Looks great! I just grabbed one as well and very impressed with the screen; I used to have a launch GBA but never had the AGS 101. Mine was $70 CDN plus shipping.
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GBA SP AGS-101 for $60, Do I do it?!?
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Looks great! I just grabbed one as well and very impressed with the screen; I used to have a launch GBA but never had the AGS 101. Mine was $70 CDN plus shipping.
pete_clarf
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I've kind of been wanting one lately, but have held off because I have the Gameboy adaptor for Gamecube and have an original DS around here somewhere. If I didn't have either of those, I'd grab one in a second!
petethepanda
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Been hard to catch a good quality one on eBay for less than $80. Tempted to find a real beaten up one with a working screen and swap it into an aftermarket shell.
Exactly what I was going to say.
In Japan DS Lites are like 2500 yen $25 and has a GBA slot.
TheFuzz
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Main reason I bought it... also if you hate black bars maybe? I'm a fan of the hardware and it's backward compatibility, though. This and a 3DS gives you access to every Nintendo handheld game pretty much.
Azure Phoenix
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GB/GBC compatibility, GC connectivity and portability. If none of those concern you then a DS Lite is a cheaper option.
Portugeezer
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Now I just want to play some SMB3
Looks great! I just grabbed one as well and very impressed with the screen; I used to have a launch GBA but never had the AGS 101. Mine was $70 CDN plus shipping.
You sure this is an AGS-101 screen? Like I guess it'd be obvious, but usually the backlit screens are black rather than grey when turned off.
Yeah, backlit GB/GBC games and the DS also can't do link cable stuff. Multiplayer and GameCube connections like Four Swords Adventures.
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
A while back I bought an OG GBA modded with the backlit screen. Really satisfied with the purchase, I like the form factor a lot more than the SP.
Pancakes R Us
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Good choice, OP. I have a black one which I use to play and a green one new in box which is a backup in case the black one ever dies on me.
Also have a Peagles-nodded OG GBA with a 101 screen and a Micro. The Micro is my least favourite, it's too small, but I like to keep it cos it looks nice.
Also have a Peagles-nodded OG GBA with a 101 screen and a Micro. The Micro is my least favourite, it's too small, but I like to keep it cos it looks nice.
The GBA and 3DS is a pretty clever combination to own.
TheFuzz
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Yep. With how busy things are I've gravitated towards handhelds as I've gotten older. With those two, you get amazing catalogs and probably the biggest back-catalogue ever since they're both backwards-compatible.
Yeah, that's just the sunlight. Screen is very bright and it says AGS-101 on the back.
Funyarinpa
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The handheld fan in me is screeching. Do it, OP!
I'd kill to have a NES Limited Edition SP modded with an AGS-101 screen.
I'd kill to have a NES Limited Edition SP modded with an AGS-101 screen.
TheFuzz
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I'll ask here too, but does the SP speaker sort of "distort" or sound odd at max volume with certain notes or sounds? It's not continuous, but I can definitely tell there is a little something odd when maxed out and when certain music or sounds play.
I didn't know if there was a notorious issue with the SP speaker.
I didn't know if there was a notorious issue with the SP speaker.
Most early games for the system were designed with high contrast to counter the lack of a backlight in the original Game Boy Advance, thus it stands out more when viewed on an SP model.
TheFuzz
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Anyone?
theclaw135
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On the other hand, they don't have a backlit GB or GBC. AGS-101 never released in Japan.
Buddy Mcpuddy
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Great console but I would argue it has been unseated by the hardware backwards compatibility that was unlocked via homebrew on the 3ds.
You can't play your carts of course but you can play games with the ghosting patched out, I have a 101 and a pretty sizeable gba collection but it's pretty hard to go back to after the 3ds.
You can't play your carts of course but you can play games with the ghosting patched out, I have a 101 and a pretty sizeable gba collection but it's pretty hard to go back to after the 3ds.
theclaw135
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That you need homebrew just to fix the color palette, says enough already about what nintendo thinks of gba on 3ds.
RoninChaos
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How do you do this? I have anew 3ds I would be willing to try this on. Or should this be done on a new 3dsXL rather than just the new 3ds model?
Buddy Mcpuddy
Member
So what if it took some enthusiasts to hack open the hardware backwards compatibility?, that doesn't negate the fact that with some easy patches applied it is vastly superior to playback on an AGS-101.
I love my AGS-101, but it has been gathering dust ever since AGB_FIRM was patched on the 3ds.
theclaw135
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Not exactly what I meant. I was criticizing Nintendo's apparent stance on the subject.
sixteen-bit
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Are the NES edition GBA SP's worth anything?
Are any of them backlit?
Triforce141
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Install Luma CFW, then get the thing that will let you inject your games into the Virtual Console format.
Every 3DS model can do this, I just prefer it on the New XL because of the screen size.
Nope