Play Game Boy Camera (USA, Europe) Online

Nintendo released the Game Boy Camera in 1998, a quirky little peripheral that clipped right onto your original Game Boy or Game Boy Pocket. It felt like a natural, if eccentric, extension of the hardware, turning the handheld into something more personal and experimental during the system's later years.

You use the camera itself to take low-resolution, black and white photos in four different frame styles, then edit them with a set of built-in stamps, fonts, and simple drawing tools. The main objective is just to capture whatever's around you, play with the images, and save your favorites to one of thirty save slots. You can also use it for basic minigames, like a space shooter that incorporates your photos as enemy sprites. The whole experience is slow, deliberate, and limited by its technology, which makes every picture feel like a small, deliberate creation. It turns everyday moments into something strange and new.