Back Game Boy Advance AN غيم بوي أدفانس Arabic جيم بوى ادڤانس ARZ Game Boy Advance AST Game Boy Advance Byelorussian Game Boy Advance Breton Game Boy Advance Catalan گەیم بۆی ئەدڤانس CKB Game Boy Advance Czech Game Boy Advance Danish
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 Original Game Boy Advance in Indigo | |
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| Developer | Nintendo R&D |
| Manufacturer | Nintendo |
| Product family | Game Boy[1] |
| Type | Handheld game console |
| Generation | Sixth |
| Release date | |
| Introductory price | US$99.99 (equivalent to $180 in 2024)[6] |
| Discontinued |
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| Units sold | 81.51 million[8] |
| Media | |
| System on a chip | Nintendo CPU AGB |
| CPU | ARM7TDMI @ 16.8 MHz Sharp SM83 @ 4.2 / 8.4 MHz |
| Memory | 288 KB RAM, 98 KB Video RAM |
| Display | Reflective TFT LCD, 240 × 160 px, 61.2 × 40.8 mm (2.41 × 1.61 in)[9] |
| Power | 2 × AA batteries |
| Online services | |
| Dimensions | 82 × 144.5 × 24.5 mm (3.23 × 5.69 × 0.96 in) |
| Best-selling game | Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (16 million)[10] |
| Backward compatibility | |
| Predecessor | Game Boy Color |
| Successor | Nintendo DS |
| Related | |
The Game Boy Advance[a] (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advance. Compared to the Game Boy Color it succeeded, the console offered a significantly more powerful ARM7 processor and improved graphics, while retaining backward compatibility with games initially developed for its predecessor.
The GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles, competing against Nokia's N-Gage and Bandai's WonderSwan. The original model was followed in 2003 by the Game Boy Advance SP, a redesigned model with a frontlit screen and clamshell form factor. A newer revision of the SP with a backlit screen was released in 2005. A miniaturized redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in September 2005.
By June 2010, the Game Boy Advance series including revisions, had sold 81.51 million units worldwide, massively outselling its competitors. Its successor, the Nintendo DS, launched in November 2004,[11] was backward compatible with GBA games. The GBA was officially discontinued by the end of 2010.
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- ^ "Technical data". Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ Rose, Mike (October 15, 2013). "Pokemon X & Y sell 4M copies in first weekend". Gamasutra. Think Services. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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