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Introduction to the
Game
Boy®
Advance
Video
Game
System
Thank you
for
purchasing the Nintendo"
Game
Boy"
Advance
video
game
system.
The
Game
Boy
Advance
is
a
pocket
size
color
video
game
system
that
features:
2.9"
Thin-Film
Transistor (TFT) color
liquid crystal reflective display.
Up
to
32,000 simultaneous
colors.
32-Bit
ARM
with
embedded
memory.
Compatibility with
Game
Boy and
Game
Boy
Color
Game
Paks.
Please read
both the
following
instructions
and
the separate Precautions Booklet
before setup or use of the
Game
Boy
Advance.
If,
after
reading
all
the
instructions,
you
still
have
questions, please
visit
our
customer
service area at
www.nintendo.com
(in
Canada, www.nintendo.ca)
or
call
1-800-255-3700.
Using the
Game
Boy
Advance
Video
Game
System
1
.
Insert a
Game
Pak
into
the
Game
Pak
Slot
with the
label
facing
away
from
the
Game
Boy Advance.
(See
Illustration
2.)
Caution:
Always check
the
Game
Pak
edge
connector
for
foreign material before
inserting
the
Game
Pak
into
the
Game
Boy Advance.
List
of
Components
1.
External
Extension
Connector
2.
Accessory
Slots
3.
Game
Pak
Slot
I
—
4.+
Control
Pad
-
5.
L
Button
6.
Color
LCD
Screen
7.
Power
Indicator
LED
—
8.
R Button
—
9.
A
Button
—
10.B Button
I
—
11.
Speaker
14.
Battery
Cover
1
5.
Wrist Strap
Attachment
1
6.
Power
Switch
17.
Headphone
Jack
Description of
—
Components
18.
Volume
Dial
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
External
Extension
Connector
(EXT.)
-
Allows connection
to
another
Game
Boy
for
multi-player
games
or to
the
Game
Boy*
Printer
(no longer
available).
Requires
a
Game
Boy
Game
Link*
cable.See Sections 8
and
9
of
this
manual
for
more
information.
Accessory
Slots
-
Allows
for
attachment
of
Game
Boy Advance
accesories.
Game
Pak
Slot
-
For loading
a
Game
Pak.
+
Control
Pad
-
Game
play
control.
L
Button
-
Game
play control.
Color
LCD
Screen
-
2.9"
Highly
reflective
Thin
Film Transistor (TFT)
LCD
screen.
Power
Indicator
LED (POWER)
-
Indicates battery
life.
For alkaline
batteries,
the green
color
will
change
to red
when
battery
life
is
down
to
20%
to
30%
and
the
LED
will
begin
to
fade
when
it
is
time
to replace
batteries.
R Button
-
Game
play
control.
A
Button
-
Game
play
control.
B Button
-
Game
play
control.
Speaker
-
For
output
of
mono
sound.
Select
-
Game
play
control.
Start
-
Game
Play control.
Battery
Cover
-
Remove
cover
to
add
or replace
batteries.
Wrist Strap
Attachment
-
For
attachment
of
a
wrist
strap.
(Sold separately.)
Power
Switch
(OFF-ON)
-
Slide
switch
to
the
right to
turn
power ON.
(Note:
Always
insert a
Game
Pak
before turning
power
on.)
Headphone
Jack
(PHONES)
-
For
connecting
a pair
of stereo
headphones.
(Sold separately.
See your
local
Nintendo
retailer, visit
our
online
store
(USA
only)
at
www.nintendo.com
or
call
at
1
-800-255-3700.
Volume
Dial
(VOLUME)
-
Adjusts
volume.
Rotate
right
to increase
volume.
Ilustration
2.
2.
Turn
on
the
power
by pushing the
Power
Switch
to
the
right.The
Power
Indicator
LED
will
be
green
if
you
are using fresh batteries (See
Illustrations
3
and
4).
The
screen
will
display
the
Game
Boy
logo,
and
then
change
to
the
display
for
the
game
that
you
are playing.
Be
sure
to
read the
Game
Pak
instruction
booklet
for
the
game
you
are playing.
Ilustration
3.
Ilustration
4.
Note: For best
color,
use
under
bright
light
conditions.
To
remove
the
Game
Pak
after playing,
first
turn
the
power OFF
by
sliding
the
Power
Switch
to
the
left,
then
slide
the
Game
Pak out
of the
Game
Pak
Slot
(See
Illustrations
5
and
6).
Illustration
5.
Ilustration
6.
Changing
the Screen Color
on
Original
Game
Boy
Game
Paks
There
are
1
2 different color palettes that
can be
selected
when
using the
original
Game
Boy
Game
Paks (Type
1,
Section
5 above.)
1.
To
change
the
color
palette,
first
insert
a
Game
Pak
and
turn
on
the
power
as
described
in
Section 6 above.
2.
When
the
Game
Boy
logo appears,
press
the
+
Control
Pad
and
button
combination
shown
below
for
the desired
color
pallet.
PRESS
COLOR
PRESS
COLOR
UP
BROWN
LEFT
BLUE
UP
+
A
RED
LEFT
+ A
DARK
BLUE
UP
+
B
DARK
BROWN
LEFT
+
B
GRAY
DOWN
PASTEL
MIX
RIGHT
GREEN
DOWN
+ A
ORANGE
RIGHT +
A
DARK GREEN
DOWN
+
B
YELLOW
RIGHT
+B
REVERSE
Note: This
will
only
work
with the
original
Game
Boy
(monochrome) Games.The
color
cannot be
changed
after
the
game
title
screen appears, or
on
Game
Boy Type
2,3 or
4
Games
as
described
in
Section
5
above.
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