Game Boy Advance
32-bit power, turned on its side.
Market price
Loose $75
Boxed $190
Checked on 2026-11-05. Not live, a rough guide only.
The story
The Advance rotated the Game Boy into landscape and gave it shoulder buttons, a 32-bit processor and a widescreen display. Suddenly the handheld could run near-SNES-quality games, and the library exploded.
The original 'brick' AGB-001 is comfortable to hold but shares the old curse: a reflective screen with no light, famously hard to see. It is why the backlit SP that followed felt like such a relief.
For modders the AGB-001 is a superb base. A modern IPS kit and a decent shell turn it into arguably the best way to play the entire Game Boy, Color and Advance catalogue on original hardware.
Specs
- CPU
- ARM7TDMI @ 16.8 MHz (+ Sharp LR35902 for GB/GBC)
- Screen
- 2.9" reflective TFT, 240 × 160, 32,768 colours
- Power
- 2 × AA (about 15 hours)
- Plays
- Game BoyGame Boy ColorGame Boy Advance
- Headphone jack
- Yes
Special editions
- Glacier (clear), Arctic, Fuchsia
- Pokémon Center and themed editions
Mods for the Game Boy Advance
See all mods you can doWe don’t have a step-by-step guide written up for the Game Boy Advance yet. In the meantime, browse the full list of mods the community takes on, from screen swaps to fresh shells and rechargeable power.