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DS development > Compare GBA SP to DS screen.

#29386 - DrEggman - Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:09 pm

I took a couple pics comparing DS to SP. Let me be the first to say "Holy f*ck"

The 3rd pic is the best

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#29390 - blinky465 - Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:55 pm

Have you done any testing on battery life?
You would expect a much brighter screen like that to chew through the batteries... how long can you play before replacing/recharging?

#29391 - DrEggman - Fri Nov 19, 2004 3:17 pm

been playing all day, battery is prime. The light is accually dimmer than the GBA SP. I say this because when the lights are off, the SP illuminates the room more than the DS by a great margine. When you view the sytems from their sides, the SP shines much brighter. I imagine that since the DS is backlit, it requires less light to effectivly illuminate the screen(s)
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#29395 - tepples - Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:20 pm

All the light in the world won't help if Four Swords can't find the wired connection that the DS doesn't have.
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#29399 - DiscoStew - Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:01 pm

[Homer impression]
MMMmmmm...backlight...*gargle from mouth*
[/Homer impression]

tepples wrote:
All the light in the world won't help if Four Swords can't find the wired connection that the DS doesn't have.
You're just jealous that he got a DS before you.........and me.........and most other people...........DANG YOU, DR.EGGMAN!!!!!
I really do wish there would be some attachment that you stick into the GBA port, in which you stick the GBA game into that attachment, and the attachment has the wired link port so that GBA multiplayer modes can work with it.
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#29400 - ampz - Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:42 pm

DiscoStew wrote:
[Homer impression]
MMMmmmm...backlight...*gargle from mouth*
[/Homer impression]

tepples wrote:
All the light in the world won't help if Four Swords can't find the wired connection that the DS doesn't have.
You're just jealous that he got a DS before you.........and me.........and most other people...........DANG YOU, DR.EGGMAN!!!!!
I really do wish there would be some attachment that you stick into the GBA port, in which you stick the GBA game into that attachment, and the attachment has the wired link port so that GBA multiplayer modes can work with it.

Working on it...
Well, at least, I have been thinking about such a device.