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Afterburner (Modification Kit)The Afterburner lighting kit by Triton Labs is an aftermarket modification to the Game Boy Advance in which a frontlight is installed into the unit. Upon the Game Boy Advance's release in June of 2001, a vast number of gamers complained about the screen's poor visibility; with no internal backlight or frontlight the LCD was only visible in direct light, too much of which would cause glare. Adam Curtis, creator of Triton Labs, put forth the solution of a frontlight kit that allowed the screen to be seen in any environment, even in total darkness. The Afterburner greatly improves screen visibility at the cost of 25%-to-30% battery life reduction. Due to the construction of the Game Boy Advance case, the Afterburner light is slightly too narrow to illuminate the screen evenly. This creates what is called the 'trapezoid effect', a trapezoid-shaped pattern of light across the screen. The Game Boy Advance SP's frontlight does not suffer from the 'trapezoid effect' or shorten the battery life of the system, the SP having been designed with a light in mind. The following comment from Game Boy Advance SP creator Kenichi Sugino is taken from an interview with Game Pro magazine: "In a way, though, it also reminded us of exactly how many users really wanted to see some kind of light in their Game Boy Advances. It was an impetus for us to devote the time to figuring out how to finally just do it. So, in that aspect, it helped us during SP development as well."
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