Game Boy Advance

• Years active 2001 — 2010
• Units sold 81.5M
• Launch price $99
• NA library 822 games
• Bit depth 32-bit

The Game Boy Advance is a 32-bit handheld, released in Japan in March 2001 and to international markets that June. It succeeded the Game Boy Color and retained full backward compatibility with the original Game Boy library.

The GBA's ARM7 processor was a generational leap over the original Game Boy hardware, and Nintendo used the headroom to push SNES-quality 2D into players' pockets. It's a deep, often-overlooked catalogue, particularly the JRPGs, the late-cycle Castlevania trilogy, and a wave of original 2D action games that the 3D-obsessed home consoles of the era weren't making.

Fun fact The Game Boy Advance was codenamed "Atlantis" during development, and a huge chunk of its launch lineup was made up of remastered SNES classics.