Game Boy Camera July 29, 2023
Many years ago at a retro games exchange I bought an old Game Boy Camera. I had some fun with the thing back then but found it a bit sad that there was no way to get the photos off the cartridge. (Other than printing them on the fun but very low quality Game Boy Printer). Then about two years ago I got a Joey Jr cartridge dumper to backup some games and their save states. Turns out that the thing can also extract the photos from the Game Boy Camera. Since I like a good old tech / new tech mashup here are some of the photos I took with it!
Now the pictures that this thing takes are black and white and 128x112 pixels. That makes them very low resolution. (Though some people have used color filters and multiple exposures to get color images!) While this can be a fun challenge it is also incredibly limiting. This mainly shows in anything that resembles landscape photos such as the picture of the TV tower at Alexanderplatz and the picture I took in the woods. Anyway, it’s a fun retro toy and I’ve had some fun taking some party photos with it!

TV Tower
Game Boy Camera

Lifesaver
Game Boy Camera

Leaf
Game Boy Camera

Doggo
Game Boy Camera

Woods
Game Boy Camera