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Feature 'POCA!' Is A Game Boy Camera Photobook Adventure & A Heartfelt Homage To 'Hip' Tanaka

"I feel like I made the book almost for him"

Sitting down to speak with Jonathan Traynor, a Glasgow-based artist and writer, about his newly-released book, POCA!, we were expecting a few things. Y'know the sort of stuff: how the Kickstarter went; where the idea for the book came from; hopes for the future; picks for the Top of the Pops Xmas #1; and...

• Sat 28th Dec 2024
• Features
• Interviews
• Retro
• Game Boy

Random Someone's Made A Fully-Functioning Game Playable On The Game Boy Camera

'Attack of the Fluff Monster'

The Game Boy Camera is a surprisingly cool piece of kit – did you know that you can use it as a webcam or that it can be used to photograph the moon? – but we didn't ever think we'd see a fully-functioning, fan-made game playable on the Camera's software itself. Amazingly, though, that

• Tue 26th Jan 2021
• Game Boy
• Retro
• Random

Random Can You Use The Game Boy Camera As A Webcam In 2020? Absolutely

But it's not exactly easy

Perhaps one of the most impressive accessories Nintendo has ever released is the Game Boy Camera. Back when it arrived on the scene in 1998, camera phones weren't even a thing yet - so to have something like this (especially if you were a bit younger at the time), was pretty neat. Its legacy lives on via the company's...

• Thu 3rd Sep 2020
• Random
• Game Boy
• Game Boy Camera
• Retro

Random Game Boy Camera Mod Allows For Awesome Retro Canvas Imagery

Decorate your home in style!

If we're being completely honest, we never imagined that we'd still be writing about clever, creative uses of the Game Boy Camera in 2020, yet here we are with another fan-made project that has us mightily impressed. Sam McKenzie, owner of a YouTube channel centred around 3D printing, decided to get in touch with us...

• Thu 20th Aug 2020
• Game Boy
• Game Boy Camera
• Mod
• Random

Random Photographing The Moon With The Game Boy Camera

A true work of art

The Game Boy Camera was released exactly 20 years ago to the day in PAL territories - a couple of days later than its release in North America - but one man is still using the photo-taking accessory today to absolutely incredible effect. Bastiaan Ekeler has taken the Game Boy Camera game to the next level, 3D-printing an adaptor...

• Mon 4th Jun 2018
• Random
• Game Boy
• Game Boy Camera

Random A Formula 1 Fan Takes Game Boy Camera To Grand Prix With Amazing Results

Monochrome madness

It's hard to remember life before sophisticated digital cameras were bundled into a small slab of very thin microchips we carry around with us at all times, but it definitely happened. Back in 1998 most of us were taking photos on good old fashioned 35mm film and just hoping for the best when we took them to get dunked in...

• Fri 11th May 2018
• Game Boy
• Retro
• Game Boy Camera

Random How To Take Photos Of The Moon With The Game Boy Camera

2-bit moon

Just when you thought the humble Game Boy Camera couldn't get any cooler, someone comes along and takes detailed photos of the moon with it. Enter Alex, a Reddit user who connected a Game Boy Camera to an antique telescope in order to take grainy photos of the Moon and Jupiter. In his own words: The Game Boy Camera is a monochrome,...

• Wed 5th Jul 2017
• Retro
• Game Boy
• Random

Hardware Review BitBoy Lets You Back Up Your Game Boy Camera Snaps With Ease

Digital photography, 1998 style

In 1998 Nintendo launched the Game Boy Camera, a tiny (at the time) digital camera that sat in the Game Boy's cartridge slot and took simple monochrome photos that could be edited and printed via the link cable and an optional Game Boy Printer, using a roll of thermal printing paper similar to a till receipt. In the...

• Tue 6th Oct 2015
• Retro
• Game Boy
• Hardware
• Hardware Review

Weirdness Someone Captured E3 2015 Using A Game Boy Camera

And then downloaded the images using a cool new device

Remember Jeremy Parish? He's the guy behind Game Boy World and the boss at US Gamer. He's also the kind of guy who thinks nothing of taking ageing retro tech to the world's biggest gaming event and snapping photos of famous video game celebrities. Parish snapped the likes of Nintendo's Bill...

• Wed 24th Jun 2015
• E3 2015
• Game Boy
• Game Boy Camera
• Retro

News What's On Your Game Boy Camera?

Check your cupboards now, you could be sitting on valuable memories

The Game Boy Camera was a cool little device. Released at the end of the '90s, it allowed you to take grainy monochrome snaps using your beloved handheld. The images were pretty poor quality and you could only fit a few inside the minuscule memory, but for a generation of kids...

• Tue 4th Dec 2012
• Retro
• Game Boy
• Game Boy Color
• Awesome