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[[Image:Gb camera.PNG|frame|thumb|right|A [[blue]] Game Boy Camera, which also came in several other colors.]] | [[Image:Gb camera.PNG|frame|thumb|right|A [[blue]] Game Boy Camera, which also came in several other colors.]] | ||
'''Game Boy Camera''' is a [[Nintendo]] accessory for the handheld [[Game Boy]] gaming console which was released in [[1998]]. The camera could take basic black & white, often grainy, digital images using the 4-color palette of the GameBoy system. It interfaced with the [[Game Boy Printer]], which utilized heat-sensitive paper to "burn" any saved images, making a hardcopy. Both items were marketed by Nintendo as light-hearted entertainment devices (aimed mainly at children), in all three major videogame regions of the world: Japan, USA,and Europe. "N64 Magazine" (which is its full title, and was published by Future Publishing) dedicated a monthly section to the device. It was never Nintendo's intention to transform the GB system into a PDA, and any such claims are untrue. The Game Boy Camera comes in 4 different colors, as well as a | '''Game Boy Camera''' is a [[Nintendo]] accessory for the handheld [[Game Boy]] gaming console which was released in [[1998]]. The camera could take basic black & white, often grainy, digital images using the 4-color palette of the GameBoy system. It interfaced with the [[Game Boy Printer]], which utilized heat-sensitive paper to "burn" any saved images, making a hardcopy. Both items were marketed by Nintendo as light-hearted entertainment devices (aimed mainly at children), in all three major videogame regions of the world: Japan, USA, and Europe. "N64 Magazine" (which is its full title, and was published by Future Publishing) dedicated a monthly section to the device. It was never Nintendo's intention to transform the GB system into a PDA, and any such claims are untrue. The Game Boy Camera comes in 4 different colors, as well as a limited edition ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' version, which contains different stamps from the standard camera. | ||
The camera's built-in software was developed by [[Game Freak]], which explains the appearance of some [[Pokémon]] characters as "stamps" you can put on pictures (Game Freak also developed the Pokémon series of games). | The camera's built-in software was developed by [[Game Freak]], which explains the appearance of some [[Pokémon]] characters as "stamps" you can put on pictures (Game Freak also developed the Pokémon series of games). | ||
