What was the resolution of the GBA compared to the NES?

The GBA is more capable graphically, true, but has a poor screen with a lower resolution (240×160 vs 256×224 for the super nes). Because of that, a few ports had to rework the sprites to fit the gba screen better.
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What resolution was the GBA?

Technical Details. 2.9" TFT reflective screen with integrated screen light, 240x160 resolution, 40.8mm x 61.2mm screen size, 32,768 possible colours, 511 simultaneous colours in character mode, 32,768 simultaneous colours in bitmap mode.
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What was the resolution of the original NES?

The console's standard display resolution is 256 × 240 pixels, though video output options vary between models. The original Famicom features only radio frequency (RF) modulator output, and the NES additionally supports composite video via RCA connectors.
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Was the GBA as powerful as the SNES?

The Game Boy Advance can pretty much rival the SNES in terms of ability and sometimes even beat it. Having a smaller screen and lower resolution helps to make 3D games appear more convincing as well as the general expectation at the time that you'll probably lose something in a handheld version of a game.
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Is the NES more powerful than the Game Boy?

Any cart-based system can handle infinite memory theorically. The GB has only 384 tiles, while the NES can handle 512. The NES has color (obviously) that the GB lacks. The GB has a built-in scan-line IRQ counter, and other reliable registers to synchronize with the rendering.
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Is the GBA 32 bit?

It is a sophisticated handheld video game machine containing a 32-bit microprocessor, 16-bit graphics capabilities, and stereo digital sound, though it is small enough to fit in pocket.
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What resolution was the SNES?

The internal resolution of the SNES is 256x224. This allows any images that are being rendered to display within the safe zones of most CRT televisions, so none of the image will be cut off. This resolution never changes, so this will be the image size an artist will need to use as a reference.
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Are GBA graphics better than SNES?

Answers. Technically, the GBA graphics are the same as the SNES graphics in most cases. The difference is in the palettes (colors) used, because this game was released back when the GBA didn't have a backlight. Developers were forced to use super bright colors just so that their games would be visible in sunlight.
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How many bits is GBA?

The GBA has various memory sections (e.g. IWRAM, EWRAM, ROM, etc), each with a bus width of either 16 bits or 32 bits. Of these only IWRAM (Internal Work RAM) is 32 bit wide. It's located on-chip, tight coupled with the CPUs and able to deliver a word within a single cycle.
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Why was NES 8-bit?

It's to do with the technology NES ran on. The central processor was 8-bit, meaning each 'word' or chunk of instructions it could process was 8 bits long. In binary, this means a number up to 255.
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Was the NES 60 fps?

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Actually, the short answer is 60 fps. NTSC video runs at 29.97 fps, but each frame consists of 2 fields, so there are a total of 59.94 images per second. The NES doesn't output exactly that though, it actually goes a little past 60 fps.
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How powerful was the GBA?

The GBA is actually a lot more powerful than a regular SNES, besides the PPU. GBA has a much faster CPU (32-bit) and RAM putting it closer to a PlayStation. Thats pretty much how it was able to handle so many SNES ports so flawlessly.
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How many FPS was GBA?

TIL the Game Boy had a frame rate of approximately 59.7 frames per second. To be honest unless it is really noticeable then I don't see why people care about FPS.
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Did the GBA have a gpu?

A quick introduction

The internal design of the Game Boy Advance is quite impressive for a portable console that runs on two AA batteries. This console will carry on using Nintendo's signature GPU.
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Are GBA games 60 fps?

Almost all games on NES, Gameboy, SNES, etc run 60fps (or 50fps for PAL).
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What GBA game has the best graphics?

13 Most Visually Stunning Games On Game Boy Advance
  • 8 Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
  • 7 Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.
  • 6 Metroid Fusion.
  • 5 Rhythm Tengoku.
  • 4 WarioWare: Twisted!
  • 3 Wario Land 4.
  • 2 Fire Emblem: Blazing Blade.
  • 1 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
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What CPU did GBA use?

The GBA had to be backward compatible with GameBoy and GameBoy Color games, so it included the Sharp LR35902 CPU as well.
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Is the GBA more powerful than the Sega Genesis?

I've compared these on Wikipedia, and the Advance has a 32bit CPU running at twice the speed of the Sega console, coming out years later than the Megadrive. But time and again, the games on Gameboy Advance look inferior to the Megadrive.
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Why are gameboys so expensive now?

Because they're not sold anymore. At all. In any official manner. They're discontinued.
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Was SNES 8 or 16 bit?

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America.
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What resolution is N64?

The Nintendo 64 supports 16.8 million colors. The system can display resolutions from 320×240 up to 640×480 pixels.
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Was the N64 really 64 bit?

The N64 uses a 64-bit NEC VR4300 CPU which at face value is a 64-bit CPU. It can perform operations with 64-bit precision (both floating point and integer) but the titles that used this functionality were few and far between since 32-bit operations were a lot faster and took less memory.
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