Recently I've been thinking if I should get a GBA SP AGS-101 (I have the older SP with the frontlit screen), or a GBA Micro. I already have a DS lite, but there's somethings I don't like about playing GBA games on it.
I'm not asking for help on deciding (I'm probably going to stick to my DS), but I'm still interested in hearing other people's opinions, especially people have actually tried the GBA Micro.
Anyways, here are what I think the pros and cons of each model are:
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1. Game Boy Advance (original model)
Pros:
*Looks most comfortable to hold (I've never actually tried it though)
*GB/GBC games
Cons:
*No screen light of any kind
*Requires batteries
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2. Game Boy Advance SP AGS-001
Pros:
*Frontlit screen
*GB/GBC games
Cons:
*Holding it feels cramped (this wasn't a problem when I was younger and my hands were smaller)
*The screen is front-lit rather than back-lit
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3. Game Boy Advance SP AGS-101
Pros:
*Backlit screen
*GB/GBC games
Cons:
*Holding it feels cramped
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4. Game Boy Micro
Pros:
*Size, obviously
*Backlit screen
*Headphone jack
Cons:
*No GB/GBC games
*I'm worried that the screen will be too small for me
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5. Nintendo DS (I have a Lite, so I'll say my opinion based on a DS Lite)
Pros:
*AceKard to store multiple GBA games rather than on a GBA flashcart
*Backlit screen (on a Lite, of course)
*Headphone jack
*Most comfortable to hold
Cons:
*Ridiculously tiny Start & Select buttons
*Completely useless X & Y buttons (they could have at least mapped them as extra L & R buttons -__-)
*Two screens to choose from, which is annoying if you have OCD like me, because then you can't decide which screen to use, and having an extra blank screen is annoying
*The black border surrounding the screen when playing GBA games annoys me, though this can kinda be fixed because AceKard lets you use custom borders, not to mention the GBA had a physical black border of roughly equal size to the digital one on the DS
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So what do you guys like to play your GBA games on? And what do you guys think is most comfortable?
I'm not asking for help on deciding (I'm probably going to stick to my DS), but I'm still interested in hearing other people's opinions, especially people have actually tried the GBA Micro.
Anyways, here are what I think the pros and cons of each model are:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Game Boy Advance (original model)
Pros:
*Looks most comfortable to hold (I've never actually tried it though)
*GB/GBC games
Cons:
*No screen light of any kind
*Requires batteries
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. Game Boy Advance SP AGS-001
Pros:
*Frontlit screen
*GB/GBC games
Cons:
*Holding it feels cramped (this wasn't a problem when I was younger and my hands were smaller)
*The screen is front-lit rather than back-lit
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3. Game Boy Advance SP AGS-101
Pros:
*Backlit screen
*GB/GBC games
Cons:
*Holding it feels cramped
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4. Game Boy Micro
Pros:
*Size, obviously
*Backlit screen
*Headphone jack
Cons:
*No GB/GBC games
*I'm worried that the screen will be too small for me
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5. Nintendo DS (I have a Lite, so I'll say my opinion based on a DS Lite)
Pros:
*AceKard to store multiple GBA games rather than on a GBA flashcart
*Backlit screen (on a Lite, of course)
*Headphone jack
*Most comfortable to hold
Cons:
*Ridiculously tiny Start & Select buttons
*Completely useless X & Y buttons (they could have at least mapped them as extra L & R buttons -__-)
*Two screens to choose from, which is annoying if you have OCD like me, because then you can't decide which screen to use, and having an extra blank screen is annoying
*The black border surrounding the screen when playing GBA games annoys me, though this can kinda be fixed because AceKard lets you use custom borders, not to mention the GBA had a physical black border of roughly equal size to the digital one on the DS
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So what do you guys like to play your GBA games on? And what do you guys think is most comfortable?