Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance
Designer	Nintendo R&D3
Manufacturer	Nintendo
CPU	16.8 MHz ARM7TDMI 8 MHz Sharp LR35902
Graphics	Custom Picture Processing Unit
Memory	32KB RAM 96 KB Video RAM
Media	Game Pak
Released	Game Boy Advance JP: March 21, 2001 NA: June 11, 2001 EU: June 22, 2001 China: June 8, 2004 Game Boy Advance SP JP: February 14, 2003 NA: March 23, 2003 EU/AU: March 28, 2003 China: October 2004 Game Boy Micro JP: September 13, 2005 NA: September 19, 2005 AU: November 3, 2005 EU: November 4, 2005 China: October 2005
Added to Museum	GBA: September 18, 2017

The Game Boy Advance was the fourth handheld video game system released by Nintendo. It had backward-compatibility with its predecessor systems, the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. However, the Game Boy Micro redesign lacked backward-compatibility.

It was succeeded by the Nintendo DS, which was released in 2004.

Models

The original Game Boy Advance was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, and in Europe on June 22, 2001. It was released in China by iQue as iQue Game Boy Advance on June 8, 2004. It had a color liquid crystal display screen that was not backlit.

The Game Boy Advance SP was released in Japan on February 14, 2003, in North America on March 23, 2003, and in Europe and Australia on March 28, 2003. It was released in China by iQue as iQue Game Boy SP in October 2004. It had a clamshell design with a color liquid crystal display screen on the top half of the clamshell and the controls for the unit on the bottom. It had a backlit liquid crystal display screen.

The Game Boy Micro was a miniature version of the original Game Boy Advance design. It was released in Japan on September 13, 2005, in North America on September 19, 2005, in Australia on November 3, 2005, and in Europe on November 4, 2005. It was released in China by iQue as iQue Game Boy Micro in October 2005. It had the form factor of the original Game Boy Advance rather than the clamshell design of the Game Boy Advance SP but had a backlit liquid crystal display screen. The Game Boy Micro does not have backward-compatibility with Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.

Peripherals

In December 2001, Nintendo released the Nintendo e-Reader, a peripheral for the Game Boy Advance that would read a code on custom printed cards.

These cards would allow the device to play games, unlock features in games, or play Nintendo Entertainment System games through an emulator contained in the read-only memory of the device.

Game Boy Advance games owned by WEC Museum

Title	Developer	Released	Date Added to the Museum	Notes
Air Hockey-e	Nintendo	2002	January 20, 2018	A one card air hockey game for the e-Reader that was given out for free at Toys R Us stores in 2002.
Balloon Fight-e	Nintendo	2002	January 20, 2018	A five card game for the Nintendo Entertainment System emulator on the e-Reader.
Baseball-e	Nintendo	2002	January 20, 2018	A five card game for the Nintendo Entertainment System emulator on the e-Reader.
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon	Konami	2001	June 11, 2001	The WEC Museum owns only the cartridge
Donkey Kong-e	Nintendo	2002	January 20, 2018	A five card game for the Nintendo Entertainment System emulator on the e-Reader.
Magical Vacation	Brownie Brown	2001	January 10, 2020	Japanese-exclusive.
Manhole-e	Nintendo	2002	September 18, 2017	One card remake of the Game & Watch game, Manhole, for the e-Reader.
Mother 3	Brownie Brown	2006	January 10, 2020	Japanese-exclusive.
Tennis-e	Nintendo	2002	January 20, 2018	A five card game for the Nintendo Entertainment System emulator on the e-Reader.

Emulated Game Boy Advance games owned by WEC Museum

Title	Developer	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Anguna: Warriors of Virtue	Bite the Chili	2008	October 13, 2019	The WEC Museum owns the GBA version on Retro-Bit Generations.
Broken Circle	7 Raven Studios	2009	October 13, 2019	The WEC Museum owns the GBA version on Retro-Bit Generations.
WarioWare, Inc.	Nintendo R&D1	2003	April 18, 2019	The WEC Museum owns the GBA version on Virtual Console for Wii U.
World Reborn	NeoPong Software	2015	October 13, 2019	The WEC Museum owns the GBA version on Retro-Bit Generations.