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Cygnus Announces Game Boy Devel Environment

Posted by Hemos on from the making-all-sorts-of-games dept.

GB Fan writes "Cygnus announced today their new development environment for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance that is expected this fall. You can read more about it at GB Station. "

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  1. Re:Gameboy Advance? by m3000 · · Score: 4

    I've never even heard of this [Gameboy Advance]

    Well, let me enlighten you to this wonderful piece of hardware:

    Nintendorks.com (includes "exclusive" GBA picture ;)


    DMGICE


    IGN Pockets' GBA FAQ


    Nintendo's Press Release

    As for your question as to why it did better, the answer is games. The games on that sytem rock. It has my two favorite games (Tetrix and Super Mario Brothers Deluxe), a ton of cool RPG's and 2D games, and Pokemon is one of the fastest selling and biggest videogames of all time. It's consistantly number 1 and 2 on the weekly sales charts. The GB is far from dead, and since the GBA is going to have backwards compatiblity and bring the possiblility of internet connection to a handheld, it's going to keep on going.

  2. Game Boy Advance by spaceorb · · Score: 4

    Is slated for release in Christmas (big surprise) 2000. For those that are interested/care, it will have a 32bit RISC cpu and full internet connectivity through a cellular phone (cool muliplayer internet games on a Game Boy). But it still lacks a backlit screen. Here are some specs:

    * CPU: Memory embedded 32-bit RISC CPU
    * LCD: Reflective TFT Color LCD
    * Display Size: 40.8mm x 61.2mm
    * Resolution: 240 x 160 pixels
    * Size: Approximately Height 80mm / Width 135mm
    * Weight: Approximately 140g
    * Power Supply: 2 AA Alkaline batteries
    * Battery life: 20 hours continuous play
    * Maximum colors to be displayed simultaneously: 65,000

  3. Well, because I notice a lot of posters doing this by W+Parasyte · · Score: 5

    I see many posters posting about how the Game Boy is aging hardware, and about how it's nice that they're finally releasing a development kit...
    Please stop making this mistake.
    At the risk of being marked redundant, I'm going to tell you all that THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE GAME BOY. This is about the Game Boy Advance, the new 32-bit advanced portable that Nintendo is bringing out late this year. This is an entirely different system; Nintendo is just using their name recognition with the GB to sell it. Please don't get confused. Especially since develpoment kits for the GB have been out for a very long time now.
    Thanks for your time (and not moderating me down).

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