![]() Off-white with Santa Clara Division logo.Off-white with Toyota logo (JP - Toyota car purchase - 1992).Pink with heart logo (Won in a gameshow).Hot pink with Kirby logo (UK - Nintendo magazine contest - 1994).Black with Fiat in the bottom-left (Won in contest).Black with Wario logo (UK - Contest Prize on Ghost Train show 1989 - 1991)*.Red with EB logo on it (UK EB Games - Sold with Killer Instinct, limited to 350 systems).Red with Manchester United logo (United Kingdom only).Off-White (First Game Boy color shell of the original Game Boy, and all of the Game Boy line systems) (1989).The updated version of the Game Boy Advance SP is available now for $79.This page consists of colored cases and variations for all Game Boy systems in the Game Boy line. On the flipside, the SP still lacks the standard headphone jack and can't be customized with cheap faceplates. The SP still plays classic Game Boy Color and Game Boy games, and has a much larger LCD screen than the Micro. I'm still a fan of the Game Boy Micro, but it's hard not to recommend the GBA SP if you want more bang for your gaming buck. Why promote a system with a big, bright screen for 80 bucks when you're trying to sell a scaled back edition for 20 dollars more? Nintendo clearly shipped this update with no fanfare so as not to take the attention away from its Game Boy Micro launch. But the trade-off is well worth it, and the updated screen makes SP gaming far more enjoyable, both in low and high lit situations. The color saturation is also a little stronger - reds are particularly more powerful on this screen than in GBA past. But it's not perfect - the refresh rate is a tad slower than the classic GBA SP and Game Boy Micro screen, so there's an ever so subtle "blur" when objects move or the screen scrolls. The updated GBA SP's screen is now on par with the Game Boy Micro, at least in brightness and clarity. ![]() Like the Game Boy Micro system, there's no way to turn off the LCD light short of powering down the entire unit. The center button that's used to turn on and off the front light of the original GBA SP is now used to switch between two levels of brightness on the updated model. The new system kicks on with incredible brightness and clarity in its display right from the start, and the improvement becomes even more obvious with each game you stick in the system. Though all that's changed between the classic GBA SP system and the updated ones is the screen technology, the difference is night and day. Since stores are still stocking the original Game Boy Advance SP systems with the older front light technology, the way to know when a system has the new backlit LCD is pretty obvious - Nintendo isn't hiding the fact that they've made the swap, since they brand the boxes with a huge "Now with a BRIGHTER backlit screen!" Graphite is a lighter shade of the Onyx system already available, and Pearl Blue is similar to the Platinum GBA SP with a bluer hue. Toys R Us and other retailers are also stocking a special edition Spongebob Squarepants system with the newer LCD technology. ![]() The updated SP systems are hitting retailers this week in two new colors: Graphite and Pearl Blue. And starting this week, you can pick up a classic GBA SP system with a far better screen than previous models. The front light used less battery power, but it didn't offer nearly as vibrant an image as existing systems using backlit LCDs could.īut since Nintendo has been utilizing backlit LCDs in its Nintendo DS and Game Boy Micro systems, it was just a matter of time before the company nixed front lit LCDs. Unlike the Game Gear and Atari Lynx's use of a backlit LCD screen, the Nintendo solution was a front light to cast illumination over the existing TFT screen. ![]() The classic Game Boy Advance SP system was a godsend to GBA owners because it was the first time in the US where Nintendo released a Game Boy system with a built-in light. ![]()
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