A Cobalt Blue front-lit version of the Game Boy Advance SP
Manufacturer
Nintendo
Product family
Game Boy[1]
Type
Handheld game console
Generation
Sixth
Release date
JP: February 14, 2003[3]
NA: March 23, 2003[2]
PAL: March 28, 2003[4]
Introductory price
US$99.99 (equivalent to $166 in 2023)
¥12,500 (equivalent to ¥13,046 in 2019)
€129.99
CA$149.95 (equivalent to $207 in 2021)
A$199.99 (equivalent to $322 in 2022)
£89 (equivalent to £178 in 2023)
Discontinued
Yes; date undisclosed
Units shipped
43.57 million[5]
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
32 KB RAM, 96 KB VRAM
Display
Frontlit or backlit TFT LCD, 240 × 160 px, 40.8 mm × 61.2 mm (1.61 in × 2.41 in)[6]
Backward compatibility
Game Boy Game Boy Color
Predecessor
Game Boy Color[7]
Successor
Nintendo DS
Related
Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Micro
The Game Boy Advance SP[a] (GBA SP), released in Japan on February 14, 2003,[8] is a sixth-generation handheld game console developed, released, and marketed by Nintendo that served as an upgraded version of the original Game Boy Advance. The "SP" in the name stands for "Special".[9] It is the penultimate console in the Game Boy Advance product line before the Game Boy Micro, which was released in September 2005.
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^"- Nintendo - Customer Service - Game Boy Advance SP - Frequently Asked Questions". nintendo.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016.
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