Play Game Boy Advance Video : Spongebob Squarepants : Volume 3 Online

Game Boy Advance Video: SpongeBob SquarePants: Volume 3 came out in 2005 for the Game Boy Advance, a time when watching full episodes on a handheld felt like a novelty. It was part of a series of video cartridges published by Majesco, letting you carry around SpongeBob episodes in your pocket instead of just playing a game. This was a straightforward release; you popped in the cartridge to watch shows, not to control the characters in a traditional platformer or adventure.

You don't control any character. Your main objective is simply to watch a selection of episodes from the animated series. The cartridge holds several full episodes, which you navigate through a simple menu system. You use the D-pad to highlight an episode and the A button to start playback. The video quality is compressed, a necessary trade-off for fitting cartoons on a small cartridge, and the pacing is entirely that of the original TV show. It feels like having a tiny, dedicated SpongeBob TV that only works when you have the cartridge in.