Game Boy Camera was an early way to get selfies
Well before phones all had fancy cameras and even before digital cameras became cheap, Nintendo offered the Game Boy Camera accessory, a way to take selfies or other photos using its popular handheld gaming device.
Sure, the images weren’t high resolution—only 128×128, and in four shades of monochrome—but the Game Boy’s 1998 camera accessory was likely the first time a lot of kids were able to own their own digital camera. Even today, fans are turning its incredibly lo-fi imagery toward more artistic ends.
