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| Nintendo Purple Console (GBA) | 
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Category: Video Games
List Price: £69.99
Buy New: £13.95
You Save: £56.04 (80%)
Buy Used from £13.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  (24 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2806
Platform: Game Boy Advance
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 3 - 18 years
Display Size: 2.9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 5.3 x 1.7
MPN: AGB S VTA
Model: Advance
UPC: 045496713379
EAN: 0045496712112
ASIN: B00005B8G3
Release Date: June 22, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Game Boy Advance features power that would have been unthinkable back when the original Game Boy was launched. Its 32-bit RISC CPU runs circles around the former machine'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 bleeps and bloops of old-school Game Boy titles are being replaced with digitised stereo sound. When you first pick up the system, you'll notice how lightweight it is. It's a little less than 150 grams, but a little larger than a deck of playing cards. The GBA's wider shape fits better into a wider range of hands, and the screen is fitted with antiglare technology--you need pretty good light to play by, but you won't be craning your neck and tilting the unit to see around the reflection of the light bulb in your screen. You'll also notice the graphics. Essentially sporting 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 scoring a goal to crawling through a dungeon. The extra processing muscle also means you can network up to four Game Boy Advance units together, via the communication cable, for multiplayer fun from one shared cartridge. Because the Game Boy Advance system is backward-compatible, it will play not only its own line of colourful games--including such launch titles as Super Mario Advance, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, and Kuru Kuru Kurin--but also almost all of the monochrome and colour games that have already been released for the previous Game Boy systems. It seems that Nintendo have 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, the Game Boy Advance seems here to stay. --Porter B Hall
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
Gameboy advanced... August 18, 2007
Bought for my daughter, she found this very good as it was in the exact condition as described and enjoy's portable gaming when bored. I was impressed as it arrived just 2 days after I bought it, which was useful. Overall I was pleased with my purchase and would recommend this seller and item.
It would be perfect if it had a backlight.... November 14, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is great! If you have a plug-in-to-your-TV console, and you think that's enough, your'e wrong. YOU NEED A PORTABLE CONSOLE!! If you don't have 85 for a GBASP, get a GBA. If you dont have 65 for a GBA, don't bother for a GBC. Save up. I rated this 4 because it has perfect graphics, perfect sound and perfect everthing else exept IT NEEDS A BACK SCREEN LIGHT! Light magnifiers are good and.... ugly. You can't see your Game Boy Advance through a light. Get a GBASP if you have 105 for a GBASP+game.
 Ah, sweet, sweet portable gaming goodness October 26, 2002
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Gameboy Advance is the biggest selling console. And theres a reason for it-its so damn good! The graphics are superb, has fairly good sound, and it's portable! You can play your favourite games anytime and anywhere! It's pure bliss!
And the games, oh, the games! There are so many great ones to choose from such as: Golden Sun, Mario Kart, Super Mario Asvance 2, Sonic Advance to name but a few.
Buy a Gameboy Advance today, and you life will change for the better!
 Killer - but who came up with the screen? November 28, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Make no mistake - the GBA is a blast. Great graphics, an emmense library of game titles and a very capable sound engine.But the screen is AWFUL! Something should be re-worked here somewhere. Plus, the games are pretty pricey for a handheld.... wait for some of them to hit the budget shelves, and then go mental. But that aside, it is awesome, and I have a hard time putting mine down.
 A Contrasting opion August 28, 2001
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
Nothing new game wise. Games are expensive 25-35. It's biggest letdown for me is NO CONTRAST CONTROL. It was bad on the GB Colour, it's just as bad on the GBA. I cannot believe this product has passed the Health and Safety Laws in this country. There must be many a small child going blind trying to see the screen. Or is it all on purpose so we all have to buy lights to see it.
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