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Game Boy Advance
Handheld game console by Nintendo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Game Boy Advance[lower-alpha 1] (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.
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Developer | Nintendo R&D |
Manufacturer | Nintendo |
Product family | Game Boy[1] |
Type | Handheld game console |
Generation | Sixth |
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Introductory price | US$99.99 (equivalent to $170 in 2023)[6] |
Discontinued | Yes |
Units sold | 81.51 million[7] |
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System on a chip | Nintendo CPU AGB |
CPU | ARM7TDMI @ 16.78 MHz Sharp SM83 @ 4 / 8 MHz |
Memory | 288 KB RAM, 98 KB VRAM |
Display | Reflective TFT LCD, 240 × 160 px, 40.8 mm × 61.2 mm (1.61 in × 2.41 in)[8] |
Power | 2 × AA batteries |
Dimensions | 82 mm × 144.5 mm × 24.5 mm (3.23 in × 5.69 in × 0.96 in) |
Best-selling game | Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (16.22 million units)[9] |
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Predecessor | Game Boy Color |
Successor | Nintendo DS |
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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[update], 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.