I bought it for about $50 on eBay, but again, it was the only copy I could find so I didn’t have much choice.
This one took a long time to get ahold of. Does that mean it’s ultra-rare? To be honest, I have no idea. NintendoAge doesn’t even have a rating for it. It was out of stock for months, and when they finally got one in stock, I snapped it up as soon as possible. Disney Channel Volume 2, I got from JJGames. To be honest I’m stunned that they fit on a single cartridge.
The 2-in-1 cartridge, believe it or not, actually contains both full movies. I showed off both of these in a previous pic, but I’m posting them again because they were ridiculously difficult to find. It was the only copy I could find on eBay at the time. It has a 9/10 rarity level on NintendoAge, but I only paid about $50 for it. Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go - a show pretty much nobody has heard of, which I assume is why this cart is so rare.
The four on the bottom are the only movie cartridges released that I know of - and yes, they actually contain the full movies, but the video quality is horrible and at a very low framerate. I don’t understand why the first two SpongeBob carts have the same exact pic while the third is different, but whatever I guess.Ħ Cartoon Network Collection carts but only 3 Nicktoons Collection carts, with the third being extremely rare (I’ll show it off later)? Weird. The only one of these that was difficult to find was SpongeBob Volume 3 - I had to scour eBay for awhile before I found it. There were 4 Pokemon cartridges released, 2 Fairly Odd Parents, and 3 SpongeBob. And what's with these names? It goes Volume 1, Volume 2, then Special Edition, Platinum Edition, Premium edition, and Limited Edition. Okay - seriously, who asked for 6 different Cartoon Network Collection cartridges to be released? This is ridiculous. And yes, I’m aware I have two copies of the Kids Next Door cart, I intended to only include one in the pic, but I’m too lazy to re-take it
These are the one-offs - shows that only got one volume. I’ve added text to indicate what they are. Apologies for the glare - I’m a bad photographer. The ultra-rare ones I keep in plastic cases at the bottom. I put a lot of effort, and a lot of hours into cataloguing every GBA Video cartridge I could find evidence of, and these are the results. Each list I found was different, and they were all missing titles - even the official GBA Video website doesn’t even have half of the damn things they released listed. I did a lot of searching with Google, trying to find a complete list of which cartridges were released, but I couldn’t find one. I say “around 35”, and put the asterisk in the title, because I’m still not 100% sure if this is complete. To my knowledge, there are around 35 different GBA Video cartridges that exist. I mean, how many of these cartridges could they possibly have made? Plus, I didn’t think it would be too difficult.
Now you might be asking, why would I want to get a complete collection of an old, obscure, and obsolete video format? Simple: because I’m completely out of my mi- er, I mean a dedicated collector! I had a few of these cartridges back when they were new, so there’s an element of nostalgia to it, but mostly I did it because I've never seen someone attempt it before. Nowadays they’re pretty much obsolete - better options for viewing videos on the go exist, and have existed for quite some time. But in 2004-2006 when they were released, most people didn’t have a device in their pocket capable of playing video like we all do now.
When I say low-quality, I mean it makes old 240p YouTube videos look good by comparison. I actually completed this collection about a year ago, but never got around to posting any pics.įor those who don’t know about GBA Video, effectively what they were are special white GBA cartridges containing 45-ish minutes of incredibly low-quality video, to be viewed on the Game Boy Advance. Most can be found for very cheap, usually in the $5-$10 range, but as you will see, there are some major exceptions. And holy crap, some of these were hard to find. Back in 2016 I made a simple challenge for myself: collect one of every GBA Video cartridge that exists. Hi there, I have an unusual collection for you all to see.