Nintendo Game Boy Advance - Glacier

by Nintendo

Product Features

• It features a more powerful processor than any previous portable system, for faster, smoother gameplay
• The high-resolution, full color screen makes the game jump out at you -- 50% bigger than Game Boy Color
• Two new buttons, L & R, bring you more control & game options
• Extended battery life lets you play for up to 15 hours on a pair of AA batteries
• Compact Game Paks let you store your game progress & are smaller then Game Boy Color Paks

Product Details

• ASIN: B000PH155C
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,061 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description The Game Boy platform (which includes the original unit, the Game Boy Pocket, and the Game Boy Color) came to market when most video game consoles had a life expectancy of just a few years. More than a decade later, the system is still going strong. How did the Game Boy successfully compete--and in some cases bury--an onslaught of faster, more powerful handheld and home console systems? Let us count the ways: affordability, a huge library of games that consistently made the most of the hardware's limitations, smart power management that extended battery life, and uncluttered controls. But perhaps it was the system's ultraportable design that allowed devotees to play video games around their schedule, making it the must-have system for kids and adults alike. Now the Game Boy Advance (or GBA as people are already calling it) comes to us with power that would have been unthinkable back in the day. The portable's 32-bit RISC CPU runs circles around the former's 8-bit workhorse, allowing it to process program instructions much faster. What that means to everyday gamers is more intricate visuals, more simultaneous movement on the screen, and better sound. In fact, the often-annoying beeps and boops of old-school Game Boy titles are being replaced with digitized stereo sound. The extra processing muscle also means you can even network up to four Game Boy Advance units together, via the communication cable, for multiplayer fun off of one shared cartridge. Only two Game Boy Color units could link together, and each unit had to have its own copy of the game. What's not being replaced, however, is the wide selection of Game Boy games. Because the Game Boy Advance system is backward-compatible, it will play its own line of colorful games--including such launch titles as Super Mario Advance, F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Army Men Advance, High Heat Major League Baseball 2002, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2--as

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for little hands, December 25, 2009

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C. Taylor (Abingdon, MD) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Nintendo Game Boy Advance - Glacier (Video Game)

Bought this for my 5 year old for Christmas because his big brother was getting a Nintendo DS and I knew he would want one also. The DS is definalty for older kids because of the small buttons and delicate lid. This is perfect for little hands with bigger buttons and no moving parts to break off. The games are a little hard for him to take in and out but we can help him with that. Very durable as it has already been dropped and is still working!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfied with product, October 5, 2011

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Cameron - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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Product arrived late but completely functional and with no cosmetic damage. Sold at a very good price. Would purchase again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do You Live Life Advanced...?, July 31, 2011

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Metalman4wii - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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The Gameboy Advanced or GBA was created in 2001 by Nintendo and was the first handheld of it's time to be 32 bit. no Sega fans your Game Gear was only 8 bit. sorry I like to show off my Nintendo knowledge oh and this is now a collectors item...!