Game Boy Advance SP
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handheld video game console
Key facts
- Also known as
- Frontlit: AGS-001, Backlit: AGS-101
- Developer
- Nintendo Research & Engineering
- Manufacturer
- Nintendo
- Product family
- Game Boy
- Type
- Handheld game console
- Generation
- Sixth
- Released
- February 14, 2003 JP : February 14, 2003 NA : March 23, 2003 PAL : March 28, 2003
- Introductory price
- US$ 99.99 (equivalent to $180 in 2025) ¥ 12,500 (equivalent to ¥14,200 in 2024) € 129.99 (equivalent to €200 in 2023) CA$ 149.95 (equivalent to $240 in 2025) A$ 199.99 (equivalent to $320 in 2022) £ 89 (equivalent to £160 in 2025)
- Units shipped
- 43.57 million
- Media
- Game Boy Game Pak , Game Boy Color Game Pak , Game Boy Advance Game Pak
- System on a chip
- Nintendo CPU AGB
- Cpu
- ARM7TDMI @ 16.78 MHz, Sharp SM83 @ 4 / 8 MHz
- Memory
- 288 KB RAM , 98 KB Video RAM
- Display
- Frontlit or backlit TFT LCD , 240 × 160 px , 40.8 × 61.2 mm (1.61 × 2.41 in)
- Backward compatibility
- Game Boy , Game Boy Color
- Predecessor
- Game Boy Color
- Successor
- Nintendo DS
- Related
- Game Boy Advance Game Boy Micro
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- handheld game console
- Series
- Game Boy family
- Followed by
- Nintendo DS
- Follows
- Game Boy Advance
- Manufacturer
- Nintendo
- Official website
- www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/hardware/gbasp/index.html
- Image
- Game-Boy-Advance-SP-Mk1-Blue.jpg
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- publication date
- 2003-03-23
- Commons category
- Game Boy Advance SP
- discontinuation date
- 2008-01-31
- title
- Gēmu Bōi Adobansu SP
- units sold
- 43570000
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Game Boy Advance SP (SP stands for "Special") is a 32-bit handheld game console made by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on February 14, 2003, and in international markets in March. The SP is an upgraded version of the Game Boy Advance with a more compact clamshell design.
The SP was the first Game Boy device with a rechargeable battery, and the first widely released model with an integrated screen light, starting with front lighting and later transitioning to backlighting. The light made it easier to play in low-light conditions than its predecessors, which relied on reflective screens. It was followed by the Game Boy Micro in 2005.
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