Game Boy Printer

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The GameBoy Printer

The Game Boy Printer (named by Pocket Printer in Japan) Nintendo is a thermal printer designed for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color systems and was released in 1998. It prints images from compatible games (listed below) on small rolls of pale blue or reddish 1" x .875" thermal paper, with adhesive backing, and ran on six AA batteries. Its primary function is for the Game Boy Camera, although it is compatible with some late-generation Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, such as Link's Awakening DX, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Pokémon Yellow, and Donkey Kong Country. It is no longer being manufactured by Nintendo.

Later games for Game Boy Color (like Pokémon Crystal Version) use the printer for things as printing your Pokédex, or the stats of one specific monster.

In Japan a special Pokemon version of the GameBoy Printer was released. It was bright yellow in appearance and had an emblem of a red and white PokeBall on it.

Amazon also sells a CDROM with a parallel port cable for printing GB pictures out using a PC and regular printer.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Games with Game Boy Printer Support

Game Boy Camera
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Mary Kate & Ashley: Pocket Planner
NFL Blitz
Pokémon Gold
Pokémon Silver
Pokémon Crystal
Pokémon Pinball
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Pokémon Yellow
Quest For Camelot
Roadsters
Alice in Wonderland
Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!
Austin Powers: Welcome to my Underground Lair
Disney's Dinosaur
Disney's Tarzan
Donkey Kong Country
ET Digital Companion
Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes: Fire Frenzy
Harvest Moon 2
Klax
Little Mermaid 2 Pinball Frenzy
Little Nicky
Magical Drop
Mickey's Racing Adventure
Mickey's Speedway USA
Perfect Dark
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe

[edit] External links

About.com Guide to Game Boy - All things Game Boy: News, reviews, history, culture and development. Updated several times a week.
Gamboy Printer Emulator - a program to transfer images from the Gameboy Camera to PC