Does Nintendo DS play GBA games?

Question

I have an nintendo DS, and normally wouldnt play GBA games, but I had an old cart lying round of my brothers, and thought i'd give it a go, but when I try load it it comes up with 'gameboy advance', then the screen goes white and nothing happens. The name of the cartridge doesnt come up either, on the main screen, it just says ' GBA game'

is this the game broken, or is it the DS? 0_o. My brother sold his Gameboy SP a couple of years back, so I can't test it out........

have an nintendo DS, and normally wouldnt play GBA games, but I had an old cart lying round of my brothers, and thought i'd give it a go, but when I try load it it comes up with 'gameboy advance', then the screen goes white and nothing happens. The name of the cartridge doesnt come up either, on the main screen, it just says ' GBA game'

is this the game broken, or is it the DS? 0_o. My brother sold his Gameboy SP a couple of years back, so I can't test it out........


EDIT: It now makes the 'touch screen to continue' screen on my DS so faded I can hardly read it, so I assume it's the cartridge :/

:/ im not stupid, I know it goes in the bottom slot, btw, guys. And yes, I blew on it, because I have a N64 and they have the same problem, :S, and no, it didn't help.

Answer 1

It does. It plays all the GBA games, but NOT the Game boy colour or original games, as an f.y.i. If the game doesnt load, try another one. The reason the screen says 'GBA game' instead of the title is because GBA games arent smart enough to connect with the DS. If the white screen shows up, it's probably the game.

Answer 2

yes the DS does play GBA games but if theres a problem its probably the GBA games not the DS

Answer 3

-.-, yes u can the bottom slot the top 1 is ds games and bottom is gba games, when u turn ds on click the icon that says the gba game u put in. its rely simple.

Answer 4

nds play gba games hence the slot on the bottome
try testing it out with another gba game
if nds games work on it then it should be the games problem and not your ds.

Answer 5

hmmm. when i was young i had a gba. i had a game and used to play it all the time then what happened to yours happened to mine. i believe that it's the gba game. no doubt. but if you wanna make sure just go to a game store and ask if u can try one of the used gba games. that will end it once and for all.

Answer 6

i think the game is broken try a differnt games if it still happens then clean out the slot for the gba game....

Answer 7

the ds plays both ds and gba games so yours must be broken

Answer 8

Nintendo DS should play GBA games...mine does! :)

Answer 9

u can
and ur gba game may be broken try again or try another one if they dont work i would return th ds for a new one or get it repaired

Answer 10

try cleaning the cartrage & try again, if that doesn't work then dust the ds gba slot,if it still doesn't work then keep trying by turning it on then off.