History VideoGame / GameboyCamera

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The Game Boy Camera was a peripheral developed by Creator/{{Nintendo}} themselves for use with the UsefulNotes/GameBoy and its [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor later revisions]], and released in 1998. It's a somewhat bulky cartridge, with the actual camera inside a round "head" that can swivel 180 degrees, so you can either point it towards you to take pictures of yourself or turn it forward to use it like any other digital camera. Because the Game Boy was limited to black, white and two shades of gray with a specific resolution, that also applied to pictures taken with the Game Boy Camera. While it doesn't have the color or quality of an actual digital camera, taking pictures is just a small part of what it can do. Navigating all the wacky menus and submenus allows for things like creating short musical beats, making animations with stored photos, snapping pictures with different lens effects, playing minigames with your face inserted onto an in-game character, trading photos between others with a Game Boy Camera, and printing photos with a Game Boy Printer.

* HundredPercentCompletion: Most of the included pictures in the B Album have to be unlocked in various ways, like doing well enough in the minigames, or taking/deleting/trading some number of photos.

* EarlyBirdCameo: A rare case of this happening due to localization. Stamps for [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu, Meowth, Mew, and the 3 Gen 1 starters]] were available in the device for use, along with a picture of Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise and Mewtwo in the B Album, 4 months before the English release of Red and Blue.

The Game Boy Camera was a peripheral developed by Nintendo themselves for use with the UsefulNotes/GameBoy and its [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyPocket later]] [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor revisions]], and released in 1998. It's a somewhat bulky cartridge, with the actual camera inside a round "head" that can swivel 180 degrees, so you can either point it towards you to take pictures of yourself or turn it forward to use it like any other digital camera. Because the Game Boy was limited to black, white and two shades of gray with a specific resolution, that also applied to pictures taken with the Game Boy Camera. While it doesn't have the color or quality of an actual digital camera, taking pictures is just a small part of what it can do. Navigating all the wacky menus and submenus allows for things like creating short musical beats, making animations with stored photos, snapping pictures with different lens effects, playing minigames with your face inserted onto an in-game character, trading photos between others with a Game Boy Camera, and printing photos with a Game Boy Printer.

The Game Boy Camera was a peripheral developed by Nintendo themselves for use with the GameBoy and its [[GameBoyPocket later]] [[GameBoyColor revisions]], and released in 1998. It's a somewhat bulky cartridge, with the actual camera inside a round "head" that can swivel 180 degrees, so you can either point it towards you to take pictures of yourself or turn it forward to use it like any other digital camera. Because the Game Boy was limited to black, white and two shades of gray with a specific resolution, that also applied to pictures taken with the Game Boy Camera. While it doesn't have the color or quality of an actual digital camera, taking pictures is just a small part of what it can do. Navigating all the wacky menus and submenus allows for things like creating short musical beats, making animations with stored photos, snapping pictures with different lens effects, playing minigames with your face inserted onto an in-game character, trading photos between others with a Game Boy Camera, and printing photos with a Game Boy Printer.

* RottenEasterEgg: Five words - WHO ARE YOU RUNNING FROM? Disturbing vandalized faces of Nintendo employees can appear labeled with the caption "Who are you running from?" alongside an unsettling noise. Even creepier, it can very rarely appear alongside another picture with the caption "Don't be so silly!".

* RottenEasterEgg: Five words - WHO ARE YOU RUNNING FROM?

* EarlyBirdCameo: A rare case of this happening due to localization. Stamps for [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu, Meowth, Mew, and the 3 Gen 1 starters]] were available in the device for use, 4 months before the English release of Red and Blue.

* PressXToDie: The B button in Space Fever 2 immediatly kills you.