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In Depth: The Game Boy Printer

100 pointsby gullyfurabout 5 years ago

4 comments

serfabout 5 years ago
When I was a kid I had a gameboy camera and a gameboy printer.<p>It was basically a low-res instagram&#x2F;polaroid hybrid.<p>Take a selfie (the camera rotated, pretty revolutionary at the time), add borders and effects in-software, print out a instant photo.<p>It was sort of like an instant portable photobooth, what with the borders and frames and decals and so on.<p>It felt pretty magical when I was young. As an older person it feels as if it&#x27;s a niche that could probably still be filled profitably by someone with the right stuff and marketing.
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gullyfurabout 5 years ago
The end mentions that it&#x27;s supported by GBE+ ... though getting paper for the Game Boy Printer is a bit of a challenge for enthusiasts. Some have taken to cutting non-official thermal paper to the right size.<p>While, we&#x27;re on the topic, GBE+ just had a birthday (both GBE and GBE+ were released on April 1).<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;emulation.gametechwiki.com&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;GBE%2B" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;emulation.gametechwiki.com&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;GBE%2B</a>
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monocasaabout 5 years ago
A part that&#x27;s not super clear here is that the gameboy link cable comms are basically SPI. Running this over an Arduino is probably the easiest way to use this today.
joshuabout 5 years ago
anyone know what connector the gameboy link cable uses? i actually have a gameboy printer and it would be fun to print to from a PC
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