Gameboy Advanced

Gameboy Advanced

 

Soon, he'll be here, the GBA' so it's good to know something about it, don't you agree?

First, some technical terms

                                GBA                     GBC
CPU   32-Bit ARM with embedded memory   8-bit Z80
Screen   2.9" TFT reflective screen

240x160 resolution

40.8mm x 61.2mm screen size

32,768 possible colours

511 simultaneous colours in character mode; 32,768 simultaneous colours in bitmap mode

  160x140 resolution

32,000 possible colours

56 simultaneous colours

Size (mm)   82mm(L) x 144.5(W) x 24.5mm (D)   75w x 133h x 27d
Weight   140g   138g
Power   2 AA batteries   2 AA batteries
Battery Life   15 hours   10 hours
Software   Cartridge format
Game Boy and Game Boy Color compatible 		  Cartridge format
Game Boy compatible

 

Multieplayer

The multieplayer option is probebly going to be the main raison why people buy the GBA.

Where GBC only allowed 2 players to challenge eachother, GBA allows 4 players and for some games, you don't even need 4 cartridges to play!

There are several way to link GBA's.

 

If you are Player 1, the purple connector is always plugged into the External Extension Connector (EXT.) on your Game Boy Advance. If you are Player 2, 3 or 4, the purple connector is always plugged into the Interconnect Box of the Game Link cable. The grey connector is always plugged into the External Extension Connector (EXT.) on Player 2, 3 or 4's Game Boy Advance.

Up to three Game Link cables may be needed for multiplayer gameplay as shown below.

Single Game Pak: Player 1 has a Game Boy Advance Game Pak in his/her Game Boy Advance. Players 2, 3 and/or 4 download the game information into their Game Boy Advance systems for multiplayer games. This method needs only one Game Boy Advance Game Pak.

Multiple Game Paks: All players have the same Game Boy Advance Game Pak in each Game Boy Advance system. This method requires a Game Boy Advance Game Pak for each player.

 

Some other usfull things

-There are 2 new shoulderbuttons to make , for example racing games easyer to play.

-some of the games that will be available when the GBA will be in stires everywhere:

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity / GT Championship / Kuru Kuru Kururin */ Rayman Advanced / Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2/ Super Mario Advanced / Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and Tweety and the Magic Jewels.

-Cartridges will be half the size of the GB(C) cartridges.