Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance
Nintendo-Game-Boy-Advance-Purple-FL
Indigo Game Boy Advance
Also known as
  • CN: iQue Game Boy Advance
DeveloperNintendo R&D
ManufacturerNintendo
Product familyGame Boy[1]
TypeHandheld game console
GenerationSixth
Release date
Introductory priceUS$99.99 (equivalent to $170 in 2023)[6]
DiscontinuedYes
Units sold81.51 million[7]
Media
System on a chipNintendo CPU AGB
CPUARM7TDMI @ 16.78 MHz
Sharp SM83 @ 4 / 8 MHz
Memory288 KB RAM, 98 KB VRAM
DisplayReflective TFT LCD, 240 × 160 px, 40.8 mm × 61.2 mm (1.61 in × 2.41 in)[8]
Power2 × AA batteries
Dimensions82 mm × 144.5 mm × 24.5 mm (3.23 in × 5.69 in × 0.96 in)
Best-selling gamePokémon Ruby and Sapphire (16.22 million units)[9]
Backward
compatibility
PredecessorGame Boy Color
SuccessorNintendo DS
Related

The Game Boy Advance[a] (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2001, and in mainland China as iQue Game Boy Advance on June 8, 2004.

The GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles. 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.

As of June 2010, 81.51 million units of the Game Boy Advance series have been sold worldwide.[7] Its successor, the Nintendo DS, was released in November 2004[10] and is backward compatible with Game Boy Advance software.

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  8. ^ "Technical data". Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
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