Nintendo launched the Game Boy Advance in 2001 as the successor to the Game Boy Color, and its boot screen animation with the signature chime played every time the handheld powered on. The startup jingle became one of the most recognisable console sounds of the early 2000s, preserved through emulation, compilation videos and soundboards. Today it appears in retro gaming edits, handheld nostalgia compilations and meme intros, working alongside gaming staples like the roblox oof and the fnaf jumpscare scream as shorthand for a whole era of play.
About this sound
The Game Boy Advance boot jingle from the 2001 handheld, with the bright chime and sweep. Creators use it for retro intros, handheld nostalgia and gaming edits.
This is the short boot jingle that plays when a Game Boy Advance powers on: a clean, bright synth chime that rises and settles with a gentle digital sweep, lasting just under five seconds. It sounds crisp, cheerful and unmistakably early-2000s handheld, the kind of tone that instantly triggers muscle memory for anyone who grew up with the console. On a viewer it lands like a small burst of nostalgia, turning an ordinary edit into a playful throwback. It works best when it gets a clean entrance, because the recognisable chime does all the heavy lifting on its own.
