nintendoBuying a Game Boy Advance Without Getting a Fake CartTwo cobalt-blue Game Boy Advance SPs on the same shelf: same clamshell, same honest scuffs, same price. Flip them over and read the sticker on the bottom – one says AGS-001, the other AGS-101. That middle digit is the whole ballgame, and if the seller hasn't mentioned it, you should be the one who checks.
The GBA is the rare platform where the hardware revision routinely matters more than the game in the box. It's also – less charmingly – home to some of the most counterfeited cartridges in all
