The Revolution Of Game Boy Color

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The original Nintendo Game Boy console was very success and become popular because of its battery lifetime, light weight, cheap price and exciting games. The weakness of this console is lies on the color screen. It had only black and white screen, while its competitors like Sega Game Gear or Atari Lynx, had full color screen. This reason makes Nintendo Company to keep on research into this technology to come up with a color full portable console. They cover its weakness and still maintain the benefits of the original game boy such as long battery life, light weight and cheap price.

On 21st October 1998 in Japan, Nintendo released Game Boy Color which is known as GBC now as the successor to the original Game Boy. Game Boy Color is slightly thicker and taller than Game Boy Pocket, smaller than original Game Boy and also features a color screen. This console is portable, full color and also backwards compatible with original Game Boy games with 8-bit processor. This console’s logo for the “COLOR” words contains 5 colors which the unit was manufactured. It was pink (strawberry), purple (grape), green (kiwi), yellow (dandelion), and blue (teal).

Game Boy Color was the first handheld to be backwards compatible, means that you could play a vast number of the original Game Boy classic games. It has the largest library than any other handheld. When you’re using the Game Boy classic cartridge, you could choose the default colors or pick ones you want manually. The library added the limited color to the Game Boy classic games.

A good handheld game console should be able to communicate with other console whether it’s for multiplayer games, or exchanging items in the game. Game Boy Color used an infrared communications port to allow information to be exchanged between two systems. It’s almost same with the precursor to the wireless link that is built on the Nintendo DS. I think the most advantage of this feature is using on Pokemon games. Cause this game need exchange pokemon for collecting the completed pokedex and pokemon list. Game Boy Color also got a motion sensor that can sense how you move the console. Whether its how short and fast you shift it, it’ll allowing you to use the system as a controller.

The Game Boy Color did very well on the market since it had basically no competition. It was followed a few years later by the Game Boy Advance. So just owning a Nintendo Game Boy, you’re no longer stuck in black and white games world, no longer beholden to the restrictive area of the TV set and also no longer limited to places where there is electricity. You can enjoy playing your favorite games while on campus, bus, station, while stuck in traffic, while waiting for a sumptuous meal in restaurant.

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Nintendo DS Review

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The Nintendo DS aka NDS is the handheld game console with dual screen released in 2004 by Nintendo. It’s similar with the Game Boy Advance SP which is dual LCD screen inside with the touchscreen feature. Nintendo stylus, your own finger or a curved plastic tab are the accepted as the input in Nintendo DS. This feature allows us to interact with the handheld game console more directly than by pressing buttons.

Nintendo DS can play online video game or challenging other players with the wireless standards feature inside, and online with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. It’s also features a built in microphone and various color of clamshell design.

About Nintendo DS games is the thing that you shouldn’t worry about. Nintendo DS is backwards compatible with Game Boy Advance cartridges. So you can play both consoles games instead. But while playing Game Boy Advance games on Nintendo DS, you can only use one screen. You can setup the system to use whether the top or bottom screen by default. And the screen of games is displayed within a black screen border on the bottom. This caused by the different screen resolution between two console systems.

Characteristics Of Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS can bring us much enjoyable moment, help us to take pleasure in the exciting gaming experience and is well liked among all ages. But don’t forget to take care of your Nintendo DS, too! It can be naughty sometimes if you’re not taking care of it.

The most attractive part of Nintendo DS is the dual screen, but the majority of users experience using Nintendo DS is their screen appears cracked. It’s has 2 screen that separate 3 inch TFT LCD with the resolution 256×192 pixels. When your console appear a runny colors remain on the screen permanently even the console was off, it’s the sign that you gonna need to repair your DS! Sometimes if your console is dropped, knocked with other things or hits it can be damaged to the screen too. Using the Nintendo case is one of the ways to prevent its happened.

Scratch is one of things you need to pay attention. You can replace the screen with a new screen if the upper screen plastic cover is scratched with proper replacement instructions. Or you can repair it by sending your system to the local repair center. But I think its better send your console to Nintendo DS repair center. The technician will handle your system more professionally and more safe.

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Nintendo Mini Classics

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Game & Watch series is releasing the new mini classic game console in a smaller key-chain size called Nintendo Mini Classic; a series of small LCD games licensed by Nintendo. A new series from Game & Watch sure does surprise all Nintendo fans. Nintendo Mini Classic is going to make you flashed back to the series classic Nintendo games you played in your childhood.

It’s really a good idea putting up the games in the key-chain. Some times when you’re traveling or having a long drive or trip, it would help you pass time with ease. It will be a great practicing your thumb using this device especially for those people who use mobile phones. The buttons are easy to use, all are standard Nintendo ones with the plus shaped arrow keys.

All of Nintendo Mini Classics titles are officially licensed by Nintendo and most of the games are reissues of Game & Watch titles. All of the games are very classic, including Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong Junior and Mario’s Cement Factory. The games are similar to mini Nintendo GameBoy with many challenges on the game. You can really beat a bit of old style game play cause it contain the classic arcade game from the 80’s.

Nintendo Mini Classic is all of the electronics fitting neatly into a key-chain sized gadget that have gotten a modern makeover. All of them feature the same rudimentary LCD animations found on their ancestors, along with simplistic color overlays which is designed to look like a small game boy. This unit also got the alarm clock features, too.

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Introducing Nintendo SP

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Game Boy Advance SP is an upgrade version from Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance released on February 2003 in Japan. Game Boy Advance SP, the SP is stands for “Special”. What is the special on this Game Boy?

Lack of screen lighting was the one of the main complaints about the old standard Game Boy Advance. It was difficult to play under the dim lighting. There’re some very important additions to the Game Boy line that had been introduced by Nintendo as the years have gone by. It has improved from the size, color and increased graphical capabilities. Game Boy Advance’s pain about lightening screen has been covered by Nintendo SP’s internal backlight which can make the screen completely visible in any light.

When system is not in use, you can fold down the screen of Game Boy Advance SP. It’s one of the features from Game Boy Advance SP, a clamshell design like a laptop that allow screen to be folded down and the screen hinge also locks at about 170 degrees, which is a perfect game viewing angle. It’s incredibly portable with a flip-top screen.

Well what about onto the games you played? Sonic Advance 2, a classic console affair looks tops on the Game Boy Advance SP. The animation commendably smooth and the graphics are excellent. Multiplayer games on SP can be played with only one cartridge by hook up two SPs with a link cable. There’re many multiplayer games or plenty more classic games out there we can play, such as Monkey Ball Junior.

Going by the samples we received, the games line-up is pretty strong overall. The Game Boy Advance SP is a well designed and supported unit.

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Game Boy Micro Can Be Fun For Everyone

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Game Boy Micro is the second major and latest design of the Game Boy Advance. First released was on September 13, 2005 in Japan. Game Boy Micro retains some of the functionality of the Game Boy Advance SP, but with an updated form factor. It is the smallest of all Game Boy Systems, around the same size as an iPod Mini.

Game Boy Micro is the latest installment in the Game Boy family. It can play all Game Boy Advance games and comes with all Game Boy Advance SP features. It is a leap forward in portable gaming. Shorter, thinner and lighter than a Game Boy Advance SP, it plays all the SP titles on the market.

This tiny, lightweight, and stylish Game Boy, features a 2-inch, crystal-clear screen that appears sharper and more colorful than the larger Game Boy Advance SP screen. One ingenious design aspect is the combination of screen brightness and volume on a single rocker switch; one toggles between them by pushing the left shoulder button. The on/off switch and standard headphone jack can be found on the bottom of the Micro, as well as the game cartridge slot. The weighs is approximately 80 grams. The advantage of owning Game Boy Micro is no more need to buy game cases, you just need to keep it in your pocket or the cell phone pocket in your backpack and you’re off set to anywhere you want.

You don’t need to worry that Game Boy Micro cant play games on other Game Boy series. The Game Boy Micro can play Game Boy Advance games, but it isn’t compatible with classic Game Boy cartridges or the eReader peripheral. Or you can purchase the Gameboy Multicart to play many of the popular games in 1. Gameboy Multicart is the game cartridges that have more than one games in them, you can find a lot of this in Asia. Multicarts are great for Game Boy Micro as you can have all of the popular games in one single cart. So all games can be settled just in one cartridge, you don’t need to confuse for looking the games you want to play anymore.

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