Game Boy · Shipped across the EU
Four generations of handheld in one family, and every one of them still works if it was looked after. We open each console, test the screen, the buttons, the hinge and the charging, and describe the condition as it is — including the scuffs. Sent from the Netherlands by a retro Nintendo specialist.
Screen, buttons and hinge checked
The SP hinge and the Color’s battery contacts are what usually fail. Both are tested before a console is listed.
Original Nintendo hardware
No clones, no rebuilt shells sold as original. If a console has been reshelled, the listing says so.
Tracked EU shipping, 30-day returns
Sent from the Netherlands — no customs charges anywhere in the EU.
They are not interchangeable: the screens, the games they accept and the way they are powered all differ. This is what separates them.
Game Boy Advance SPClamshell · lit screen · rechargeable
The most comfortable way to play GBA today: it folds shut, the screen is lit and the battery charges instead of eating AAs. Two versions exist — the AGS-001 is front-lit, the later AGS-101 is back-lit and noticeably brighter. Plays Game Boy, Color and Advance cartridges.
Game Boy AdvanceOriginal wide model · 2× AA
The wide original with no lighting at all — it needs a lamp or a window, which is exactly how it was sold. Still the model collectors want for the shape, and it takes GB, GBC and GBA cartridges.
Game Boy MicroSmallest ever · swappable faceplates
Pocket-sized with a bright back-lit screen and faceplates you can change. The one catch: it plays Game Boy Advance cartridges only — no original Game Boy or Color games.
Game Boy ColorColour screen · 2× AA
The first colour Game Boy, and the last one that runs for days on two AA batteries. No backlight. Plays Game Boy Color games plus the whole original Game Boy library.
Game Boy PocketSlim mono · 2× AAA
The original Game Boy shrunk down, with a sharper black-and-white screen and two AAAs instead of four AAs. Plays the original Game Boy library.
Real photos, tested by hand. Every console is a one-off — what you see is what is on the shelf.
Game Boy Advance SP Pokemon Groudon Edition
€449.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Game Boy Color Green with Pokemon Lens (Reshell)
€99.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Game Boy Advance SP Pokemon Kyogre Edition
€449.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Game Boy Color — Atomic Purple (doorzichtig)
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Advance Glacier
€104.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Game Boy Color — Teal
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Micro — Pink
€299.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Advance SP Kobaltblauw
€139.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Advance SP NES Edition
€199.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Advance SP Silver Tribal
€169.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Advance (boxed)
€199.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Advance SP Silver
€139.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Color Pokemon Edition (Pikachu & Pichu)
€169.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Game Boy Color — Grape (Purple)
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Color — Red
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Color — Yellow
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Color — Lime Green
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Pocket — Red
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Pocket — Pink (Coral)
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Pocket — Yellow
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Pocket — Blue
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
Game Boy Pocket — Grey
€129.95
Personally tested · Fair condition
We ship exclusively from the Netherlands. Your parcel therefore crosses a border: it takes longer than a domestic delivery, and shipping costs more than it would at a seller in your own country.
Inside the Netherlands a single game fits through the letterbox — €4.40, tracking included. That service stops at the border. Anything leaving the country goes with PostNL as an international parcel, which is a different and considerably more expensive service. That is where the €14.95 – €19.95 comes from: the border itself is not what costs money, the cheap service simply ends there.
That amount covers the PostNL rate to your country plus the packaging: bubble mailer or box, an antistatic sleeve for the cartridge, and tape. We never drop the tracking — on a parcel that crosses a border, shipping without proof of delivery is a risk for both of us.
The Game Boy Advance and Advance SP play everything: original Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges. The Game Boy Color plays Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. The Game Boy Micro is the exception — it plays Game Boy Advance cartridges only.
Yes, and that is the main reason to pick one. The first version (AGS-001) is front-lit; the later AGS-101 is back-lit and clearly brighter. Which one a console is, is stated in its listing.
A twenty-year-old lithium battery has lost capacity — that is physics, not a fault. We test that every SP and Micro charges and runs on its own battery, and we say in the listing how it held up. Replacement batteries are widely available and easy to fit.
No. Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance hardware plays cartridges from any region, so a European console runs Japanese and American games too.
We ship tracked to all 27 EU countries. A console travels as a parcel: €21,95 to Germany, France, Italy and Spain, €23,95 to Denmark and Austria, €28,95 to Sweden. The exact rate for your country appears at checkout before you pay — and there are no customs charges anywhere inside the EU.
