Here we have another portable Famicom to hit Asia called Game Theory Admiral (GTA). This time by a company called Mystery, the basic design of the system is a lot like the original Game Boy Advance. The only difference is you cannot plug the games directly into the top as they are too big so you have to use a rather strange yellow adaptor shown in the picture below.

If you can get past the unusual cartridge adaptor you will find it is actually a very high quality system. The case is very solid, sleek and it being a transparent blue giving it the extra cool factor. :)
The system is very light and not much bigger than a Famicom cartridge when the adapter is removed.

TFT display quality, one word amazing. Don't get me wrong it's not perfect as it has a little blur but it is pretty damn close. It is light years better than anything we have seen before it in both the Game Axe and Top Guy. I do not own one as of writing this but judging from reviews and pictures not even the Pocket Fami with double the price tag of the GTA can compete with this picture quality.

The controls are very nice again much better than the Game Axe, I think the quality of the buttons makes a huge difference. Sound is average didn't notice any noise or hissing, as it NES on chip (c) though you are going to notice differences when comparing it to the original hardware.

As mentioned above it is NES on a chip which basically means most of the hardware is missing and it is emulated instead. So of course it's never going to be as good as the real thing and you will some times notice missing graphics or sounds and other small faults. There is an advange with it being NES on a chip though since they never have region lockout meaning any PAL or NTSC NES or Famicom games will run. Whether or not they are playable is a hole other question.

Yes you read right the GTA and any portable Famicom for that matter will run NES games (with the use of a converter). The problem is when you have a cartridge twice the size of the system sticking out of it, it isn't very portable. As shown here. Also it rattles around a lot so is pron to crashing and resetting.

Here you can see everything you get in the box, system (duh), adapter, a/v cable for hooking it up to your TV and a manual which has a very bad english translation.

As you would expect the GTA can be used as a regular Famicom / NES and hooked up to your TV. The TFT screen even turns off automatically. The only problem is the system doesn't come with controllers and the ports are custrom. So that means using the built in controls and no two player gaming.

Alright I've gone on enough the last thing to cover is battery life. The battery life on this thing is, I am going to say it again amazing. :) I am still on my 3 original AA batterys that I put in the day I got it, it has had at least 60 hours of play. I've left them in the system for weeks at a time gone back and always find they still have plenty of juice.

If you want to play it in doors you can also hook it up to the mains with a power adapter just make sure you use one with the correct voltage, you don't want to fry it (Hi Martin). :)

Pros
Great build quality.
Amazing TFT screen.
Avaliable in PAL and NTSC (Blue and Pink).
Both versions are region free.
Can be hooked up to a TV.
Very cheap from online Asian stores.
Battery life seems to be forever.

Cons
Screen could of been a tad bigger (only 2.5" across).
Famicom adapter could of been better designed.
Mystery haven't released controllers for it yet.