Game Boy Camera – This 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. http://webspace.webring.com/people/ld/djslacker/game_boy_accessories.html
Game Boy Printer – This is a printer for use with Game Boy/Pocket Camera. It uses Print Seal thermal paper, which comes in yellow, blue, and white rolls, available for $9.95 US/500 yen a roll. This was released in Japan in 2/21/98. This device plugs into the serial port (Game Link) on the Game Boy, and I do not believe is compatible with the old Game Boy model, since Game Boy Pocket and Game Boy Color use the new design serial port. http://webspace.webring.com/people/ld/djslacker/game_boy_accessories.html
FM Radio – This uses the Game Boy’s power supply, but is otherwise a self-contained radio. There is a jack on the side for earphones. The red LED blinks when it is tuned to a stereo FM broadcast. There is also a model for the Game Boy Color as well. http://webspace.webring.com/people/ld/djslacker/game_boy_accessories.html
Game Boy Amplifier – Manufactured by Nuby rather than Nintendo, this device attaches to the bottom of the Game Boy; the 3.5mm phone jack plugs into the phone jack of the GB. I hypothesize that playing GB with this device attached must be cumbersome, as the extra 1.5″ or so of length it adds to the Game Boy makes holding it and comfortably positioning your hands over the button. http://webspace.webring.com/people/ld/djslacker/game_boy_accessories.html
Game Link Cable – This allows you to link two Game Boy units to play games head-to-head, as well as share data. There are two models of Game Link; the original has connectors at both ends, to match the type of interface on the original Game Boy, and the newer model, which has a connector to fit the interface on the Pocket and Color Game Boys, as well as the Super Game Boy 2. Shown above is a set of cable which is sold separately from the Game Boy units. What is interesting about this set, is that it comes with an adaptor, tied onto one end of the cable, so it can be used with an original Game Boy unit (guess if you own 2 original Game Boy units, you have to buy another set of cables just for the adaptor). I don’t think Game Link cables. http://webspace.webring.com/people/ld/djslacker/game_boy_accessories.html
Four Player Adaptor – For use with the original Game Boy model, this had(s) the old style serial port jack on the side. You needed this to play, duh, games which have more than two players. The first game to use this was F1 Race, which the adaptor was bundled with when it was first sold. Later on, Nintendo released the adaptor separately. The device plugged into Player One’s Game Boy, and then the other players would use their Game Link cable to plug into their respective jacks on the adaptor. My question: Was/is there a four player adaptor released for the Game Boy Pocket and Color models, which use a new type of serial port jack?
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