This Month's Haul - February, 2012

[Thief Silver]

Had to buy a new DS Lite after my trigger buttons stopped finally working. Located a copy of Super Mario Advance 4 also for 10 bucks new in a Half Price Bookstore. >_>

In case anyone asks why I bought a new one, it's the only system that Gameboy Advance games don't look like shit on with a portable.

Why didn't you just send it to someone to fix it for like $20?

[GohanX]

BK: you even seen the GBA SP with the brighter screen? Shit looks nice, although the colors are a bit oversaturated.

[Pineapple]

Got some more pineapple underwear and 12 Cadbury Creme Eggs. The underwear aren't going to look nice for long.

[BonusKun]

BK: you even seen the GBA SP with the brighter screen? Shit looks nice, although the colors are a bit oversaturated.

No I hadn't. I'm curious where I can get one of those since I still have a decent mess of games I enjoy on it.

[Mzo]

I have the SP Lite, the screen is fantastic. I got mine used from GS for cheap a couple of years ago.

[GohanX]

Ebays probably the best place, but the sellers who know the difference between the two SPs tend to charge a premium for the newer model. Or just keep your eyes peeled on the various forums.

[Rocca]

Abused an EB deal and traded them 10 boring games I no longer wanted. Got the girlfriend her own Vita for free-bizzle.

[No One]

Grabbed Alan Wake's American Nightmare today, as well as a copy of Deadly Premonition. I borrowed it from a friend a year or so ago and found it simultaneously awful and amazing, but never did a playthrough on hard after finishing it the first time. It's crazy cheap now on Amazon, so I caved.

[BonusKun]

Ebays probably the best place, but the sellers who know the difference between the two SPs tend to charge a premium for the newer model. Or just keep your eyes peeled on the various forums.

How do you tell which model is different? Is it varations of colors of the unit or serial numbers?

[Jeremy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Bo..._.28AGS-101.29

In September 2005, around the time of the Game Boy Micro's release, Nintendo released an improved version of the Game Boy Advance SP in North America, featuring a brighter backlit screen instead of the previous version's frontlit screen. The new model can be distinguished by the following features:

The box states "Now with a BRIGHTER backlit screen!" to distinguish the new model from the older, frontlit models.
The backlit SP has the Model Number AGS-101 on the label on the bottom of the unit, whereas the original frontlit SP has the Model Number AGS-001[10]
The switch at the top center of the console's lower face is now referred to in the manual as the "Brightness Switch" and selects between two levels of brightness, "Normal"(Low) and "Bright"(High) with no off setting. On the frontlit models this switch turned the frontlight on or off only. With the backlight set to "Normal"(Low) the brightness still surpasses the original AGS-001 with the frontlight on.

The North American backlit version comes in three standard colors: "Pearl Blue", "Pearl Pink" and "Graphite" (a grayer version of Onyx Black). There were also two Toys "R" Us exclusive backlit models; a "SpongeBob SquarePants" model[11] and a "Limited Edition Pikachu" model.