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Barcode Boy 1

Barcode Boy and the Monster Maker Game Pak

The Barcode Boy is a Game Boy peripheral developed by Namco and released only in Japan in December 1992. It attaches to the Game Boy and is used to scan or swipe barcodes, similar to the e-Reader.

Games such as Monster Maker: Barcode Saga were designed to be used specifically with the Barcode Boy. Scanning the game cards would give the player the ability to customize characters and battle opponents via a link cable.

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Barcode Boy attached to a Game Boy

Other barcodes found on actual store-bought merchandise could be scanned as well, giving the player different features in the games.

The Barcode Boy was featured in an article in Nintendo Power V56 in 1994.


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