Game Boy Advance SP: Silver

This is probably the definitive iteration of the Gameboy but you should read this review. It will play all Gameboy games up from the pea-soup generation to the Advance games and it will even colour the BW games (combination of d-pad and A and B buttons during the GB logo). The clamshell design is very 00's as clamshell cellphones were all the rage. I like this as it protects the screen (a big plus in my book) and keeps the unit small. Folded up it's about as thick as my GB color. There are also plenty of vinyl skins for it and molds for you to make your own which is nice as the material these are made of isn't very scratch resistant unlike the older models. It's still ABS plastic but a different kind. The frontlit units provide decent illumination that can be turned off even if the backlit ones are better and the volume is a lot better compared to the Color version. I really like the slider as you know how loud it is before you power it on. The internal rechargeable battery actually holds up a long time even if I hate the idea as when proprietary batteries die you have a hard time getting a new one, not to mention the charger is something extra to carry with you. Not as contained as previous versions which were, partially, why they were so successful. Sadly this unit doesn't feel as solid as the older ones. The buttons are responsive but feel cheap which isn't helped by the fact they are recessed into the body. Understandable but it still feels that way which is something to bear in mind. The lack of a 3.5 audio jack is something I really don't like. There is an adapter so you can use your regular headphones but that's one more thing to lug around and lose. Having bought the unit as a donor to mod my GBC (the frontlight can be used on both) I opened it and I can say it doesn't look like it was built to last. Too many small pieces just hanging there. The more complicated they make the plumbing the easier it is to plug up the drain. The price of progress, of course. This won't last as long as previous generations but I decided to play with it, making use of it's own library of great games, until it dies off and then I'll remove the light and use it on the GBC. People looking into this are people looking for some nostalgia. If you already own a GB, GB Pocket or Color, but want newer games or some lighting solution get this and if you are looking for a cheap system, you could do worse as the games are actually more expensive than this (not too much, still acceptable). Based on the feel of it and the amount of crapped out units I've seen expect the screen and/or hinge to be the first things to give you trouble. They are still Nintendo products and they are tough but the older ones were (and still are) better suited to last. Same thing as a Gamecube in relation to a Wii, the Wii won't usually crap out but it does so more frequently than a Gamecube. Happy retro-gaming.

I bought this on a whim after acquiring a significant collection of old Pokemon games. Nostalgia hit me hard, and I couldn't stand not playing them. This Gameboy is exactly the same as I remember it: small, great battery life, nicely backlit, good speaker, and great games. I'd advise paying a bit for a refurbished one with a new battery in it. Mine was near mint - but using it regularly, that won't last, it scratches far too easily!

I am very happy with the purchase. This Gameboy is stylish and an absolute pleasure to hold in your hands. It takes all Gameboy games available and functions like new. It has a few scratches and marks on the outside but the inside is like new and the screen is clear and sharp. The battery lasts throughout a full day of work and after that before it needs to be charged again. Glad I got it for this low price as well. It came with a new battery and charger included. Thank you for this piece of art.

The device takes most of the best parts of its predecessors and keeps them while addressing some of their issues - very little is upgraded because there's no need to do so! As was its main selling point (at least in the name) it is indeed the smallest of the Gameboy collection. It's tiny when folded, but when opened out it still has a screen the size of a GB Advance (larger than a GB Color). One feature, which may have been minor for most of us - myself included) was that the speaker was located in the bottom-right of the console - under the thumb! The new positioning in the centre is where it really belonged the whole time. As for the lighting, this is the only console in the Gameboy family which provides lighting. If you've ever had a handheld console on a long drive, you'll have known the pains of the changing light conditions or even if you've adopted the life of the video game vampire then you'll know that you can't play it in the dark and you'll probably end up with a long, hard look at your reflection (ironically)! There are two models of SP: the AGS-001 which is frontlit and the AGS-101 which is backlit. I saw a few video reviews as I wasn't sure about the difference beforehand. They're pretty much what they say on the tin. The backlit option works sort of like a tv screen or a computer monitor - there's a picture on the screen and there is a light behind it which bightens it up by putting light through the image, shining it towards you. The frontlit option works by taking a light from just in front of the screen and illuminating it that way so that it's like bouncing the light off the screen but without the glare. Each has its upsides and downsides. The backlit option has been shown in video reviews to be much, much brighter and has clearer colours. The issue I have with it, though, is that I've heard that this can induce headaches, especially in a dark environment, and as a gamer with epilepsy, I certainly don't facy the sound of that. On the other hand, the frontlit version is said to have more faded colours. While I find this to be true, I don't find it to be that significant and it's a definite improvement over the Gameboy Color where you need to get the lighting perfect to apprectiate the colours anyway. Rather than carry on praising it, I'll move onto my only two drawbacks that I can see. Both of these I'm sure you have heard numerous times, but only the first do I consider to be a valid complaint. Altough, as I've mentioned, the sound has improved, you need to purchase a separate adaptor to use headphones. I've never heard of any console like this since the inception of the Gameboy or the Gamegear! Nintendo has been known for this nonsense before: using adaptors specific to their product like Apple do in order to ensure that you have to buy the peripherals from them. Everyone who has spent time with a handheld console will know the difference that headphones make to the immersion, so this is a low blow, but I guess that it's not too expensive. The other issue, like with the Gameboy Advance, is that cartridges from Gameboys and Gameboy Colors stick oddly out form the console - and even worse than the Gameboy Advance I might add, since they pop out at the bottom! However, thinking practically, you'd need to slots for it to work otherwise and that would compromise the selling point of the product: that it can fold up to be absolutely tiny. Just the cost of backwards compatability I suppose! Just be thankful that it plays these games at all! In summary, I see no reason not to get it if you've got up to £50 to burn. It's easily the best member of the Gameboy family.

The gameboy advance SP is great for playing gameboy advance games, it can also play the older gameboy color, and regular Gameboy games (which the nintendo DS cant), so this is an awesome handheld console to subsidise your nintendo DS to play the games it cant! The Gameboy advance SP uses the same charger as the original nintendo DS, so you can use 1 charger for both! However, the DS lite and 3DS use different chargers, but its still a great console to have as backup!

Ottimo aquisto,è davvero in ottime condizioni,sn rimasto davvero soddisfatto,un po di graffietti nei tribali sopra ma nulla di particoare,il vetro è davvero in ottimo stato

Dopo averlo ordinato dal venditore "Console Portatili", mi è arrivato dal Giappone dopo circa tre settimane dall'ordine. Ho particolarmente apprezzato la presenza nella scatola di un bigliettino da parte del venditore con scritto "Grazie!" e di una caramella. Il Game Boy Advance SP che ho ricevuto è un AGS-001 color Blu artico e, nonostante la scocca è rovinata principalmente nella parte posteriore, il display non presenta nemmeno un graffio e i tasti funzionano tutti benissimo (dopotutto è questo che conta di più). Funziona perfettamente con tutti i videogiochi con cui l'ho testato, sia per il Game Boy Advance (nelle foto Mario Kart: Super Circuit) e sia per il Game Boy Color e per il primo modello del Game Boy (nelle foto Super Mario Land e Game & Watch Gallery 3). A posto di una batteria ricaricabile per Game Boy Advance SP (AGS-003) è presente una batteria per il modello originale di Nintendo DS (NTR-003), ma siccome funzionalmente sono identiche non fa la differenza. Oltre al Game Boy, il venditore ha incluso nella scatola anche un cavo USB per caricare la batteria. Nel complesso sono molto soddisfatto del prodotto e mi è piaciuta molto la cortesia del venditore.

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Le transport a été relativement rapide. L'emballage un peu négligé pour une console ! On remarque bien que le produit est d'occasion (d'où les petites rayures mais pas choquants) mais j'ai encore du mal à croire que la console ai été vendu avec un problème à l'écran, une (ou deux) ligne de l'écran est HS ce qui dérange un peu l'oeil mais pas de quoi chipoter non plus ça reste un excellent achat !

Totalmente funcional sin ningún problema en los botones, solo hay 2 partes que no son del todo buenas, una es que está algo sucia y con varios arañazos pero es entendible dado a su antigüedad y la otra es el envio que casi ha tardado 2 meses