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<h2>Overview</h2><p>The Game Boy Camera is an add-on, peripheral for the <a href="/game-boy/3045-3/" data-ref-id="3045-3"> Game Boy</a> which takes black &amp; white pictures and provides very limited editing tools such as adding stickers to taken pictures. The camera itself actually takes photos at a greater resolution than the Game Boy’s screen and so images shown on the Game Boy’s screen are displayed at only half of their actual detail.</p><p>A variety of mini-games were built into the add-on some of which incorporated the player’s face into the gameplay</p><p>There is also a variety of <a href="/minigames/3015-116/" data-ref-id="3015-116"> mini-games</a> built into the add-on that utilize the pictures taken, such as a juggling game and a vertical space shooter as well as some which incorporate the player's face into the gameplay.</p><p>An optional printer could also be used in tandem with the camera that could print the pictures via heat-based printing technology, instead of conventional ink. These pictures could then be stuck to objects via an adhesive backing.</p><p>The peripheral was awarded The World's Smallest Digital Camera by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1999 and the Game Boy Camera has been credited for, among other things, <a href="http://tv.ibtimes.com/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-original-game-boys-15211" rel="nofollow " data-ref-id="false">originating</a> the modern concept of the <a href="http://history.wikia.com/wiki/Selfie" rel="nofollow " data-ref-id="false">selfie</a>.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table of statistics:</em></p><table data-max-width="true"><thead><tr><th scope="col">Category</th><th scope="col">Statistic</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Focal Length</td><td>20 cm</td></tr><tr><td><p>Resolution</p></td><td><p>256 x 224</p></td></tr><tr><td>Colours</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Storage Capacity</td><td>30 images</td></tr></tbody></table>