FlagFor other uses, see Flag (disambiguation). The tricolor flag of FranceA flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. Flags were initially created for signalling (as in semaphore), and for the identification of those who displayed them, and are still used for that purpose today. Flags are also used in messaging or advertising, or for decorative purposes, though at this less formal end the distinction between a flag and a simple cloth banner is blurred. Generally, a piece of cloth is a flag if it is flown like a flag, with one side attached, though many flags are recognisable if displayed in other forms. The study of flags is known as vexillology, from the Latin vexillum meaning flag or banner. HistoryAlthough flag-like symbols have been used by ancient cultures for thousands of years, the origin of flags in the modern sense is a matter of dispute. Some believe flags originated in China, others hold that the Roman Empire's vexillum was the first true flag. Originally, the standards of the Roman legions were not flags, but symbols like the eagle of Caesar's Xth legion; this eagle would be placed on a staff for the standard-bearer to hold up during battle. But a military unit from Scythia had for a standard a dragon with a flexible tail which would move in the wind; the legions copied this; eventually all the legions had flexible standards -- our modern-day flag. During the Middle Ages, flags were used mainly during battles to identify individual leaders: in Europe the knights, in Japan the samurai, and in China the generals under the imperial army. From the time of Christopher Columbus onwards, it has been customary (and later a legal requirement) for ships to carry flags designating their nationality; these flags eventually evolved into the national flags and maritime flags of today. Flags also became the preferred means of communications at sea, resulting in various systems of flag signals (see International maritime signal flags). Beginning in the 17th century, European knights were replaced by centralized armies, and flags became the means to identify not just nationalities but also individual military units. Flags became much more elaborate, and were seen as objects to be captured or defended. Eventually these flags posed too much danger to those carrying them, and by World War I these were withdrawn from the battlefields, and have since been used only at ceremonial occasions. National flagsMain article: National flag One of the most popular uses of a flag is to symbolize a nation or country. Some national flags have been particularly inspirational to other nations, countries, or subnational entities in the design of their own flags. Some prominent examples include:
Flags at seaMain article: Maritime flags Flags are particularly important at sea, where they can mean the difference between life and death, and consequently where the rules and regulations for the flying of flags are strictly enforced. A national flag flown at sea is known as an ensign. A courteous, peaceable merchant ship or yacht customarily flies its ensign (in the usual ensign position), together with the flag of whatever nation it is currently visiting at the mast (known as a courtesy flag). To fly one's ensign alone in foreign waters, a foreign port or in the face of a foreign warship traditionally indicates a willingness to fight, with cannon, for the right to do so. This custom is still (2005) taken seriously by many naval and port authorities and is readily enforced in many parts of the world by boarding, confiscation, and other civil penalties. In some countries yacht ensigns are different from merchant ensigns in order to signal that the yacht is not carrying cargo that requires a customs declaration. Carrying commercial cargo on a boat with a yacht ensign is deemed to be smuggling in many jurisdictions. There is a system of International maritime signal flags for numerals and letters of the alphabet. Each flag or pennant has a specific meaning when flown individually. As well, semaphore flags can be used to communicate on an ad hoc basis from ship to ship over short distances. Shape and designSee also Flag terminology. Flag of NepalFlags are usually rectangular in shape, but may be of any shape or size that is practical for flying. Named shapes include square (e.g., the national flag of Switzerland and the state flag of the Vatican City), pennant, double pennant (e.g., the state flag of Ohio), swallowtail, triangular or swallowtail burgee, gonfanon and oriflamme. A more unusual flag shape is that of the flag of Nepal, which is in the shape of two stacked triangles. Often the image is through and through, in which case there are two possibilities:
If the image is not through and through there are also two possibilities:
Common designs on flags include crosses, stripes, and divisions of the surface, or field, into bands or quarters - patterns and principles mainly derived from heraldry. A heraldic coat of arms may also be flown as a banner of arms, as is done on both the state flag of Maryland and the flag of Kiribati. Writing occasionally features on flags – for example, on several flags of U.S. states, or on revolutionary flags of the former Soviet Union. The practice is, however, not widely favoured, as it is expensive to reproduce accurately, and is either difficult to read on the reverse of a flag (in mirror image), or sewn on both sides of the flag, making the flag too heavy to fly properly. The flag of Libya, which consists of a rectangular field of green, is the only national flag using a single color and no design or insignia. In sportsFlags flown on a beach.Because of their ease of signalling and identification, flags are often used in sports.
Bathing flags
Reasons for closing the beach include:
A surf flag exists, divided into four quadrants. The top left and bottom right quadrants are black, and the remaining area is white. Signal flag "India" (a black circle on a yellow square) is frequently used to denote a "blackball" zone where surfboards cannot be used but other water activities are permitted. Railway flagsRailways use a number of colored flags, usually with the following meanings:
At night, the flags are replaced with lanterns showing the same colors. Railway signals are a development of railway flags. FlagpolesThe world's tallest flagpole (160 m), over Panmunjeom, North KoreaA flagpole or flagstaff can be a simple support made of wood or metal. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end. The cord is then tightened and tied to the pole at the bottom. The pole is usually topped by a flat plate called a "truck" (originally meant to keep a wooden pole from splitting) or by a ball or a finial in a more complex shape. Very high flagpoles may require more complex support structures than a simple pole, such as guy wires, or need be built as a mast. The highest flagpole in the world, at 160 metres, is that at Gijeong-dong in North Korea, the flag weighing about 270 kilograms when dry. The world's biggest regularly hoisted flag, however, is the Brazilian national flag flown in the Square of the Three Powers in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. This flag weighs about 600 kilograms when dry and measures 70 x 100 metres. It can be seen from all parts of Brasilia and its flagpole is the tallest structure in the city. The tallest free-standing flagpole in the world is in Aqaba, Jordan, with a total height of 132 meters. The second tallest free standing flagpole in the world is also in Jordan but in the capital, Amman. It reaches a height of 126 meters, and hoists a flag which measures 60 x 40 meters, and is illuminated at night, and can be seen from 25 km away. Sometimes a flag hangs from a pole or rope, the latter especially in the case of multiple small flags. A flag patch is also often sewn on uniforms. Flag facts
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A flag patch is also often sewn on uniforms. Standout original titles include:. Sometimes a flag hangs from a pole or rope, the latter especially in the case of multiple small flags. Through the use of flash cartridges and emulators the Game Boy Advance can even play NES and PC Engine games, as well as AGI-based Sierra On-Line PC adventure games. It reaches a height of 126 meters, and hoists a flag which measures 60 x 40 meters, and is illuminated at night, and can be seen from 25 km away. It has also become a popular system for old-school gamers due to the increasing amount of games ported from various 8-bit and 16-bit systems of the previous era. The second tallest free standing flagpole in the world is also in Jordan but in the capital, Amman. The Game Boy Advance not only has one's typical platformers, but also a huge collection of SNES-style RPGs. The tallest free-standing flagpole in the world is in Aqaba, Jordan, with a total height of 132 meters. With hardware superior to the Super NES it has proven that sprite-based technology could improve and live side by side with the 3D games of today's consoles. It can be seen from all parts of Brasilia and its flagpole is the tallest structure in the city. The Game Boy Advance has become the modern flagship of sprite-based games. This flag weighs about 600 kilograms when dry and measures 70 x 100 metres. As of September 2005, the Game Boy Advance series has sold 70.04 million units worldwide.[1]. The world's biggest regularly hoisted flag, however, is the Brazilian national flag flown in the Square of the Three Powers in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. The Game Boy Advance, along with the Game Boy Advance SP and the Game Boy micro, has sold well. The highest flagpole in the world, at 160 metres, is that at Gijeong-dong in North Korea, the flag weighing about 270 kilograms when dry. While they enable the distribution of homebrew applications and content, they may also facilitate the illegal distribution of copyrighted games. Very high flagpoles may require more complex support structures than a simple pole, such as guy wires, or need be built as a mast. Unofficial Game Boy Advance flash cartridges are also available. The pole is usually topped by a flat plate called a "truck" (originally meant to keep a wooden pole from splitting) or by a ball or a finial in a more complex shape. It will most likely be what is being sold now on the Game Boy Advance, and that is to make the portable system into a portable television. The cord is then tightened and tied to the pole at the bottom. TV Tuner - Not much is known as of yet, but it does what it implies. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end. MPEGs), see .txt files, hear sound clips, etc. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. GBA Movie Player - The GBAMP is a versatile gaming cartridge that allows people to play NES/Famicom games, watch movies (e.g. A flagpole or flagstaff can be a simple support made of wood or metal. Unfortunately, these cartridges display an error when inserted into a GameCube via a Game Boy Player. Railway signals are a development of railway flags. The movies Shrek, Shrek 2, and Shark Tale are also available for GBA Video and all three movies are in full. At night, the flags are replaced with lanterns showing the same colors. First released in America in May of 2004, they cost $19.99 and included cartoons such as Pokémon, SpongeBob SquarePants, Sonic X, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Railways use a number of colored flags, usually with the following meanings:. Game Boy Advance Video - These highly popular cartridges contain two episodes of 30 minute cartoon programs. Signal flag "India" (a black circle on a yellow square) is frequently used to denote a "blackball" zone where surfboards cannot be used but other water activities are permitted. It was not released in Europe. The top left and bottom right quadrants are black, and the remaining area is white. It was discontinued in America in early 2004, but is still quite popular in Japan. A surf flag exists, divided into four quadrants. The e-Reader works with the Game Boy Player as well as the Game Boy Advance SP, but cannot fit into the Nintendo DS's Game Boy slot. Reasons for closing the beach include:. GameCube games like Animal Crossing had cards with unlockable content as well, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game playing cards also adopted the e-Reader codes. Blue flags may also be used away from the yellow-red lifesaver area to designate a zone for surfboarding and other small, non-motorised watercraft. Many ideas for the e-Reader have included cards that scan classic games like Donkey Kong and Excitebike onto the handheld ready to play, as well as a collaboration with Super Mario Advance 4 to have cards that unlock content. A red flag signifies a closed beach (or, in the UK, some other danger), yellow signifies strong current or difficult swimming conditions and green represents a beach safe for general swimming. Specialized cards with codes along the side and bottom are slid through the slit, scanning the card into the Game Boy Advance. On many Australian beaches there is a slight variation with beach condition signalling. e-Reader - The e-Reader is a rather bulky scanning device that plugs into the game cartridge slot of the Game Boy Advance. The flags are coloured with a red triangle and a yellow triangle making a rectangular flag, or a red rectangle over a yellow rectangle. release to coincide with Game Boy micro as rumored, an American release has been speculated for 2006 as well. If the beach is closed, the poles of the flags are crossed. Since Play-Yan did not have a U.S. Because of their ease of signalling and identification, flags are often used in sports. Nintendo has released several mini games for the Play-Yan that can be downloaded from their website, although Nintendo later removed all mini-game functionality through a firmware update. The flag of Libya, which consists of a rectangular field of green, is the only national flag using a single color and no design or insignia. Music or videos that users have downloaded from the Internet can be transferred onto an SD Card and slotted into the Play-Yan device. The practice is, however, not widely favoured, as it is expensive to reproduce accurately, and is either difficult to read on the reverse of a flag (in mirror image), or sewn on both sides of the flag, making the flag too heavy to fly properly. The cartridge is slightly bigger than normal GBA cartridge and includes a built-in headphone port as well as an SD Card slot. states, or on revolutionary flags of the former Soviet Union. Play-Yan - The Play-Yan is an MP3/MPEG4 player for the GBA and Nintendo DS. Writing occasionally features on flags – for example, on several flags of U.S. A Game Boy micro version has also been released - it can interact fully with both models of the Wireless Adapter. A heraldic coat of arms may also be flown as a banner of arms, as is done on both the state flag of Maryland and the flag of Kiribati. The adapter itself was not backward compatible, leading to criticism that this accessory was more novel than useful, only available on a few games. Common designs on flags include crosses, stripes, and divisions of the surface, or field, into bands or quarters - patterns and principles mainly derived from heraldry. The adapter's usefulness is most evident in Pokémon; FireRed/LeafGreen feature a "Union Room" where up to forty people can enter to battle or trade Pokémon. If the image is not through and through there are also two possibilities:. Because it was released so late in the GBA's life, less than 20 games support this hardware. Often the image is through and through, in which case there are two possibilities:. It markets for $20 and came included with Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen. A more unusual flag shape is that of the flag of Nepal, which is in the shape of two stacked triangles. It replaces link cables and allows many people to link up to each other. Named shapes include square (e.g., the national flag of Switzerland and the state flag of the Vatican City), pennant, double pennant (e.g., the state flag of Ohio), swallowtail, triangular or swallowtail burgee, gonfanon and oriflamme. Wireless Adapter - Released in 2004, this adapter hooks up to the back of the Game Boy Advance. Flags are usually rectangular in shape, but may be of any shape or size that is practical for flying. These include:. See also Flag terminology. Nintendo has released many add-ons for the Game Boy Advance (GBA). As well, semaphore flags can be used to communicate on an ad hoc basis from ship to ship over short distances. Unlike the previous models it does not support Game Boy or Game Boy Color titles. Each flag or pennant has a specific meaning when flown individually. The Game Boy micro also offers the user to switch between several colored faceplates to allow customization, a feature which Nintendo advertised heavily around the micro's launch. There is a system of International maritime signal flags for numerals and letters of the alphabet. This model again goes back to the Game Boy Advance horizontal orientation, is much smaller and sleeker, and was the first Game Boy model to feature a backlight. Carrying commercial cargo on a boat with a yacht ensign is deemed to be smuggling in many jurisdictions. In September 2005, Nintendo released a second redesign of the Game Boy Advance. In some countries yacht ensigns are different from merchant ensigns in order to signal that the yacht is not carrying cargo that requires a customs declaration. This new screen makes the old front-Lit GBA SP screens look dark and washed-out. This custom is still (2005) taken seriously by many naval and port authorities and is readily enforced in many parts of the world by boarding, confiscation, and other civil penalties. They did, however, label the new boxes with large text reading "Now with a Brighter Backlit Screen". To fly one's ensign alone in foreign waters, a foreign port or in the face of a foreign warship traditionally indicates a willingness to fight, with cannon, for the right to do so. Nintendo quietly released these new screens so as not to confuse customers. A courteous, peaceable merchant ship or yacht customarily flies its ensign (in the usual ensign position), together with the flag of whatever nation it is currently visiting at the mast (known as a courtesy flag). This new backlit model was originally available in two colors, Graphite and Pearl Blue. A national flag flown at sea is known as an ensign. Battery life was actually improved in this new model. Flags are particularly important at sea, where they can mean the difference between life and death, and consequently where the rules and regulations for the flying of flags are strictly enforced. The light cannot be turned off completely while the system is on. Main article: Maritime flags. The switch that controls the light now toggles between "normal" (which itself is already brighter than a Nintendo DS's screen), and "bright", an intense brightness level similar to LCD television sets. Some prominent examples include:. Around the same time as the release of the Game Boy micro, an improved version of the SP that (finally) utilized a proper backlit LCD screen was released. Some national flags have been particularly inspirational to other nations, countries, or subnational entities in the design of their own flags. This Front-light turned out to be almost identical to Nintendo's solution to lighting the GBA SP. One of the most popular uses of a flag is to symbolize a nation or country. This was a kit that sold for $30 and needed to be installed inside the original GBA. Main article: National flag. This included the Afterburner Frontlighting Kit. Eventually these flags posed too much danger to those carrying them, and by World War I these were withdrawn from the battlefields, and have since been used only at ceremonial occasions. Interestingly, complaints about the original GBA screen being hard to see prompted a cottage industry of lighting solutions. Flags became much more elaborate, and were seen as objects to be captured or defended. It was designed to address some common complaints with the original GBA. Beginning in the 17th century, European knights were replaced by centralized armies, and flags became the means to identify not just nationalities but also individual military units. In early 2003, Nintendo upgraded the Game Boy Advance giving it an internal front-light that can be turned on or off, a rechargeable lithium ion battery, as well as a folding case approximately half the size of the GBA. Flags also became the preferred means of communications at sea, resulting in various systems of flag signals (see International maritime signal flags). As of 2005, the original (non-lighted) model GBA has been discontinued. From the time of Christopher Columbus onwards, it has been customary (and later a legal requirement) for ships to carry flags designating their nationality; these flags eventually evolved into the national flags and maritime flags of today. Despite its success, many criticized the original Game Boy Advance for still not adopting a lighted screen, which Nintendo would rectify with later models. During the Middle Ages, flags were used mainly during battles to identify individual leaders: in Europe the knights, in Japan the samurai, and in China the generals under the imperial army. Prior to the release of the Game Boy Advance SP, the GBA was the fastest-selling game console in history. But a military unit from Scythia had for a standard a dragon with a flexible tail which would move in the wind; the legions copied this; eventually all the legions had flexible standards -- our modern-day flag. The Game Boy Advance sold at a base price of $100 USD when it was released in North America. Originally, the standards of the Roman legions were not flags, but symbols like the eagle of Caesar's Xth legion; this eagle would be placed on a staff for the standard-bearer to hold up during battle. However, a game has to be designed with the wireless adapter in mind, and there are only a few such games. Some believe flags originated in China, others hold that the Roman Empire's vexillum was the first true flag. It came bundled with Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Although flag-like symbols have been used by ancient cultures for thousands of years, the origin of flags in the modern sense is a matter of dispute. It allows GBAs to be linked without cords, and with more than four players at a time. . A wireless adapter was released on September 7, 2004 in the U.S. The study of flags is known as vexillology, from the Latin vexillum meaning flag or banner. To link regular GB or GB Color games, the older GB link cable is required, even if you're using two GBAs. Generally, a piece of cloth is a flag if it is flown like a flag, with one side attached, though many flags are recognisable if displayed in other forms. To link GBA games, a GBA link cable is required. Flags are also used in messaging or advertising, or for decorative purposes, though at this less formal end the distinction between a flag and a simple cloth banner is blurred. The serial port can (with a suitable cable) also connect to a standard RS-232 serial port for debugging purposes and (hypothetically) Internet play, although a TCP/IP stack has yet to be implemented in a GBA game. Flags were initially created for signalling (as in semaphore), and for the identification of those who displayed them, and are still used for that purpose today. This is used for multiplayer GBA connections, where multiple GBAs can play with only one cartridge; one GBA with a cartridge sends boot code to the other cartridge-less GBAs. A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. A GBA can also receive up to 256 KiB of bootstrap code through the port, even when no cartridge is present (sometimes known as multiboot or netboot). Iceland and Norway. The GBA also has a serial port for connecting to other GBA units in a setup similar to a token ring network over a bus physical topology. Puerto Rico and Cuba. Previous lawsuits had banned the importation of similar devices for the 8-bit Game Boy. Costa Rica and Thailand;. In February of 2002, Nintendo began sending threatening letters to some United States resellers of such devices. The following national flags are like 'negatives' of each other:
Ireland and the Ivory Coast also have the same flag, flipped horizontally. Because of this, a homebrew software development community has sprung up (see gbadev.org). Guinea and Mali have the same flag, flipped horizontally. By April 2003, the prices had come down to under $100 for the flash cartridge and writer and $30 for the boot cable. The flags of Luxembourg and the Netherlands differ only in their shades and ratios. For example, in December 2001, a flash memory cartridge plus writing hardware could be had for less than $200 U.S., and a $50 device emulates a netbooting master. Chad and Romania. By early 2002, hardware became readily available for moving user code onto the GBA. Monaco and Indonesia (or Poland upside-down). (It would possibly have to retail for $39.99 to $49.99). Some countries have the same or very similar national flags as other nations, for example:
The flag of Libya is the only national flag which is a single colour: green. With the release of the DS, future 3D games for the GBA will most likely be limited. The flag of Nepal is the only national flag which isn't square or rectangular: it is in the shape of two triangles. Some feel that such 3D games are a logical and welcome step for the GBA, while others feel that they are overly ambitious and beyond the capabilities of the system. The flag can only be removed by the person or group that placed it. Utilizing 2D sprites for objects and 3D graphics for architecture, these games usually achieve a passable framerate, although sometimes in large environments or with many objects onscreen the framerate will drop to a very noticeable level. A blue flag on a track means that nothing on that track should be moved. These games include Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem Advance, and Doom and Doom 2. A blue flag on the side of a locomotive means that it should not be moved because someone is working on it (or on the train attached to it). Later games pushed the GBA to its limits with simple 3D graphics. a flag of any color waved vigorously means stop. Each sprite can be drawn using either direct pixel mapping or affine mapping; it's possible to fit more direct sprites on a scanline. green or white or blue = proceed. In all modes, it can show up to 128 sprites (individually controllable small moving objects) of 8×8 up to 64×64 pixels in either 4-bit or 8-bit indexed color. yellow = proceed with care. In bitmap modes, it can display one large 16-bit bitmap, two 8-bit bitmaps (with page flipping), or one small 16-bit bitmap (with page flipping), and it uses 80 KiB of RAM for bitmap data and 16 KiB for sprite cel data. red = stop. In tiled display modes, the system can manage four pixel-to-pixel layers, two pixel-to-pixel layers and one affine layer, or two affine layers, and it uses 64 KiB of RAM for tile and map data and 32 KiB for sprite cel data. tsunami. The GBA's picture generator has six display modes (three tiled and three bitmap) and 96 KiB of dedicated RAM. sharks. It can scale, rotate, sum-blend, and alpha-blend sprites against a background (with one alpha value for the whole screen, not the alpha-blending of image edges seen in the PNG format), and it can change the scaling and rotation of sprites and the background on each scanline to give a pseudo-3D effect. dangerous rip. The GBA has hardware support for simple 2D operations using graphical elements called sprites. waves too strong. An aftermarket internal lighting kit known as the Afterburner was briefly popular before the introduction of the Game Boy Advance SP, and influenced the development of the new model. no lifeguards in attendance. Users quickly learned to tilt the device to take advantage of window or overhead illumination. Capture the flag is a popular children's sport. If the color LCD has a fault, it is that the Game Boy Advance is lit by ambient light. Many sports teams have their own flags, and, in individual sports, fans will indicate their support for a player by waving the flag of his or her home country. Newer titles use gamma correction in their palettes. In addition, fans of almost all sports wave flags in the stands to indicate their support for the participants. Early games had very dark color palettes because the display in the development kits was much brighter than the one in the production units; the production display has a gamma value of 4. Officials called touch judges use flags for similar purposes in both codes of rugby. This display includes more pixels than Game Boy's 160×144; when playing legacy games, the user can press the "L" or "R" button to switch the display between 160×144 with a black border and scaling to 240×144 pixels. They use the flags to indicate to the referee potential infringements of the laws, or who is entitled to possession of the ball that has gone out of the field of play, or, most famously, raise the flag overhead to indicate an offside offence. The 2.9" LCD is capable of a maximum of 240×160 pixels in 15-bit color (32,768 colors). In Association football (soccer), linesmen carry small flags along the touch lines. The system also contains an 8.4-MHz Z80-like processor to provide support for legacy GB software; however, both processors cannot be active at the same time. A black flag is used to indicate penalties. The ARM processor can run both 32-bit ARM and 16-bit "Thumb" instruction set encodings. A yellow flag is used to indicate caution requiring slow speed and a red flag requires racers to stop immediately. The GBA has a custom 32-bit 16.8-MHz ARM processor (ARM7TDMI) based on a RISC architecture, which is much more suited to the C programming language than the 8-bit Z80-like processor used in older Game Boy models. Most famously, a checkered flag of black and white indicates the end of the race, and victory for the leader. It is powered by two AA batteries, which give about 15–30 hours of play time, as well as an optional power supply that plugs directly into the GBA's battery bracket. In auto and motorcycle racing, racing flags are used to communicate with drivers. The Game Boy Advance is backward compatible with most games previously released for the Game Boy or the Game Boy Color, as well as new software developed to take advantage of the new technical capabilities of the system. In American football, the flag is usually yellow; in Canadian football, it is usually red. . The flag itself is a small, weighted handkerchief, tossed on the field at the approximate point of the infraction; the intent is usually to sort out the details after the current play from scrimmage has concluded. Its codename during development was Project Atlantis. The phrase used for such an indication is flag on the play. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in Europe on June 22, 2001, and in China on June 8, 2004(Not including Hong Kong). In American and Canadian football, referees use flags to indicate an error has been made in game play. It is one of the latest in the Game Boy series of consoles, and the successor to the popular Game Boy Color. the image is different; examples are the national flag of Paraguay, the state flag of Oregon, and the now-obsolete flag of the Soviet Union. The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. the image is not symmetric, nevertheless the image is the same when viewed from the other side; for example the former Nazi swastika flag on land ([1], at the bottom). WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$. when viewed from the other side one sees the mirror image; this is very common and usually not disturbing if there is no text in the flag - the whole image of flag with flag staff is not the same anyway, with the staff on the other side; examples are the flag of the United States with stars and stripes on the hoist-side, and the former Nazi swastika flag at sea (compare with the flag on land mentioned below). Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire. the image is symmetric in an axis parallel to the flag pole, so the image is the same when viewed from the other side. Mother 3. The flag of Argentina, created by Manuel Belgrano during the war of independence, was the inspiration for the United Provinces of Central America's flag, which in turn was the origin for the flags of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Metroid: Zero Mission. The flag of Venezuela, created by Francisco de Miranda to represent the independence movement in Venezuela that later gave birth to the "Gran Colombia", inspired the individual flags of Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia, all sharing three bands of color, and three of them (Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela) sharing the yellow, blue, and red. Metroid Fusion. The Soviet flag, with its golden symbols of the proletariat on a red field, was an inspiration to flags of other communist states, such as East Germany, People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Angola, Afghanistan and Mozambique. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. The Pan-Arab colors, green, white, red, and black, seen on the flags of Jordan, Kuwait, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen and on the Palestinian flag. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. During the time of the Ottomans the crescent began to be associated with Islam and this is reflected on the flags of Algeria, Comoros, Malaysia, Mauritania, Pakistan, Tunisia, and the de facto country of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Fire Emblem. The flag of Turkey, which was the flag of the Ottoman Empire, has been an inspiration for the flag designs of many other Muslim nations. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Examples: Togo, Senegal, Ghana, Mali. Golden Sun. Accordingly, its flag became the source of the Pan-African colours. Boktai. Ethiopia was seen as a model by emerging African states of the 1950s and 1960s, as it was one of the oldest independent states in Africa. Advance Wars. Examples: Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Bulgaria. The flag of Russia, the source for the Pan-Slavic colors adopted by many Slavic states and peoples as their symbols. Examples: Cuba, Chile, Liberia, Malaysia The flag of Malaysia is also referred to as Jalur Gemilang or Glorious Stripes. In the same way that nations looked to France for inspiration, many countries were also inspired by the American Revolution, which they felt was symbolized in this flag. The flag of the United States, also nicknamed The Stars and Stripes or Old Glory. Examples among many: Ireland, Italy, Romania, Mexico. The national flag of France, also called the Tricolore, which inspired other nations to adopt differenced tricolours in sympathy with the revolutionary spirit with which the flag was designed in 1794. The Flag of the Netherlands is also the only flag in the world that is adapted for some uses, when the occasion has a connection to the royal house of the Netherlands an orange ribbon is added. The Dutch Tricolor has inspired many flags but most notably those of Russia and France, which spread the tricolor concept even further, as can be seen below. After 1630 the red-white-blue was the most commonly seen flag. Soon the more famous red-white-blue began appearing - it is however unknown why, though many stories are known. The Tricolor of The Netherlands is the oldest tricolor, first appearing in 1572 as the Prince's Flag in orange-white-blue. Examples: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Tuvalu, and also the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, and the American state of Hawaii. British colonies typically flew a flag based on one of the ensigns based on this flag, and many former colonies have retained the design to acknowledge their cultural history. The Union Flag of the United Kingdom, more commonly (and correctly, when used by warships at sea) called the Union Jack. The flag of Switzerland, with its colours reversed, gave rise to the emblem of the International Red Cross, which under international law is a safe conduct in war zones. Examples: the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Åland. This flag, called the Dannebrog, inspired the cross design of other Nordic countries and the flag of England. The flag of Denmark is the oldest state flag still in use. It also forms a key part in the design of the Union Flag of the United Kingdom. Notable flags which share the saltire design include the flag of Jamaica, the Confederate Naval Jack, the naval jack of Russia, and the flag for the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia. The flag of Scotland, called the Saltire or St Andrew's Cross, dates to the 9th century, and is the oldest national flag still in use. |