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GameStop doesn’t want your Game Boy Advance

Do you have a Game Boy Advance? Good, keep it. GameStop sure doesn’t want it. The chain has confirmed that it is getting ready to stop carrying and accepting Nintendo’s last entry in the Game Boy handheld line. If you absolutely need to get rid of yours, then you do have a little time.

The official cutoff date for accepting Game Boy Advance items, both the games and the systems, is April 2, 2011…

Modder turns original Game Boy into Game Boy Advance

The original Game Boy has a special place in all of our hearts, but haven’t you ever wished you could have that old Game Boy with more advanced technology. Modder CRTdrone did, and he set out to do just that with a Game Boy mod that placed the inner workings of a Game Boy Advance SP inside of a Game Boy casing.

The image at the right shows the final product. It has been configured to work perfectly in its new casing, and the modded product also features a rechargeable battery. CRTdrone even confirms in the comments that the GBA L and R buttons have been added and are on the sides of the system, but just do not show in the picture. The modified GBA SP is capable of playing all Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games…

The end of the Game Boy as we know it

GameDaily Biz recently reported that the Game Boy system may be done: “Nintendo of America’s George Harrison, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications, has given GameDaily BIZ a pretty strong hint that Nintendo may be finished with the Game Boy product line.” The comment was made in an E3 2007 interview, which also more »