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Game Boy Advance The Original Story
By Teddy Peterson on January 24th, 2007
Originally known as GBA, the Game Boy Advance is a revolutionary product from Nintendo. The initial Game Boy Classic released in 1989 soon becomes their flagship handheld gaming product. Later, not before twelve years of existence, Nintendo did it again by releasing a completely new version called Game Boy Advance (GBA), providing the game player a system where they can get the power and experience of console gaming.
Till date GBA has the most user-friendly controls and is the most ergonomically designed handheld device. It does not have those sharp curves, yet it is easy to get a grip on it. It weigh just perfectly, its controls are placed in perfect manner. It has such a wide screen giving the full gaming experience to the player. But this also leads to a scratch prone display.
So if you are planning to buy used GBA, you may need to compromise with the scratched or scuffed screen. Make sure, you get to try the handheld before buying, just to ensure that you are able to see right.
GBA comes in three sizes with the largest one is of 1†thickness, 3 ¼†height and 5 5/8†width weighing no more then 5 ounces. The only flaw in its large 3†screen models is the lack of any backlit facilities. Without this, it is near impossible to view the screen elements under odd lightning conditions. This decision was may be made to save power and use it to run other high-quality resources. The system is powered by two AA batteries to provide 15 hrs of game play experience.
GBA uses similar 1/8†headphone Jack as used in any other portable equipments like iPOD, walkman or a PC. It has the capability to even play all the old and new games both for Game Boy Classic and Game Boy Color. One can also play multiplayer games by using its linking feature where it may connect to up to four such devices wirelessly. You may also connect to Nintendo Game Cube console system with your Game Boy Advance cable and get a host of new features that works on both the systems.
