GBA SP Regional Question

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:27 pm

Hey everybody. Just a quick ?
Does anyone know if the gameboy Advance SP games a re regionlal like game system games are? PAL, american etc. Could I buy a gba sp over here and play european games. It runs on batts so it doesnt matter about the power stuff.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:34 pm

DS isnt regional so i doubt gba would be

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:09 pm

i can tell you for sure there is no reaginal lock on gba games

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:27 pm

SP? or the original GBA? Also wheres the best place to get GBA and GBA SP games ( Usa games BTW)? Gamestop? One more question. The GBA SP uses just AAs right?

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:32 pm

no SP has a rechargable lithium ion battery pack

GO MAGICAL TREVOR!!

Post by **Black Six** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:16 pm

Mr. Cool wrote:SP? or the original GBA? Also wheres the best place to get GBA and GBA SP games ( Usa games BTW)? Gamestop? One more question. The GBA SP uses just AAs right?

The SP and original GBA have the exact same hardware and can run the exact same games. Just like the original GameBoy and the GameBoy Pocket. There's no such thing as a 'SP only' game.
Search online for the best game prices.
As *o* said, the SP has internal rechargeables, the original GBA used AAs.

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:58 pm

Thanx a lot you guys. Guess it wont work then

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:12 pm

just wondering why games being region encoded is an issue?

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:33 am

Mr. Cool wrote:Thanx a lot you guys. Guess it wont work then

Any GBA or GBA SP game can be played on any GBA from any country. What exactly won't work?

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:38 am

My cousin from Ireland wanted to buy a GBA SP over here because its cheaper, and then use it and buy games in Ireland. However, if the batt is li ion, it must have a special charger, and seeing as they have 220v instead of 110, and also different plugs, it wouldnt work. However he might buy a normal GBA, as all AA batteries are the same.

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:50 am

Tell him to get an SP and a travel power converter at Wal*Mart. It will plug into his wacko foreign plug, drop the voltage to 110v, and give him an American plug for his American GBA SP charger.