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Table of contents

1 System suspend 2 Classic Game Boy game colors 3 Adjust screen size 4 In-game reset 5 Pause loading 6 Other colors

System suspend

Pause your game, then press Select + R. Your game will still be active, but the Game Boy Advance will be in suspend mode to save power. Press Select + L to return to normal operations.

Classic Game Boy game colors

Other color schemes for classic Game Boy games may be selected at the Game Boy Advance logo by pressing the following combinations. Note: This only affects regular and not color Game Boy games.

Combination        Background       Color 1        Color 2
None               Green, Blue      Red            Red
Up                 Brown            Brown          Brown
Up + A             Red              Green          Blue
Up + B             Dark Brown       Brown          Brown
Left               Blue             Green          Red
Left + A           Dark Blue        Red            Blue
Left + B           Green            Green          Green

Down               Yellow, Red,     Yellow, Red,   Yellow, Red,
                   Blue             Blue           Blue
Down + A           Yellow, Red      Yellow, Red    Yellow, Red
Down + B           Yellow           Blue           Green
Right              Green, Red       Green, Red     Green, Red
Right + A          Green, Blue      Red            Red
Right + B          Invert           Invert         Invert

Adjust screen size

Press L to make your screen wider and R to return it to normal when playing a Game Boy or Game Boy Color game.

In-game reset

While playing a game, press A + B + Start + Select to reset most Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games.

Pause loading

At the introduction screen after the first sound (swoosh), press Start + Select. The Nintendo logo should disappear as it makes the Mario pause sound, and the system will pause. Then press any button after the second sound (ping) to bring back the Nintendo logo with another sound, and the game will continue to load. Note: This only works for Game Boy Advance games. This feature is intended for use when you link to another multi-player Game Boy Advance game that requires only one cart, without leaving your system with no game.

Other colors

Other color schemes may be selected at the Game Boy logo by pressing the following combinations:

Up: Bright Red
Up + A: Red
Up + B: Dark Red
Down: Pastel
Down + A: Orange
Down + B: Gold
Left: Bright Blue
Left + A: Dark Blue
Left + B: Grey
Right: Bright Green
Right + A: Dark Green
Right + B: Invert Colors