Binding: Video Game Brand: Nintendo EAN: 0045496440992 Label: Nintendo Manufacturer: Nintendo Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Game Boy Advance Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: September 24, 2004 Sales Rank: 1717 Studio: Nintendo
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk ReviewAt first look, you might think the Game Boy Advance SP is a sleek travel alarm clock; when closed, it's just as tall and deep as the original GBA, but only half as wide. Its clamshell design protects the screen from everyday scratches. Open it up and the hinge will seek out a preferred, pre-set angle (about 150 degrees), though you can open it a bit wider or narrower for your own comfort. The hinge stands up well to lateral pressure.
Many decried the original GBA's reflective LCD screen and its reliance on external light sources. The Game Boy Advance SP's main feature--optional built-in lighting--fixes this complaint nicely. The quality of the backlighting is very good; it's bright and clear when looking directly at the screen, though less so from other angles.
The SP comes with a power adapter that recharges a built-in lithium battery; our informal tests found that it takes about four hours to fully charge (you can play it while it's plugged in and charging), and the battery lasts about 11 hours with the backlighting constantly on. Using the backlighting less often will conserve battery power.
Size, power, and affordability don't come without trade offs, though. There's no headphone jack here--you'll need a separately sold adapter--and the system isn't very loud at its highest volume. The L and R shoulder buttons are a fraction of the size they were on the GBA, and thus are harder to hit, and the reduced size of the SP is slightly less comfortable for adult hands than the GBA. The cartridge port placement on the lower part of the console is fine for GBA games, since they are flush with the console body, but older Game Boy Color carts will stick out in a way that takes some getting used to.
Overall, the SP is a significant improvement on, and seems just as rugged as, its predecessor--which has proven to be very rugged indeed. --Porter B Hall
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Oh boy I wish I still had mine!
I sold my GBA SP Classic NES edition to help pay for my Nintendo DS. I really like the DS but oh boy do I miss this beauty of a machine.
Let's get the moans out of the way, yes the GBA SP only had a front light and not a proper back light so the screen isn't as colourful as the DS. And yes, you had to pay extra for an adapter if you wanted to use headphones. But stuff that, this thing is amazing and I miss my old one!
So why was it so good? Well the design was spot one. ... Read More
Rating: - one of the best!
I bought one of these the day it was released and I had so much fun with it and had some cracking games for it, notably Zelda! The handheld looks gorgeous, even today, its light and can easily store it in your pocket when not using it! I sadly no longer had it as I got a psp and a DS Lite, and I got to say, for a upgrade from the GBA SP, you got to get the DS Lite, as that can play the GBA games too as well as the many great DS titles that are available to own, but the GBA is still a greta buy today ... Read More
Rating: - everything you need to know.
FIRST GLANCE: this sp is coated in a non reflective silver plastic,it has L + R shoulder buttons which are a little small but work fine,in between these buttons is a link cable port and a power port.to the left of the sp is a volume slider which is very sensitive and to the right is of course the power switch.facing you is the cartridge port which supports all gameboy cartridges,but gameboy/colour cartridges stick out considerably.
UNFOLDING THE SP AND TURNING IT ON: their is of course a dpad ... Read More
Rating: - SP should stand for So Perfect
Everybody this is just brilliant. 10/10, 5/5, or 100000000/100000000 whatever its so good. I have got it!! Its much better than the DS, GO SP!! When i play on it, even though SP means special picture i think it should mean So Perfect!
Rating: - Easy, Flexible, Non-Irritating, Just About Perfect!
After a couple of years from the success from the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo released it's 2nd Edition Game Boy Advance: The Game Boy Advance SP (Apparently SP means Special), and, as far as I'm concerned! This is one of the best Game Boy Advance consoles around!
What I mean is. Unlike the Game Boy Advance, the Game Boy Advance SP is flat, flexible and it doesn't irritate you like the original may have done!
The Game Boy Advance SP features some new bits and bobs which the Game Boy ... Read More
- Oh boy I wish I still had mine!
- everything you need to know.