Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP White Console

Pros: Ultra Sleek Design, Backlight, Rechargeable Battery
Cons: I Just Bought My GBA Like 2 Years Ago.

Nintendo is probably the best known console manufacturer this world has ever know, the company's hardware legacy began before the video game industry really hit the mainstream. There has always been one thing that Nintendo has always been the master of; ...

Pros: small, folds up, backlit, built in rechargable battery
Cons: no built-in earphone jack, no batteries, battery life is less than old GBA

I was a little hesitant to pick up a Gameboy Advance SP unit. I knew what the new features were and I didn't think that they appealed much to me. After my daughter was born and with and with my son on the way; many new factors played into my decision to ...

Pros: new compact design, lap-top design, an actual built in light, no more light peripherals!
Cons: design may be too small for some people, no headphone jack

When I was little, I could have been considered a “deprived” gamer based off the fact that I never had an original Gameboy, an SNES, or any of the other older systems except for the NES (everyone has one of those basically). Shortly (as in...

Pros: Finally, the screen is lit up
Cons: Nintendo is, oh, 10 or so years late on this 'innovation'

For the past 14 years, Nintendo’s Game Boy has been the absolute dominant leader in handheld gaming (some would say a monopoly, but nobody at Nintendo looks like the Monopoly guy anymore). Despite being technically inferior to most of the...

Pros: rich game collection, backlight screen, rechargeable battery, sleek design, clamshell design
Cons: the re-designed shoulder buttons, no headphone jack

Ever since I can remember, Nintendo has always dominated the portable games market. NeoGeo tried, Sega put up a good fight, yet Nintendo’s Game Boy always came away as the winner. I never played the original Game Boy and only got a little playing ...

Pros: Small, durable, well-lit screen, loads of games, rechargeable battery.
Cons: No headphone jack.

“Where have you been all my life?” That was the first thing I thought as I plugged in my new Game Boy Advance SP after Santa was gracious enough to bring me one this past Christmas. It brightened my eyes in quite the same way it did ...

Pros: Compact design, built-in light and flip up screen
Cons: None that I can see so far.

My kids had been bugging for a Game Boy Advance ever since it came out. We rented it from Blockbuster a few times to see what it was like and the kids loved it, but we didn't really have the money, so they were still stuck with their Game Boy...

Pros: Finally a backlight.
Cons: No headphone jack.

Why is it that over the last year my first choice in console has always been the GameBoy Advance? It's surely not because of the groundbreaking graphics or digital audio…The reason is simple: games. The SNES is arguably one of the best...

Pros: A backlight (finally!), rechargable battery, sleek flip-top design
Cons: Awkward L/R placement, no headphone jack

Nintendo's always been a bit slow on the uptake when it comes to hardware design. Just about every piece of hardware they've produced has had one fatal flaw that kept it from being perfect. Consider the NES's original spring-loaded cartridge slot, the...

Pros: New light feature, save money on batteries, thousands of games.
Cons: Other then a few changes, it's not too different from the previous GBA.

GAME BOY ADVANCE SP (2003-????) Nintendo's original 32-bit Gameboy Advance (GBA) was a fine upgrade to the popular 8-bit Gameboy Color but as good as the portable system was the GBA was far from perfect. Although it had tons of great ...

Pros: Backlight makes for better visibility. Compact design helps keep scratches and dust off the screen.
Cons: While there are many games you can play, there aren't too many "unique" ones available.

Errors and omissions are something of a major part in the hardware business of video games. For more than twenty years now, the video game industry has run itself to a point where technology has significantly advanced during a shortened time period. ...

Pros: backlighting
Cons: no disposable battery support

This epinion is a part of the Nintendo Write Off by Rock_On Long-time readers of mine may remembe ...

Pros: More classic titles than you can shake a stick at; rechargeable battery; durable construction
Cons: Nintendo killed Atari -- hard for a classic gamer to get past that fact

If you're looking for a review about the technical specifications of the famed Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP, you're not going to find it here. That subject has been covered time and time again, and I'll not dwell on it too much. If you're looking at such ...

Pros: Lots and lots of games available
Cons: No headphone jack, still pretty expensive

Now that I have written well over a dozen GBA game reviews, I suppose it's about time I review the player itself. Since the release of the new Gameboy DS, I am hoping that the price of the GameBoy Advance player and games will drop some more. You can ...

Pros: Light source, compact design, LCD screen
Cons: price, no headphone jack

Why would you buy a new handheld game system if you already have a perfectly good one? If the new one offers great features that your old one doesn't have, if it's smaller and more portable, or maybe if you want to be the person with the newest and most ...