EVERY Official GBA Console Variation! - Game Boy Advance History

You can check to see if you have a 101 by pressing the Light Button twice, it actually has 2 brightness settings, the first just has 1.

The SP was the best gameboy ever made

Hmm, does the Nintendo DSi have the Game Boy Advance pack?

It's always nice to get an🔥awesome gift🎁on Christmas🎄Eve...🤘🏼💯✔️

Jesus this dude was spoiled as a kid.

For the SP, I wouldn't consider the Lithium-ion battery to be "progress", because when the battery dies it's a pain to replace! Nintendo are quick to stop supporting battery replacement, meaning you have to buy a dodgy unofficial one. I much prefer using standard batteries. My other gripe with the SP was, despite my hands being relatively small, it still felt uncomfortable to hold!

You must be almost exactly my age – loved hearing about your experiences with the console. It was the first one I got at launch, too – and then the first midnight release I ever went to was for the SP. I re-bought Konami Krazy Racers last year to see if it was actually as good as I remembered, and it definitely was!

I love your passion and videos when it comes to retro gaming! Im getting my GBA modded and revamped so i wanted to look back at some retro content. And your channel is great! Im subscribing!

Here in s korea gba is very expensive i want to have one!

Having pretty much a Super Nintendo in the palm of your hands was amazing back then. Little did we know in 2001 what the GBA was truly capable of. That little handheld was a powerhouse and to this day it and the PSP are my two favorite handhelds

I didn't jump on the GB Color as I thought it would lose game play & then I saw Cell Phones using plugin power & waited for portable games to catch up. So I was super excited that the
GB Advance SP no longer included batteries! By then there were tons of games too! I felt like I beat a boss fight just owning a GB Advance SP!!! I knew portable gaming would be changed forever at that point!!! A few weeks later I found out I could play original GB & GB Color on this device! Nintendo blew my mind again! Thought I missed out on the GB Color craze, but nope it just started for me! Thanks for the video history on this Retro Break of GB Advance!

Maybe they made the GBA micro because of their attempted mobile phone gba? Like they had already the R & D done or they had spare parts they needed rid of? My GBA was a gold pokemon center NYC one which I wish I had held onto. I had that e-reader thing too. Original GBA was my favourite, re: the aesthetics and form factor. Compared to my GB DMG it was light years ahead, like a pocket SNES. That car thing looks crap, like why wouldn't you just play your actual GBA in the car, instead of installing all that kit?

Really enjoyed this video dude! Love the GBA

Great video, just got into retro handheld gaming thanks to your video

Unless I overheard something, this video doesn't includes the 3DS family line of consoles. They all have GBA hardware inside (the same kind of hardware and inner workings as the DS/DS Lite ones).
It was officially used just for the Ambassador GBA titles, but with homebrew you can play any game you want and run it natively on official hardware - no emulation, neither a hypervisor.

Nice video. Has there been a silver 101 model?

It would be nice if just 1 video that includes a Visteon would stop saying you can just replace the original controller with the sky active gamepad since you can't...if you did your research you would know the sky active gamepad doesn't allow more than 1 button to be pressed at the same time thus doing things like running in Mario etc is not possible.

Rayman Advance is the worst version of Rayman

The GBA is still my favourite hand held console, the style of games are very similar to the SNES which i love too.
Great console, great video.

Cheers.

I never obsessed over the release of a new console the way I did for the GBA back in 2001. Holy mackerel, was 13 year old me infatuated. It's also the console that got me into retro game collecting years down the line circa 2009.

There is actualy another way to see if u have an 101 sp or not.
When turned of the screen of the backlit model apears black while the non backlit is grey.
Put them side by side and you wil see a clear difference.

I still think the original design has the nicest aesthetic. I find it the most ergonomic too. Paired with an aftermarket modern backlit screen it really is the ultimate GBA I think.

so many memories! really enjoyed this video and your love for the consoles really comes through here!

2 words.
Advanced Wars.

That is all.

俺は今でもカバンの中にmicroを入れて会社に行ってるよ！
いつでも遊べるように。

The video I've been waiting for!!! Adding to watch later now

Great video, this was the console of my childhood I had no idea that iQue existed til now which was interesting to learn about

my fav way to play gameboy games are on the nintendo ds Lite

I have a GBA player for the Gamecube but do not have the disc. Would love any advice or links for help. Thanks!

Am really no fan of Nintendo, at all (I’m much more of a Sega kinda guy) … but I do love ❤️ my GBA (with a V3 screen mod and USB C battery pack). A fantastic little handheld that feels great in the hands and has a great library of games!

Really great break down, so many memories, and you have a lovely collection. Well loved and used I can see the nostalgia off each piece.

Also I liked how into detail you went with the iQue , i wish a certain channel didn't smash it and posted it online. 😏

I've been looking forward to these videos every Friday since finding your channel!

A really interesting Video about the GBA. When It was released I wasn't hooked for the GBA. Years after I really adore the GBA for all the different Games in the library. Got an OG GBA, the 1st iteration of the GBA SP but I damn love the Gameboy Micro, what a freaking cool device😍😍

I had a friend mod a DS lite into a macro…metal shell….boosted amp…and qi wireless. Love shoving my omega flash cart in there! Cheers

What an awesome video, thanks for all your hard work putting this together for us to enjoy :) I only got into handheld gaming in the last ten years, and I have a beautiful modded GBA that my best friend put together for me. Now I will forever be jealous of the gameboy player and that visteon setup haha so many cool ways to play! I keep saying I don't need anything else, but maybe... a wonder swan?

Ive only played the GBA through emulation but DAMN, so many great games!!!!❤❤❤

Also bought the original GBA at launch. White model with F-Zero! Guy at Best Buy even suckered me into the extended warranty...sigh. Now I play my games on the Analogue Pocket and it is a thing of beauty.

Without the GBA I'm not sure I would have the same appreciation of the 16 bit era

nice job

I remember excitedly purchasing my first GBA during the Spring 2001 Tokyo Game Show, a week or so after it was launched in Japan. The only game I bought with it, and consequently played an awful lot of, was Konami Krazy Racers.
Years later I was at TGS again shortly after the GBA Micro release, and snapped up the Famicom version in a mall near the Makuhari Messe convention center. I still have both, along with three GBA SPs and a DS Lite. (I don't think I ever really used the DS Lite to play GBA games much, but pretty sure I used it to transfer my GBA Pokemon directly the one of the DS games.)
Such an incredible system that I still play it pretty regularly even while surrounded by more modern hardware. Thanks for the great video!

That famicom game boy micro is a thing of beauty.

The GBA was amazing it had so many great games like Castlevania, Contra, Mario, & many more here! Great Video mate!

I loved my original purple translucent GBA back in the day despite the lack of backlight. My GB Micro (which is still going strong) felt like such an upgrade though. Still probably my favourite Nintendo handheld!

I love the GBA! Great video, lots of details