Gamester Game Boy Advance Floodlight

Pros: Bright, Adjustable
Cons: Heavy, Battery Use

The GameBoy Advance was a major step forward in the Nintendo GameBoy series with much more power and a bigger screen. But, many people would also call it a step backward with the lack of a back light and a screen that’s close to impossible to see...

Pros: Bright, self-contained power source, little glare
Cons: Gobbles batteries, heavy

The Nintendo Game Boy Advance is a leaps-and-bounds improvement over the Game Boy system released 13 years ago (yes it really IS that old!), with better graphics, better sound, and more power. However, Nintendo didn't get it quite right, as the...

Pros: Fits securely, superb light output.
Cons: Way too heavy, very bulky, expensive, bulb can't be replaced, bye-bye batteries.

After hearing about how great the Gamester Floodlight for the Gameboy Advance (GBA) is from people at school, I went to my local Toys'R'Us store to buy one.

I'm not impressed with this product. There. I said it. But before I get into all the...

Pros: Bright white light; no glare; fair price.
Cons: Requires 3 AA batteries (heavy); slightly blocks Start/Select buttons.

Other external lighting accessories are unacceptable. They are always too dim (single white LED or lame incandescent bulbs) and produce glare spots.

The only available internal lighting modification kit (TritonLabs Afterburner) is a great...

Pros: Bright. Adjustable.
Cons: Drains batteries when not in use!!Heavy, uses 3 AA batteries.

I'm not sure if I got a defective unit, but mine seems to drain the batteries even when it's not in use. When I first bought it I used it fro about 2-3 hours at a time on two seperate occasions. When I went to use it again, it was dead. So, I put in 3...