GAMEBOY ADVANCE

Reviewed By: Joshua Hughes
VOLUNTEER GUEST REVIEWER

GAME TECH INFO

Computer Platform: Gamboy Advanced

Twelve years ago, Nintendo started the revolution in hand held gaming by releasing the Game Boy… a comparatively weak system that, over the course of the next decade, would morph into its current form: the Game Boy Advance (GBA).

I was lucky enough to get one of these systems the day they came out and can truly say that hand held gaming has finally reached an entertaining level.

GameBoy Advance The unit is held in a fashion similar to Sega's old school Game Gear. In other words, Game Boy is now more of a horizontal system. If you place GBA horizontally on Game Boy Color (GBC), the only difference in size noticed is that GBA is a little bit thinner. There are two shoulder buttons on top to make four total game buttons plus a d-pad and start/select buttons. The screen is 50% bigger, which is A LOT bigger than it sounds. The system initially looks too small for players hands, but once held everybody finds that all buttons--minus start and select--are in perfect reach for maximum control.

Now that you have a perfect picture of the GBA in your mind…don't miss these GBA game reviews:

Super Mario Advance
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

Upcoming planned game releases include the following titles:

Advance Wars
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Breath of Fire
Dark Arena
Diddy Knog Pilot
DK Coconut Crackers
Doom
Final Fight 1
Lego Racers 2
Mario Kart Advance
Matt Hoffman Pro BMX
Mega Man Battle Network
NFL Blitz 2002
Paintball
Sabrewulf
Silent Hill
Star Wars Jedi Power Battles
Super Mario 3
Super Mario World
Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo Revival
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (rumored)
Tetris World
Wario Land for GBA
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Story
a more comlete list can be found at www.gameboy.com

See our 2001 E³ reviewer Kyle Suggs'
impression of Nintendo's GBA

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this Christian Spotlight review are those of the reviewer (both ratings and recommendations), and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Films for Christ or the Christian Answers Network.