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Nintendo Game Boy Micro Console

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Game Boy Micro

by  garfield135,   Mar 6, 2008

Pros:  Size, screen, good looks, fun factor.

Cons:  Backwards compatibility, and speaker.

The Bottom Line:  If you find it for a good price, get it.

Overall Rating: 5/5 stars
 

Author's Review

This is my review on the Game Boy Micro; the first Advance Game Boy with both a normal headphone jack and a backlit screen.
So, I got my Micro last year. It cost me only $16.50 on eBay shipped. In case you are wondering, they don't normally cost that little. The person I bought it from didn't know if it worked, and it didn't come with a charger. Also, it was shipped in the ON position. So I receive it in the mail, and it doesn't work. OK. So a while later, I buy a charger on eBay for about $6-7. It... works. SO anyway, this is where my review takes off.
Looks:
We all should know that the Micro looks good (and if you didn't, that's why you are here). How good?
My Micro is silver, with a black faceplate. (There are different colors of Micros, and they have a feature of being able to swap faceplates.) They are about 2 in. tall, 4 in. long, and 0.7 in. thick.
Button feel: (D-pad, A, B, L, R, and Start and Select)
The buttons are comfortably mushy, but take off the faceplate, and they might be a bit tall.
Screen:
It is only about 2 in. diagonal, but it is really crisp and clear. Also, it has 5 brightness levels.
Sound: The speaker would be okay in a car or someplace fairly quiet, but if a lot of people are talking, it might be too soft. The Micro does come with a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, so you can listen to it like that.
Games:
The Micro can play all the 700+ Game Boy Advance games, but it doesn't play the older Game Boy or GB Color games. That is somewhat annoying, but 700 games is quite a lot. I prefer Mario, Zelda, and racing games on it.
Misc.:
The Micro seems to be fairly durable, but I would advise against "testing" durability.
On full backlight and around half volume, it might last around 4-6 hours, (and you will likely want that full backlight) but it will get much better on least backlight, no volume. The Start and Select buttons are the battery indicators.
Overall:
The Game Boy Micro is a very good system that you could probably find for $30-40, but don't buy it just for older GB and GB Color games.


 

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