Technical Specifications

The technical specifications of the original Game Boy Advance are, as provided by Nintendo:

Length:	approximately 144.5 mm (5.69 in)
Width:	approximately 24.5 mm (0.96 in)
Height:	approximately 82 mm (3.2 in)
Mass:	approximately 140 g (4.9 oz)
Screen:	2.9 inches reflective thin-film transistor (TFT) color LCD
Power:	2 AA batteries
Battery life:	approximately 15 hours on average while playing Game Boy Advance games (also dependent on the Game Pak being played and the volume setting)
CPU:	16.8 MHz 32-bit ARM7TDMI with embedded memory
Memory:	32 kilobyte + 96 kilobyte VRAM (internal to the CPU), 256 kilobyte WRAM (external to the CPU).
Resolution:	240 × 160 pixels
Color support:	15-bit RGB (16-bit color space using 5 bits depth per channel), capable of displaying 512 simultaneous colors in "character mode" and 32,768 (215) simultaneous colors in "bitmap mode"

Backward compatibility for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games is provided by an 4/8 MHz Z80 co-processor, while a link port at the top of the unit allows it to be connected to other devices via use of a Nintendo Game Link cable or GameCube cable. When playing Game Boy or Game Boy color games on the Game Boy Advance, the L and R buttons can be used to toggle between a stretched widescreen format (240×144) and the original screen ratio of the Game Boy (160×144).

Every Nintendo handheld system following the release of the original Game Boy Advance (SP and Micro versions of the Game Boy Advance, as well as the Nintendo DS, DS Lite and DSi) has included a built-in light and rechargeable battery.