The Game Boy Advance Story – Development History

A deep dive into the history and development of the GBA, starting in 1994, and ending with its release in 2001. Find out about prototypes, dev kits, unreleased console variations and more! Enjoy!

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References:
Nintendo’s Portable History: Part 4, Game Boy Advance & Beyond
https://www.pocketgamer.com/history-of-nintendo/nintendos-portable-history-part-4-game-boy-advance-beyond/

Nintendo’s Original Game Boy Successor Was Not The GBA

Nintendo’s Original Game Boy Successor Was Not The GBA

The development of the final GBA didn’t start until the Game Boy Color was released. It only took about two years.

Project Atlantis)
https://nintendo-online.de/upload/images/2016/03/09/110326906656e03cc6097c88-22465637.jpg

GDC
Masato Kuwahara talk
https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1442/The-Inspiration-Behind-Nintendo-DSi

https://sm64-conspiracies.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Atlantis

Arm710 Chip Development – By Dave Jäger
Video:

Talking about Nintendo: https://youtu.be/_6sh097Dk5k?t=1726
Worked with Nintendo in 1994!

Game Boy Advance Finally Unveiled
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/24/game-boy-advance-its-finally-unveiled

Game Boy Advance History
https://en.gbasp.ru/historygba.html

Game Boy Advance Development Kit Revealed
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/22/game-boy-advance-development-kit-revealed

Hard4Games GBA Dev Kit Video:

Behind The Code IS AGB Dev Kit:

GBA Dev Team Interview:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/09/14/game-boy-advance-developer-team-interview

Prototype Spaceworld 2000
https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/09/16/rare-gameboy-advance-prototype-pops-up-during-auction
Rare Gameboy Advance Prototype Pops Up During Auction – Game Informer

Spaceworld 2000 footage

Hard 4 games prototype console: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A–RJU9Q-gc
(28) FOUND! Game Boy Advance Space World Prototype! – YouTube

TS2 Dev board / prototype
https://www.retroreversing.com/game-boy-advance-development-kit/
https://www.retroreversing.com/game-boy-advance-development-kit/

August 2000 – IGN Dev kit:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/22/game-boy-advance-development-kit-revealed

IGN first hands on: https://web.archive.org/web/20000510085911/https://pocket.ign.com/news/18966.html

Wide-boy 64
https://nesworld.com/n64-wideboyagb-1.php
http://devkits.handheldmuseum.com/GBA_Wideboy.htm

Hard4Games:

Purple GBA prototype

A History of The ARM Microprocessor | Dave Jaggar

Satoru Okada:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/9902/b_box/staff/index.html
Interview with Game Boy Color Project Manager (nintendo.co.jp)

Japanese interviews site:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0009/01/index.html
This is the Game Boy Advance!! ~Announcement of topical specs~ (nintendo.co.jp)

GBA Dev:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0009/03/inter_01.html
This is how Advance was made! ~Game Boy Advance Developer Interview PART2~ (nintendo.co.jp)

ESCTS 2000:
https://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?/topic/294475-found-some-old-photos-of-ects-2000/

Nintendo – Project Atlantis
Alternatehistory.com
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/nintendo-project-atlantis.433361/

GBA Widely
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/04/13/gba-wide-boy-advance-in-the-works

GBA Dev Kits:
https://www.retroreversing.com/game-boy-advance-development-kit/

Check this out!
This is the “IS-AGB-CHARACTER” a dev cartridge by Intelligent-Systems for #Gameboy Advance.

Unit interfaces to a dev PC using a parallel LPT port & is used in tandem with an IS-AGB-EMULATOR for editing Color pallets, textures and OBJ animation files. #RETROGAMING pic.twitter.com/Fzvq6yQtuZ

— BehindTheCode -Gerry (@_BehindTheCode) March 4, 2021

Hard 4 games clear purple prototype:

Red GBA dev unit:
https://consolevariations.com/variation/prototype/game-boy-advance-dev-kit-red-edition

IS Dev kit video:

ECTS 2000
https://www.eurogamer.net/ects2k-diary
https://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?/topic/294475-found-some-old-photos-of-ects-2000/

Gamestars Live (Nintendo magazine DVD)

Wideboy64 – Hard4Games (again!)

Early wide-boy version:
http://www.nesworld.com/n64-wideboyagb-1.php

Wonderswan advert:
WonderSwan (Launch) Japanese Commercial

Retroversing
https://www.retroreversing.com/game-boy-advance-development-kit/

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