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Nintendo
GAME BOY ADV - Essential Specs
The device
is slightly bulkier than the Game Boy Color. The Game Boy Advance
is 5.6 inches (14.2 centimeters) wide, 3.2 inches (8.1 cm) tall
and 1.06 inches (2.7 cm) thick. As is Nintendo's usual marketing
style, the Game Boy Advance is available in several color patterns,
including:
- Clear black
with blue buttons
- Clear purple
with orange buttons
- Solid silver
with blue buttons
- Solid silver
with orange buttons
The Game Boy
Advance's screen is also slightly larger, at 2.9 inches (7.37 cm),
compared to the Game Boy Color's 2.3-inch (5.84-cm) screen. The
screen is a reflective, thin film transistor (TFT), color liquid
crystal display (LCD). Nintendo has also boosted screen resolution
from 160 X 140 pixels on the Game Boy Color to 240 X 160 on the
Game Boy Advance.
The exterior
of the Game Boy Advance is not the only thing that sets it apart
from its predecessors. The internal components have been ramped
up to support more complex games and allow for more interactivity
with other Game Boy users. Let's take a look at the components
of the Game Boy Advance:
- All Game
Boy devices made today have an 8-bit central processing unit
(CPU). The Game Boy Advance generates computing speeds up to
17 times faster than its predecessors, with a 32-bit CPU developed
by ARM Ltd. Game Boy Advance is capable of displaying 32,000
colors in bitmap mode or 511 simultaneous colors in character
mode. It has a palette of 65,535 colors that it can potentially
display.
- The device
offers 32 kilobytes of Window Random Access Memory (WRAM) and
96 kilobytes of Video RAM (VRAM). It also has 256 kilobytes
of external WRAM.
- Game Boy
Advance is equipped with a PCM stereo sound generator.
- The game's
power comes from two AA disposable or rechargeable batteries,
which allows up to 20 hours of playing time -- that's twice
as long as the Game Boy Color's battery life.
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The New
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
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