingly good. At first look, you might think the SP is a sleek travel alarm clock. When closed, it's just as tall and deep as the original GBA, but only half as wide. Due to its clamshell design, the screen is always protected from everyday scratches. A small button in the center of the console turns on the backlighting element for use in low-light situations, like in a moving car. The SP comes with a well-designed power adapter that recharges a built-in battery; its prongs fold in for easier storage. Our informal tests found that it takes about four hours to fully charge (you can even play it while it's plugged in and charging), and the battery lasts about 11 hours with the backlighting constantly on--your results may vary. Using the backlighting less often will conserve battery power. With separately sold cables, you can connect the Game Boy Advance SP to other GBAs for multiplayer gaming (above) or to the Nintendo GameCube (below) to access secret levels, exchange data, or use other special features that vary from game to game. The quality of the backlighting is very good. It's bright and clear when looking directly at it, but degraded from other angles. This is only a problem for friends who are watching the screen from over your shoulder. But size, power, and affordability do not come without trade offs. There's no headphone jack here, though Nintendo promises an adapter. The system isn't very loud at its highest volume, and the sound can be turned down to socially acceptable levels. The L and R shoulder buttons are a fraction of the size they were on the GBA, and thus are harder to hit. Also, the reduced size of the SP is slightly less comfortable for adult hands than the GBA, but perhaps more comfortable for smaller hands. The cartridge port placement on the lower part of the console is fine for GBA games, since they are flush with the console body, but older Game Boy Color carts will stick out in a way that takes some getting used to. Open it up and the hinge will seek out a preferred, pre-set angle (about 150 degrees), though you can open it a bit wider or narrower for your own comfort. The hinge stands up well to lateral pressure, and over all, the SP seems just as rugged as its predecessor--which has proven to be very rugged, indeed. --Porter B. Hall Unit Specifications CPU: 32-Bit ARM with embedded memory Memory: 32 KB with 96 KB VRAM (in CPU), 256 KB WRAM (external of CPU) Screen: 2.9-inch reflective TFT color LCD Display Size: 1.6 by 2.4 inches (40.8 by 61.2 mm) Resolution: 240 x 160 pixels in a wide-screen aspect ratio Colors: 511 simultaneous colors from a palette of 32,768 Software: Fully compatible with Game Boy and Game Boy Color game paks Light Source: Front light integrated with LCD Size (closed): 3.3 by 3.23 by .96 inch Weight: Approximately 5 ounces Power Supply: Rechargeable lithium-ion battery Battery Life: 10 hours continuous play with light on; 18 hours with light off; 3 hours recharging

All current and future Game Boy Advance games are fully compatible with the Game Boy Advance SP. This ergonomically designed masterpiece will play all your favorite Game Boy and Game Boy Color games too more than 700 in all.

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

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 SpecificationsCPU: 32-bit RISC CPU with embedded memoryScreen: 2.9-inch reflective TFT color LCD Display Size: 1.6 by 2.4 inches (40.8 by 61.2 mm)Resolution: 38,000 pixels in a wide-screen aspect ratio (10,000 per square inch)Colors: 512 simultaneous colors from a palette of 32,768Size: 3.2 by 5.6 by 1 inch (82 by 144.5 by 24.5 mm)Weight: Approximately 5 ounces (140 grams)Power Supply: 2 AA alkaline batteriesBattery Life: Approximately 15 hours continuous play

Handheld system and gameboy game genie only.

Considered by most to be the best football game on the NES, this title is much more fun when played with multiple people.