The
Game Boy Printer, known in Japan as the , is a
thermal printerA thermal printer produces a printed image by selectively heating coated thermochromic paper, or thermal paper as it is commonly known, when the paper passes over the thermal print head. The coating turns black in the areas where it is heated, producing an image...
accessory released by
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in 1998. Nintendo ceased manufacture in 2003. The Game Boy Printer is compatible with the
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, Game Boy Pocket, and
Game Boy ColorThe is Nintendo's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27 1998 in UK. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than the Game Boy Pocket. As with the original Game...
systems and is designed to be used in conjunction with the
Game Boy CameraGame Boy Camera, known in Japan as , is a Nintendo accessory for the handheld Game Boy gaming console and was released in 1998. It is also compatible with the Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. The camera can take basic, grainy, black & white digital images using the 4-color...
. It also prints images from compatible late-generation Game Boy and Game Boy Color games (listed below). It runs on six
AA batteries and uses a special 3.8 cm wide
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paper with adhesive backing called Game Boy Printer Paper.
The
Game Boy Printer, known in Japan as the , is a
thermal printerA thermal printer produces a printed image by selectively heating coated thermochromic paper, or thermal paper as it is commonly known, when the paper passes over the thermal print head. The coating turns black in the areas where it is heated, producing an image...
accessory released by
Nintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel...
in 1998. Nintendo ceased manufacture in 2003. The Game Boy Printer is compatible with the
Game BoyThe is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America on , and in Europe on . In Southern Asia, it is known as the "Tata Game Boy" It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line...
, Game Boy Pocket, and
Game Boy ColorThe is Nintendo's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27 1998 in UK. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than the Game Boy Pocket. As with the original Game...
systems and is designed to be used in conjunction with the
Game Boy CameraGame Boy Camera, known in Japan as , is a Nintendo accessory for the handheld Game Boy gaming console and was released in 1998. It is also compatible with the Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. The camera can take basic, grainy, black & white digital images using the 4-color...
. It also prints images from compatible late-generation Game Boy and Game Boy Color games (listed below). It runs on six
AA batteries and uses a special 3.8 cm wide
thermalA thermal column is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and an example of convection. The Sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the air directly above it....
paper with adhesive backing called Game Boy Printer Paper. One package of printer paper came with three rolls, including one roll of white paper, one roll of pale yellow paper, and one roll of pale blue paper. In Japan, a bright yellow
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version of the Game Boy Printer was released which featured a Poké Ball-style feed button.
At one point,
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sold a
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with a
parallel portA parallel port is a type of interface found on computers for connecting various peripherals. It is also known as a printer port or Centronics port. The IEEE 1284 standard defines the bi-directional version of the port....
cable for connecting a Game Boy to a
PCA personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator...
and using a regular
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to print Game Boy Camera photos and pictures from compatible Game Boy games. This cable has since been discontinued, but hobbyists can still make their own cable for uploading images to their computer. A Game Boy Printer
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is needed for the Game Boy to interface with the PC once linked via cable. The Game Boy Printer Paper has also been discontinued, and rolls of the real thing which still produce a reliable image are getting harder to find. However, regular thermal paper, such as the kind used for POS terminals can be cut to the proper width and used successfully with the Game Boy Printer.
The system will print a test message reading "Hello!" if it is turned on while the feed button is held. According to the manual, this is used to test if the printer is functioning properly.
Games with Game Boy Printer support
- Alice in Wonderland
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- Asteroids
Asteroids is a video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari Inc. It was one of the most popular and influential games of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Asteroids uses vector graphics and a two-dimensional view that wraps around in both screen axes. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid...
- Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!
The Austin Powers series is a series of action-comedy films written, produced by and starring Mike Myers as the title character, directed by Jay Roach and distributed by New Line Cinema...
- Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!
Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair! is a video game released for the Game Boy Color. It is a simulation of a computer of the antagonist of the Austin Powers movie series, Dr. Evil. One of the games features is its minigames...
- Cardcaptor Sakura: Itsumo Sakura-chan to Issho!
, abbreviated as CCS and also known as Cardcaptors, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Clamp. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from 1996 until 2000, and published in twelve tankōbon volumes by Kodansha...
- Cardcaptor Sakura: Tomoe Shōgakkō Daiundōkai
, abbreviated as CCS and also known as Cardcaptors, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Clamp. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from 1996 until 2000, and published in twelve tankōbon volumes by Kodansha...
- Disney's Dinosaur
Disney's Dinosaur is a 2000 video game based released as a tie-in to the Disney film of the same name.-Story:The game loosely follows the story of the film, starting with Aladar, Zini, Eema, Plio, and Suri in the land of dinosaurs...
- Disney's Tarzan
Tarzan is a platform game developed by Eurocom for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Game Boy Color. It was released in 2000 and is based on Disney's movie adaptation of Tarzan.-Enemies:* Aardvark* African Elephant* Archerfish* Banded Mongoose* Bat...
- Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country is a platform video game developed by Rare, featuring the character Donkey Kong. It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. Following an intense marketing campaign, the original SNES version sold over 8 million copies...
- E.T.: Digital Companion
- Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy
Rescue Heroes is a line of toys from Fisher-Price that was introduced in 1999. Rescue Heroes depicts various rescue personnel and their equipment. An animated television series has also been developed with the line of toys. In total, there are three seasons of the Rescue Heroes TV show...
- Game Boy Camera
Game Boy Camera, known in Japan as , is a Nintendo accessory for the handheld Game Boy gaming console and was released in 1998. It is also compatible with the Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. The camera can take basic, grainy, black & white digital images using the 4-color...
- Harvest Moon 2
Harvest Moon 2 is a farm simulation video game for the Game Boy Color developed by Pack-In-Video. The object of the game is to cultivate a farm to prevent the land from being used to build an amusement park. As with the previous game the player may choose to play as a boy or a girl.There are...
- Klax
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
is an action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the fourth installment in The Legend of Zelda series and the first for a handheld game console...
- The Little Mermaid 2: Pinball Frenzy
The Little Mermaid 2: Pinball Frenzy is a pinball video game developed by Left Field Productions and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color handheld video game console. It was first released in North America, and was later released in PAL regions. It is based on the film, The Little Mermaid...
- Little Nicky
Little Nicky is a video game based upon the 2000 film of the same name. The game features nineteen levels—fourteen platforming levels and five mini-games based on events from the film.IGN gave it a rating of 8.0/10...
- Magical Drop
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Pocket Planner
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- Mickey's Racing Adventure
Mickey's Racing Adventure is a Disney racing game for the Game Boy Color created by Rareware and published by Disney Interactive and Nintendo....
- Mickey's Speedway USA
Mickey's Speedway USA is a Disney racing game for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color, developed by Rareware and published by Nintendo. The Game Boy Color version of this game is a sequel to Mickey's Racing Adventure .-Gameplay:Mickey's Speedway USA includes a Grand Prix mode, as well as multiplayer...
- Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an Game Boy Color game introduced in 2000. While the game itself is a mildly interesting experience, the card comes with a few special functions: a calculator, a message transmitter, an address book and a remote controller.. In Mission: Impossible you play ten missions with...
- NFL Blitz
NFL Blitz is a series of American football themed video games by Midway featuring the teams of the National Football League.-Creation:The game was created by Midway Games and headed by Lead Artist, Sal Divita and Lead Programmer, Mark Turmell....
- Perfect Dark
- Pokémon Crystal
- Pokémon Gold and Silver
Pokémon Gold and Silver are the second installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. They were first released in Japan in 1999 and to Australia and North America in 2000 and Europe in 2001...
- Pokémon Pinball
is a pinball game based on Pokémon Red and Blue. In it, the ball is a Poké Ball, and most of the objects on the table are Pokémon-related.- Objectives :...
- Pokémon Trading Card Game
is the video game incarnation of the popular Pokémon Trading Card Game . There are currently two games in the series. Both the series and the card game are based on the famous Pokémon video game series....
- Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition
- Quest for Camelot
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- Roadsters
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- Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
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Game Boy Printer Paper
A roll of the American Game Boy Printer paper came in either blue, yellow or white and had a width of 3.8cm. A typical roll had 390-400cm of length. When a picture printed from the Game Boy Camera, it would print with with a .5cm margin above and below the picture and print the picture at a 2.3cm height. This would give the total of 3.3cm height per picture. The Game Boy Printer Paper refills boasted up to 180 pictures per roll. With the math the typical roll could only take 118 pictures. The paper now hard to find, you could substitute with a 1.5in thermal paper without repercussions on your printer.