Game Boy Advance

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Game Boy Advance
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Manufacturer	Nintendo
Type	Handheld
Release Date	March 21, 2001 JP June 11, 2001 NA June 22, 2001 EU June 8, 2004 China (under the iQue brand.)
Discontinued
Media	Cartridge
Save Format	EEPROM/SRAM/Battery-Backup
Input Options	D-Pad, A,B,L,R (2 Sholder buttons), Start, Select
Special Features	connects to GameCube as a controller
Units Sold	70.0 million (all versions, 2005)
Top Selling Game	Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald
Variants	Game Boy Advance SP, Game Boy micro, Game Boy Advance SP ver2
Competitor(s)	PSP
Predecessor	Game Boy
Successor	To Be Announced

The Game Boy Advance handheld is made by Nintendo and is the successor to the Game Boy Color. A new variation of the Game Boy Advance, the Game Boy Advance SP was released due partly to lighting issues with the original Game Boy Advance.

Games

The Game Boy Advance is known for it's robust library, from a variety of developers in many different genres. While the library was originally plagued with many SNES ports, it has since grown to be one of the strongest collections of games since the SNES.

Major Ports

• Super Mario Advance
• Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
• Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• Final Fantasy IV Advance
• Donkey Kong Country
• Donkey Kong Country 2
• Donkey Kong Country 3

Key First-Party Titles

Golden Sun Golden Sun: The Lost Age Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Advance Wars Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising Metroid Fusion Metroid Zero Mission Drill Dozer Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mario Kart Super Circuit

Fire Emblem Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ WarioWare: Twisted! The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Pokémon Emerald

Key Third-Party Titles

Mega Man Battle Network 2 Mega Man Battle Network 3 Mega Man Zero 3 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Astro Boy: Omega Factor Gunstar Super Heroes Riviera: The Promised Land Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand Lunar Legend Rebelstar: Tactical Command Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis

Technical specifications

• CPU
  • ARM7TDMI CPU clocked at 16.8 MHz with 32 KiB embedded RAM
  • Game Boy compatible 8-bit CPU clocked at 4.2 or 8.4 MHz (cannot run simultaneously with ARM7 CPU)
• Graphics controller (on die with CPU)
  • 240x160 pixel display with 32 levels per RGB color component, for a theoretical total of 32,768 colors
  • 96 KiB fast video memory
  • Tiled, rotated, and bitmap background display modes with up to four layers depending on display mode
  • Up to 128 sprites that can be moved, rotated, and scaled
  • Up to 256 simultaneous colors for backgrounds and 255 colors for sprites
• 256 KiB external work RAM
• 2.9 inch reflective TFT color liquid crystal display
• Serial port supporting GBC and GBA proprietary modes as well as UART and generic mode
• Up to 32 MiB of ROM on solid-state Game Paks

Peripherals

• E-Reader
• Game_Boy_Game_Link_Cable

See also

• Category:Game Boy Advance games
• List of Game Boy Advance games
• Game Boy Advance SP
• Bootleg GBA carts