Where to buy a GameBoy Advance SP?

[Fat Tone]

It looks like I'm gonna have to buy one in the next couple of weeks (as a reward for my eldest - that's my excuse anyway )

Best price I can find in the UK is ~£85.

Can anyone please suggest anywhere cheaper? I don't mind buying internationally (assuming there are no 'region' issues). Buying from the USA could be good with the current 1.75 $/£ ratio if they will ship internationally.

TIA.

[Paddy]

I would give you mine except that I have almost finished packing and it hasn't turned up.

The house will be empty by Friday, so if you can wait until then, i'll keep you posted.

[Fat Tone]

you are too kind

good luck with the move.

I found a couple of new ones on ebay in the mid-£70s, and some interesting devices for writing to CF cards too

[Rakido]

FT,

check http://www.gbatemp.net for more infos. There are many 'interesting devices' with their pros and cons out there and many interesting addon's to the cards. A good start is the "utilities and tools" link on the left side.


Rakido

[Fat Tone]

[schmosef]

I have an EZ Flash Advance 256Mb. I really like it.

I suggest the forums and hardware reviews at gbadev.org for help in deciding which memory cart to use and what tools to use it with. There's also a retailer feedback section to help you decide where to buy your flash cart.

[Fat Tone]

Thanks.

How many games can you get at once on your 256Mb card? Is it very easy to choose between them? (I'm thinking of my 6 year old here...). And why are they always talking about Mb rather than MB?

Cheers

T.

[knirfie]

buy a nice Limited Edition NES version in the USA, cheaper even including shipping (check EBAY)

Depending on which games, you can get 4 to 8 games on a 256Mb card.

[Rakido]

Originally posted by Fat Tone
Thanks.

How many games can you get at once on your 256Mb card? Is it very easy to choose between them? (I'm thinking of my 6 year old here...). And why are they always talking about Mb rather than MB?

It's extrem easy to choose between them, you see the names of the games on the card, then you select it with up/down and press the a-button.

The rom-size of the cards/programs are in Mbit, so your 256 Mbit card has room for 32 MByte.

How many games fit on the card depends on their size. The two current games (Mario and Crash Bandicoot) have 16 Mbyte, so you could theoretically fit 2 games on it.
Theoretically because you need a bootloader if you have more than one program on it and as the bootloader need space too, you have to crop one of the games (that's easy with the right tool)

Other games have only 8 or 4 Mbyte, so you can put one 16mbyte and two 8mbyte programs on it or four 8mbyte programs or sixteen 4mbyte programs and so on.

Rakido
If you