[Pilot_51]

I personally like the original GBA better than the SP, mostly cause of the horizontal style. I also didn't have much of a problem with light, 95% of the time I wanted to play I had a good light source. They're probably still selling it because they realize there's people that like the style as well as people too broke for the SP. They're essentially two different styles, much like the many colors they come in, but one is cheaper and looks a little more mature while the other has more features and is really compact. Half the time I see kids with a Gameboy, it's the original GBA, probably because parents go for the cheaper.