Video Games : Game Boy Advance SP, Onyx

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: Game Boy Advance SP, Onyx

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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Nintendo of America
EAN: 0045496441005
Label: Nintendo of America
Manufacturer: Nintendo of America
Model: VHNIN 045496713867
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Publisher: Nintendo of America
Sales Rank: 5633
Studio: Nintendo of America

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Building on the significant improvements and refinements already introduced in the current Game Boy Advance, the new Game Boy Advance SP features a revolutionary Front Light Screen making game play easy in any lighting condition.

Amazon.com Review:
Early Adopters Pick: March 2003. As the world's smallest video-game platform, the Game Boy Advance SP is also the first to use a built-in rechargeable battery.

Many 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.

Game Boy Advance angle diagram 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

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Great System
Much better then the Game Boy Advance, and better then the DS I think, and theres still alot of good games out for it, so my advice is to get it.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Gameboy survives the toilet
This may be an unusual review, but I had to share....

A few weeks ago, my five-year-old son decided it would be fun to "swish" his gameboy around in our toilet. When I caught him doing this, there was water everywhere, which leads me to believe he had been doing it for a few minutes. When I took the gameboy out of the water, it was soaked and obviously not working. I thought for sure it was ruined. But, not wanting to throw away an $80 toy, I decided to try to save it. Using a can of compressed air, I blew out water from every opening I could find. I took out the game cartage and the battery and left it all out to dry. A few days later, I put it all back together and gave it a try. It worked! Not only was the gameboy itself working, but the game cartage was working too. I was amazed! My son is autistic and has an obsession with his gameboy, taking it everywhere he goes. He was devastated when it stopped working and could not understand why he was no longer able to play it.
I wanted to write this review to express my joy that this toy, which means so much to my son, could take quite a beating. Not only did it survive a swish through the toilet, it has held up to many falls to the floor. It is a wonderful product! The only game I can really comment on is Super Mario Brother Advanced since this is the only game my son wants to play on it. I enjoy it too when I'm allowed to play. :-)


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Beware!
The gameboy's graphics are really bad. Eat was very hard to see what I was doing in the light and was really bright at night.I recommend getting the psp or nintendo ds lite. One good thing about it though is that it can run on a fully-charged battery for a long time.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great, Awesome. Cool, Amazing, If I could, I'd rate this 10 out of 5!!
This is awsome!! I don't know how NINTENDO invented this!!



Just make sure that you don't scratch the screen.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very Good!
I've had this system for more than 2 years now and I haven't had any problems period. You can take this anywhere you go and you won't need batteries (a huge relief). There is a battery inside the Gameboy, so you can just load it up. While playing at night you'll need a light. Well, there's a light inside the screen that you can turn off or on (without will save you battery life). So far I own 7 games and I still have fun playing them.

The Gameboy Advance SP is mainly for kids, seeing that there are alot of kiddie games for the system and it's definitely not breakable (unlike the PSP). It's also easy to get used to.

Overall, this is a system for kids and it's definitely worth it. It's even cheap nowadays, so buy it and you won't regret it!

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