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GameBoy Advance
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Nintendo announced the release of its newest project, GameBoy Advance, at ECTS in London. It has a scheduled released at Japan in August of Y2K and 3 months later in America. It has a 32-bit CPU designed by ARM, a company specializing in handheld technology. GBAdvance will use a TFT color Liquid Crystal Display screen that can display 511 colors simultaneously from a palette of over 65,000 colors. The Advance will have the ability to play GBPocket and GBColor games. Advance also allows for Internet connection! Play games(such as with the game link cable), trade stats, and see your friend using a GameBoy Camera-like mechanism. Included is a table taken from NP's Subscriber Bonus issue.
Items | Game Boy Advance |
Game Boy Color |
CPU | 32-bit ARM with embedded memory | 8-bit Z80 |
Screen | 2.9" TFT reflective screen 240(h) x 160(v) resolution
511 simultaneous colors 65,535 possible colors
| 2.3" reflective screen
160 x 140 resolution
56 simultaneous colors 32,000 possible colors |
Size(mm) | 135w x 80h x 25d | 78w x 133h x 27d |
Weight | 140g | 138g |
Power | Two AA batteries | Two AA batteries |
Battery Life | 20 hours | 20 hours |
Software | Cartridge Format Gameboy Color & Pocket Compatible |
Catridge Format Gameboy Pocket Compatible |
Notes | Compatible w/ most Gameboy stuff Digital Camera accessory Networking capable |
Note: Gameboy Pocket also refers to GameBoy
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