Advanced Game Port

this item is not a game boy player it is a game boy emulator on a cd that loads the game from the memory card slot. since it is emulating the sound is tinny and also sounds off key. the video lags a bit. was you are walking it is just jittery and it is not enjoyable. i returned it and shelled out the extra money for a Nintendo brand gba player.

I have had both the Game Boy Player and the Advance Game Port for a long time. The biggest fundamental difference between the Game Port and the official GB Player, is that the Game Port uses software emulation and the GB Player uses true hardware emulation. The Game Port uploads the both the GBA ROM and the game's save data into the GameCube's memory and uses a ARM9 software emulator play the games. The frame rate appears a little bit choppy, and the audio pitch is slightly off; making it seem almost like the effect of playing an NTSC game on a PAL system - all GB games operate at 60Hz, and although playback seems a little bit sluggish (maybe 50 Hz?), this has the advantage of slowing down the game by about 16.7%, making overly fast-paced or challenging games slightly easier. Somebody mentioned that their's had a biult-in cheating device as well, but I recall nothing of that nature in my version. A biult in feature to back up game savs (NOT ROMS!) to a GC memory card would also have been nice. Nintendo's official Game Boy Player, on the other hand, uses official Nintendo hardware to run GBA games. The GB Player has built in to it, both an ARM7 and an ARM9 processor, making it able to play both GB classic, GB color, and GBA games. Here are my Pros and Cons: Pros: Cheaper than a GB Player, esp that both are out of circulation, and the GB Player now is a collector's item!!! This product will be the only full-screen GB option compatible with the Nintendo Wii (provided the Wii is fully 100% compatible with GameCube, not 98% or 95%), since it only uses the CD tray and the controller/memory card ports. The slightly slower frame rate may make fast-paced games somewhat less challenging. Cons: Choppy framerate at times. Audio Pitch is a little flat. Due to the incompatible ROM structure/ processor archetecture, it will not work with Game Boy Classic or Game Boy Color games. Overall, it is a nice accessory, but I have used it two or three times and my official GB Player dozens and dozens of times. It will be interseting to find out how the Wii will respond to it.

look ugly on hdtv, by chance I have also an old tv lag with some game and don't work on a wii if you don't have an action replay for game cube (this product is not describe to work on a wii, but I bought it because I saw lot of people saying that was working on the web, so I prefer to say the true things!) the product is not bad at all, it do what it's suppose to do. but as it's purpose is for a game cube, I think the gameboy player from nintendo is better!

Doesn't work completely for all games. Can't save with Pokemon games. Times out.

This thing works. I borrowed my cousins but lost it when i moved. They found it at toys r us on the clearance bin for like $5. Then the wii comes out, which this does work for if you don't have the latest update to.

I just got this and tried to play some of the GBA games I have on it and they don't work. I read the instruction booklet to see why they did not work and it says that it does not work with any of the New GBA games. So if you want to play both Old & New GBA games on your Game Cube, just buy the Official GBA Player made by Nintendo instead.

The disc was scratch like crazy but still playable brand new out of the box

I have always been a fan of putting portable games on a TV screen. I have a product similar to this but it is a pain (...)to set up all the time. Then I came across this. Graphics/Pixalation-The pixalation on this is supurb. The image is enlarged and yet the game looks just as good as it did on the Game Boy Advance. 9/10 Game Play/Smoothness-The Games that I have tried on it have all worked without any gliching or errors. Although that may sound great, the frame rate seems to be off. The games played on this product tend to be slightly choppy compared to the Game Boy Advance or the Game Boy Player. Luckly it isnt to the point where it completely destroys the fun of the games. 5/10 Music and Sounds-The music and sound are emulated very well. The quality is not as great as if you were playing the games on the Game Boy Advance but is not unbareable. Over all it isnt all that bad 7/10 User Friendlyness-This product is very easy to set up. It is just like plugging in your memory card and favorite game. The only fault behind this is that there is no multiplayer capablility using this product. 8/10 This device definatly has its ups and downs. Whether you choose to buy this product for 29.99 or the Game Boy Player for 49.99, You are getting what you pay for. This product lacks some of the items that the Game Boy Player Provides, but at least this product is 20 dollars cheeper. Over all Score 7.25/10