Nintendo DS

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The Nintendo DS is Nintendo's latest handheld games console, successor to the Game Boy Advance. It was first released in 2004, and has since been redesigned into the Nintendo DS Lite, and the Nintendo DSi.

A black Nintendo DS

Technical Specifications

Mass: 300 grams (9.7 ounces).

Physical dimensions: 148.7 x 84.7 x 28.9 mm (5.85 x 3.33 x 1.13 inches).

Screens: Two separate 3-inch TFT LCD, resolution of 256 x 192 pixels, dimensions of 62 x 46 mm and 77 mm diagonal, and a dot pitch of 0.24 mm contact if necessary.

CPUs: Two ARM processors, an ARM946E-S main CPU and ARM7TDMI co-processor at clock speeds of 67 MHz and 33 MHz respectively. The ARM946E-S CPU processes 3D rendering and the ARM7TDMI processes 2D rendering for DS games and Game boy Advance gameplay.

RAM: 4 MB of Mobile RAM

Voltage: 1.65 volts required

Storage: 256 kB of Serial Flash Memory

Wireless: 802.11 + Nintendo Original Protocol

Wi-Fi: Built-in 802.11 Wireless Network Connection (802.11b compatible with WEP encryption support only)

Grand Theft Auto games for the Nintendo DS