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Re: easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-23T11:12:54Z

Well, here's what I want to do with my Gameboy camera: recording time-lapse footage and creating pixielated sequences in Sao Paulo's downtown, for making Pulselooper's first promo video. I work with video and animation since 1999 and always wanted to do something with the GBC. But then I realized that, even with a transferer, I'd have to carry a laptop for dumping the pics from the camera, once its memory is very limited. And opening a laptop in the middle of Sao Paulo bums and crackheads is not a very good idea.

So, the solution I found was, instead of carrying a computer, carrying a Game Boy printer. So I can print all the frames I shot, when the camera memory is full, erasing it and shooting again. I'll have a HELL of a job scanning all these pictures, but I guess its visual in the final video will be even better, because of the print texture.

and BTW, bought a GB printer from ebay.UK for 1.21 pounds. Nice.

Re: easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-23T05:48:07Z

Kris k wrote:

backup the save from your game boy camera onto a mega memory cart, then "restore" that from the mega memory to a usb cart. pull the save off the usb cart and you're set!

This is what I do.
I remember the pics kept coming out all glitched and I couldn't figure out why.
Turns out the camera was at a weird angle or something when I would backup the sav.
I did it in a GBA instead (more room) and they came out great.

Re: easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-23T01:51:30Z

Before I got a Transferer, my method was basically to boot the camera in a Super Game Boy, then take a screenshot with a USB video capturer and crop it in MS Paint. The Transferer is much nicer.

Re: easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-23T01:32:50Z

Kris k wrote:

backup the save from your game boy camera onto a mega memory cart, then "restore" that from the mega memory to a usb cart. pull the save off the usb cart and you're set!

damn! great idea!

mega memory are relatively cheap and easy to find at mercadolivre.com (brazilian shitty ebay-like site). I'll keep an eye on it.

thanks for the tip man!

Re: easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-22T15:30:04Z

Kris k wrote:

backup the save from your game boy camera onto a mega memory cart, then "restore" that from the mega memory to a usb cart. pull the save off the usb cart and you're set!

Ah, yeah! That's way better.

Re: easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-22T15:26:46Z

backup the save from your game boy camera onto a mega memory cart, then "restore" that from the mega memory to a usb cart. pull the save off the usb cart and you're set!

Re: easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-22T15:16:31Z

Nex did a project that used two cart connectors and a usb cart as a "transferer" ...

Re: easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-22T15:06:29Z

Thanks man. I googled this: http://www.smartboy.ugu.pl/

But it doesn't seem too reliable. You can't even know if it's on sale or not, and the forum link is broken.

Is there other way out?

Re: easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-21T20:29:32Z

Any of the usb cart readers aroud should work to dump the save.

easiest (and cheapest) way to dump game boy camera pics on a PC?

2010-09-21T19:51:33Z

I used to dump my gbc pics on my PC when I had one of those awful transferers that connects thru the printer serial port. That thing never worked again. Now I want to do some new pics but I don't wanna go through that path again. Are there other options for dumping the gbc contents on the PC, preferably via usb?

Thanks !