Game Boy Advance AC Adapter Set

Yeah, the original Game Boy Advance doesn’t actually have a charging port on it in the first place!

Unlike the Game Boys that came before it, the Game Boy Advance didn’t have a barrel connector on it to connect an AC adapter for powering it without batteries. Due to that, Nintendo made an accessory¹²³ for the Game Boy Advance that plugged into the battery compartment (which completely replaced the battery cover). It had a proprietary port on it which you would use to plug in an AC adapter that would then plug into a wall outlet and power (not charge) the Game Boy Advance. I believe that may be what the parent poster was referring to.

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¹ — https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/gameboyadvance/hoo...

² — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005B8G0

³ — http://ign.com/articles/2001/09/30/game-boy-advance-ac-adapt...

Ah, I completely forgot about the Game Boy Light!

Also realized I made another error too: the original Game Boy Advance didn’t include an AC adapter; in fact the Game Boy Advance itself doesn’t even have a barrel connector on it to plug one in in the first place! I misremembered that the AC adapter that I have lying around for my Game Boy Advance didn’t come with it, but actually came from a third-party accessory my parents had ended up buying for me so they could stop wasting money on alkaline batteries (a controller grip similar to this¹ one that plugged into the battery compartment).

Interestingly enough, Nintendo made such an accessory²³⁴ themselves as well (although without the grip part).

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¹ — http://emu.gbxemu.com/reviews/gba_battery_joypad.html

² — https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/gameboyadvance/hoo...

³ — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005B8G0

⁴ — http://ign.com/articles/2001/09/30/game-boy-advance-ac-adapt...