| Manufacturer: | Nintendo |
| MSRP: | $49.95/5500 yen |
| Country: | US, Japan |
| Licensed: | Yes |
| Year: | 1998 |
Game Boy Camera, known as Pocket Camera in Japan, is basically a GB cartridge with a black and white digital camera on top. It stores up to 30 pictures, and comes with photo/image editing functions like zooming, painting, cropping, etc. Animation can be done with Pictrip, a simple animation processing software built into Pocket Camera. It was released in Japan at the same time as the Pocket Printer, 2/21/98.
It also comes with built-in games including "Ball" (a juggling game) and "Space Fever II" (a shooter). In addition, it also comes with a music mixing/editing program. Best of all, it can share data with another GB with Game Boy/Pocket Camera. You can print your photos with the Game Boy/Pocket Printer.
Designed for use with the Pocket Gameboy, it is unknown of this device is compatible with the old Game Boy model, it is 100% compatible, however, with the new Game Boy Color.
Info contributed by Jacob Poon (a270poon@cdf.toronto.edu)
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