the game boy camera is an accessory for the game boy line of video game consoles. it was released in japan, north america, and europe in 1998. it allows a person to take 256x224 black and white digital pictures. it is meant to be used with the game boy printer, which uses a special kind of paper to print saved pictures. it can be used with all game boy consoles except for the game boy micro. it was the only nintendo product to allow a person to take pictures until the release of the nintendo dsi console.