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 s $ONOTRECHARGETHEBATTERIES
 s $ONOTPUTTHEBATTERIESINBACKWARDS-AKESURETHATTHEPOSITIVEAND
  NEGATIVEENDSAREFACINGINTHECORRECTDIRECTIONS)NSERTTHENEGATIVEEND
  FIRST7HENREMOVINGBATTERIESREMOVETHEPOSITIVEENDFIRST
 s $ONOTDISPOSEOFBATTERIESINAFIRE
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4YPE /RIGINAL'AME"OY'AME0AKSWHICHWILLWORKWITHBOTHTHE'AME
    "OY!DVANCEAND'AME"OY¸#OLORUSINGCOLORSSEE3ECTION
    BELOWANDWITHTHEORIGINAL'AME"OYAND'AME"OY¸POCKET
    SYSTEMSUSINGSHADESOFGRAY
4YPE $UALMODE'AME"OY'AME0AKSWHICHWILLWORKWITHBOTHTHE
    'AME"OY!DVANCEAND'AME"OY#OLORUSINGUPTOCOLORSOUT
    OFAPALETTEOFANDWITHTHEORIGINAL'AME"OYAND'AME"OY
    POCKETSYSTEMSUSINGSHADESOFGRAY
4YPE &ULLCOLORGAMESUSINGUPTOCOLORSOUTOFAPALLETOFTHAT
    WILLWORKONLYON'AME"OY#OLORAND'AME"OY!DVANCE
4YPE 3PECIALFULLCOLORCOLORSMAXIMUMWIDESCREENGAMESTHAT
    WILLWORKONLYONTHE'AME"OY!DVANCE
./4%9OUCANSWITCHTHESCREENSIZEFOR4YPEANDGAMESTOWIDESCREENMODE
BYPRESSINGTHE,AND2BUTTONS4HISMAYMAKESOMEOFTHEIMAGESDISTORTEDOR
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!FEWOLDER'AME"OYGAMESMAYNOTFUNCTIONPROPERLYONTHE'AME"OY!DVANCE
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#OMPONENTS
)NTRODUCTIONTOTHE'AME"OY¸!DVANCE
6IDEO'AME3YSTEM
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'AME"OY!DVANCEISAPOCKETSIZECOLORVIDEOGAMESYSTEMTHATFEATURES
4HIN&ILM4RANSISTOR4&4COLORLIQUIDCRYSTALREFLECTIVEDISPLAY
5PTOSIMULTANEOUSCOLORS
"IT!2-WITHEMBEDDEDMEMORY
#OMPATIBILITYWITH'AME"OYAND'AME"OY#OLOR'AME0AKS
0LEASEREADBOTHTHEFOLLOWINGINSTRUCTIONSANDTHESEPARATE0RECAUTIONS"OOKLET
BEFORESETUPORUSEOFTHE'AME"OY!DVANCE)FAFTERREADINGALLTHEINSTRUCTIONSYOU
STILLHAVEQUESTIONSPLEASEVISITOURCUSTOMERSERVICEAREAATWWWNINTENDOCOMIN
#ANADAWWWNINTENDOCAORCALL
 %XTERNAL%XTENSION#ONNECTOR%84!LLOWSCONNECTIONTOANOTHER
 'AME"OYFORMULTIPLAYERGAMESORTOTHE'AME"OY¸0RINTERNOLONGER
 AVAILABLE2EQUIRESA'AME"OY'AME,INK¸CABLE3EE3ECTIONSAND
 OFTHISMANUALFORMOREINFORMATION
 !CCESSORY3LOTS!LLOWSFORATTACHMENTOF'AME"OY!DVANCEACCESORIES
 'AME0AK3LOT&ORLOADINGA'AME0AK
 #ONTROL0AD'AMEPLAYCONTROL
 ,"UTTON'AMEPLAYCONTROL
 #OLOR,#$3CREEN(IGHLYREFLECTIVE4HIN&ILM4RANSISTOR4&4,#$
 SCREEN
 0OWER)NDICATOR,%$0/7%2)NDICATESBATTERYLIFE&ORALKALINE
 BATTERIESTHEGREENCOLORWILLCHANGETOREDWHENBATTERYLIFEISDOWNTO
 TOANDTHE,%$WILLBEGINTOFADEWHENITISTIMETOREPLACEBATTERIES
 2"UTTON'AMEPLAYCONTROL
 !"UTTON'AMEPLAYCONTROL
 ""UTTON'AMEPLAYCONTROL
 3PEAKER&OROUTPUTOFMONOSOUND
 3ELECT'AMEPLAYCONTROL
 3TART'AME0LAYCONTROL
 "ATTERY#OVER2EMOVECOVERTOADDORREPLACEBATTERIES
 7RIST3TRAP!TTACHMENT
&ORATTACHMENTOFAWRISTSTRAP3OLDSEPARATELY
 0OWER3WITCH/&&ss/.3LIDESWITCHTOTHERIGHTTOTURNPOWER/.
 .OTE!LWAYSINSERTA'AME0AKBEFORETURNINGPOWERON
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 6OLUME$IAL6/,5-%!DJUSTSVOLUME2OTATERIGHTTOINCREASEVOLUME
%XTERNAL%XTENSION
#ONNECTOR
!CCESSORY3LOTS
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0OWER)NDICATOR,%$
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INSERTINGTHE'AME0AKINTOTHE'AME"OY!DVANCE
5SINGTHE'AME"OY!DVANCE
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 CHANGETOTHEDISPLAYFORTHEGAMETHATYOUAREPLAYING"ESURETOREADTHE
 'AME0AKINSTRUCTIONBOOKLETFORTHEGAMEYOUAREPLAYING
 .OTE&ORBESTCOLORUSEUNDERBRIGHTLIGHTCONDITIONS
 4OREMOVETHE'AME0AKAFTERPLAYINGFIRSTTURNTHEPOWER/&&BYSLIDING
 THE0OWER3WITCHTOTHELEFTTHENSLIDETHE'AME0AKOUTOFTHE'AME0AK
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