Technical Specifications
The technical specifications of the original Game Boy Advance are, as provided by Nintendo:
| Length: | approximately 14.45 cm (5.69 in). |
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| Width: | approximately 2.45 cm (0.96 in). |
| Height: | approximately 8.2 cm (3.2 in). |
| Mass: | approximately 140 g (4.9 oz). |
| Screen: | 2.9 inches reflective thin-film transistor (TFT) color LCD. |
| Power: | 2 AA batteries. |
| Battery life: | approximately 15 hours on average while playing Game Boy Advance games (also dependent on the Game Pak being played, volume setting and any external peripherals being used - e.g. a screen light) |
| CPU: | 16.8 MHz 32-bit ARM7TDMI with embedded memory. 8 or 4 MHz 8-bit Z80 coprocessor for Game Boy emulation. |
| Memory: | 32 kilobyte + 96 kilobyte VRAM (internal to the CPU), 256 kilobyte WRAM (outside the CPU). |
| Resolution: | 240 × 160 pixels (3:2 aspect ratio). |
| Color support: | 15-bit RGB (16-bit color space using 5 bits depth per channel), capable of displaying 512 simultaneous colors in "character mode" and 32,768 (215) simultaneous colors in "bitmap mode". |
| Sound: | Dual 8-bit DAC for stereo sound (called Direct Sound), plus all legacy channels from Game Boy. The new DACs can be used to play back streams of wave data, or can be used to output multiple wave samples processed/mixed in software by the CPU. |
Backward compatibility for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games is provided by an 4/8 MHz Z80 coprocessor (Game Boy Advance software can use the audio tone generators to supplement the primary sound system), while a link port at the top of the unit allows it to be connected to other devices via use of a Nintendo Game Link cable or GameCube cable. When playing Game Boy or Game Boy Color games on the Game Boy Advance, the L and R buttons can be used to toggle between a stretched widescreen format (240×144) and the original screen ratio of the Game Boy (160×144). Game Boy games can be played using the same selectable color palettes as on the Game Boy Color. Every Nintendo handheld system following the release of the Game Boy Advance SP has included a built-in light and rechargeable battery.
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