

The DS is also much wider and more rectangular than the Game Boy Advance SP. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2001, and in mainland China as iQue Game Boy Advance on June 8, 2004. The Game Boy Advance SP lacks the the bottom touch screen, DS game slot, and stylus. The Game Boy Advance ( GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. However, the Game Boy Advance SP can be easily identified in comparison to the DS. They share similar qualities, such as the folding screen, rechargeable battery, and Game Boy Advance game slot on the front-bottom edge of the device (assuming the device is held as pictured). The Game Boy Advance SP is the predecessor to the Nintendo DS. The Game Boy Advance SP was the first of Nintendo's handheld devices to implement a rechargeable battery instead of disposable batteries. This is where you will find your model number.ĭistinctive features of the Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP that set it apart from the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and other Nintendo products of the time include the folding screen, the brightness control, the visual graphic quality, and the rechargeable battery. In the top left corner of that black box there is a group of information including model number, power rating, and battery specification. The DS predecessor was essentially a Super Nintendo you could cram in your pocket, and its library of. There is a black box with a barcode inside it. The Game Boy Advance has gone from has-been, to fond memory, to desirable old-school console. The device's model number can be found on the back cover above the battery cover. The major difference between the two versions is that the original Game Boy Advance SP has a back-lit LCD screen and its successor has a front-lit LCD screen. A newer version, model number AGS-101, was released in September of 2005. Nintendo released the Game Boy Advance SP, model number AGS-001, on March 23, 2004.
