Found my old Game Boy Camera in a box and the pictures still loaded

I popped in fresh AAA batteries and the little thermal printer actually spit out a grainy photo of my dog from like 2003. Has anyone else had luck getting one of these to work after all this time?

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brookef733mo ago

Honestly that's just lucky, most of those old thermal paper rolls are dried out bricks by now. Tried mine last year and the printer just made a sad grinding noise, nothing came out. Even if it prints, the pictures fade to blank in a few days anyway. Kinda a waste of batteries.

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henrys741mo ago

You just totally changed my mind about digging mine out of the closet.

karenlane3mo ago

Yeah that fading thing is a huge bummer, @brookef73. Did you try storing the printed pics somewhere dark or in a book? I heard that can slow it down a bit, but mine from last summer are already ghosts lol. Makes you wonder if the newer paper they sell is any better at all.