
Ah, the Game Boy Printer – how we miss thee.
One of the many leftfield accessories Nintendo has released during its history, this portable thermal printer allowed users to print off snaps they'd taken with the equally awesome Game Boy Camera – something which seems impossibly twee today, given tha we all have professional-standard cameras attached to our smartphones.
If you've still got one of these devices lying around, then you may have to dust it off, as a new homebrew Game Boy game makes use of it.
SunnyChow's Song of Morus - Gala of Battle is described as "a Hong Kong-themed bossfight shooting game, about a young Taoist Priestess fighting hostile spiritual creatures and evil magic users."
Available in early access for $3.99, it's playable on Game Boy hardware, and the developer adds that players should "imagine it's a flappy bird game with auto shoot mechanic."
The really cool part is that there will be 12 unlockable bookmarks to obtain in the game, and these can be printed using the Game Boy Printer.
If you fancy checking this out, drop by the game's itch.io page.
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Almost tempted to reinvest in a printer. I recall my brother taking our GB Camera to school and photographing friends and teachers; we took a bunch of our family.
We printed them all off before selling the printer and camera, but sadly that heat paper has faded over time. Miss the little thing.
We never did get much other use out of the printer.
Can someone point me to compatible paper for the Gameboy Printer? I have one, but I thought it was basically obsolete tech since the paper is unavailable now. Just as a curiosity, it would be nice to get it running again.
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