Hardware Mode
Insert the Game Boy Camera in your GB Operator, connected to your phone via USB-C. No emulation involved here, Flashback reads the Camera’s 1998 sensor directly.
Items: Phone, GB Operator, Game Boy Camera
Flashback
Go back to the 90s, when portraits were pixelated and summer lasted forever.
Connect the Game Boy Camera to your GB Operator, open Flashback on your phone and shoot! Every frame the original 1998 sensor sees is displayed on your screen instantly. No Operator? No cartridge? No problem! Software Mode recreates the whole thing, no extra hardware needed.
iOS · iPadOS · Android v1.1.0 What’s New
You see what the sensor sees. Live.
Flashback reads the Mitsubishi M64282FP straight off the cartridge and shows each frame as it arrives, with the sensor’s own tech underneath.
- Viewfinder
- 128 × 112, four shades of grey, live.
- Photo settings
- Set these to your own taste, or use Auto Mode.
- Last shot
- Most recent photo, stored in your phone’s gallery.
- App settings
- Switch between modes, or enable haptics.
- Lens and sensor
- 1:2.0 · 1.2 mm · Mitsubishi M64282FP
- Palette
- Choose from a variety of colors, always in four shades.
- Photo or video
- Switch from shooting stills to recording video.
Yes, two ways about it.
Either use the Game Boy Camera’s real sensor (Hardware Mode), or your smartphone’s camera instead (Software Mode).
Software Mode
Don’t feel like carrying the whole setup? Software Mode recreates the Game Boy Camera’s processing on your phone’s camera. Same 128 × 112 grid, same dithering, four greys and all. One tap away, at any time.
Items: Phone
Go beyond the grey.
We created these 32 palettes to capture the world in vivid colors. Enable Software Mode and choose your favorite to see it change on the spot.
Fastest way to time travel.
Get a taste of life back in the 90s, when the Game Boy Camera craze first started. If you still have yours, all that’s missing now is the GB Operator. Order it and, while you’re there, why not check out all the other cool things it can do?
Get GB OperatorSystem Requirements
iOS & iPadOS
- OS
- iOS 17.2 or later
- Device
- iPhone or iPad
- Connection
- USB-C
- Hardware Mode
- Operator + Game Boy Camera
Android
- OS
- Android 8.0 or later
- Device
- USB-C phone or tablet (USB host)
- Connection
- USB-C
- Hardware Mode
- Operator + Game Boy Camera
Software Mode runs on your phone's own camera and needs no extra hardware. For Hardware Mode, connect a GB Operator with a Game Boy Camera cartridge to your phone or tablet over USB-C, and Flashback finds it on its own. No pairing required.
Version History
Flashback is distributed through the App Store and Google Play. Updates are delivered automatically through your platform's store.
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Hardware Mode requires an Epilogue GB Operator, a Game Boy Camera cartridge and a USB-C phone or tablet. Software Mode uses your device camera and needs no additional hardware.
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