Game Boy camera/printer (1998)

Game Boy camera/printer (1998)

Nintendo's Game Boy camera and printer combination could turn your ailing, 9-year-old Game Boy into a digital camera that could print on the go. Its black-and-white camera offered a live view on the Game Boy's screen. It also packed editing tools that would let you make minor modifications to your images, including the use of stamps and themes.

The special cartridge could be coupled with the Game Boy printer, another peripheral that could print out your shots on receipt-like thermal paper when connected to the system. This paper, which Nintendo sold at a premium, could be peeled away from its backing and used as stickers.

Nintendo has since integrated digital cameras into its latest handheld system, the DSi, which includes its own built-in editing software.

September 8, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Photo by: Wikipedia (camera / printer)

| Caption by: Josh Lowensohn

 

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