• Retroboy 1
  • Retroboy 2
  • Retroboy 3
  • Retroboy 4

Retroboy

Retroboy provides vintage imaging technology not seen since the digital cameras and monochrome screens of the previous century. A series of real time filters implement various image processing algorithms, to emulate the graphic experience of classic hardware. This app is open source and pull requests are most welcome!
https://github.com/mikljohansson/retroboy


* 4-tone Bayer dithering as found on the Nintendo® Game Boy® Camera
* Amstrad CPC filter with 27 color palette
* PXL-2000 PixelVision filter emulating one of the first digital video cameras
* Commodore 64 filter with VIC-II 16-color palette
* Atkinson dithering filter used by the original Apple® Macintosh® OS
* Halftone dot filter as popularized by Roy Lichtenstein and the pop art movement
* Record animated GIF movies
* Scene mode setting to support for example low light exposure
* Zoom using the volume rocker
* Adjust the dynamic contrast to further enhance your photos
* Process images from your gallery by tapping the share button and selecting Retroboy
* Share your pictures through Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, MMS, E-mail or any other methods your device supports

Category : Photography

Related searches

Reviews (29)

man. Sep 26, 2019     

Great app. No ads. And it even emulates the C64's double width pixels. The only way it could be better is if there were more filters like the Apple II's double hi-res mode.

Joe. Y. Mar 1, 2020     

great simulator of these old styles. Only feature I would wish for would be a synthetic color pxl2000, by using the rgb channels breaking each out separately applying the effect to each channel as monochrome and then recombining the image back to rgb. The idea would be as if you had 3 pxls each with an r g or b filter and then combined thier output into an rgb image

Ada. V. Mar 4, 2021     

original game boy camera resolution is 128 x 112. This won't go lower than 160 x 120. Please add this feature to a future release :)

A. G. u. Feb 23, 2019     

4 1 thing it doesn't have the same features that the origenal gameboy camera had like 2 have a double face connected or 2 hands or the bubble feature none of that kinda stuff.

Nuc. R. Jul 29, 2020     

Loved the effects, sadly, it wasn't updated in a long time.

Don. C. A. Apr 7, 2021     

Crashes on launch. Emui 11 (android 10)

Get. N. Jun 26, 2021     

Thank you for making this so that I can take pictures like this without worrying about the stupid scary faces of the original game

Kat. K. Nov 10, 2019     

How k and white only the other color options are still black and white

C. l. Mar 3, 2019     

It's not greedy for money at all!

Dar. L. Jan 18, 2018     

This is wonderful. The only bugs are crashes from extended video in higher resolution in some devices, and implementing h.264/.mp4 exporting as well as .gif would be more awesomeness! Thanks developers ☺

Nic. J. Nov 4, 2015     

Fast and easy to use and understand. I would like some sounds though :) Like a shutter sound and the ability to record in 8-bit.

Iva. R. Jul 5, 2016     

Now I want more filters, your ideas are awesome :)

dav. a. Sep 13, 2017     

Lots of fun. Simple. Not complex or hard to use. Eventually more filters/features would be fun.

Ken. H. Aug 14, 2016     

Brings back my memories of growing up with the original game boy.

Way. V. Jul 5, 2016     

Love these filters. Really reminds me of graphics from back in the day.

Aap. S. Dec 20, 2014     

thanks for the detailed and up-to-date changelog 👍

Ric. G. Sep 3, 2016     

Love it!

lol. x. Mar 28, 2017     

The redditors are incoming.

Jar. P. Sep 20, 2014     

Definitely the best retro camera app out there.

Eri. V. D. Jan 12, 2014     

I had this on my iPod touch 4th gen, and I'm glad I got something that compares and surpasses it since I got 13 megapixels on my Note 3! Love the GameBoy style camera :)

Mic. S. Dec 13, 2013     

I used to love the old Gameboy camera and this app brings back so many memories. Thanks!

Lew. G. Sep 6, 2013     

I was looking for a Gameboy Camera and immediately purchased this app. To my surprise, there's plenty of more fun filters to goose from! And you can even edit an image you already have saved as well, which is awesome. Hope to see plenty of more filters, I'll definitely support and spread the word of this awesome app!

A. G. u. Sep 17, 2013     

Doesn't work on galaxy s3. Uninstall and refund.

Ala. W. Feb 17, 2013     

I think the app could do with the gameboy camera style borders. I'd love to see this become even more authentic looking! I have some influencial friends who would spread this like wildfire if it took pictures that came out exactly as they did on the gameboy camera (similar to 8bit pocket camera on the crappstore)

Ton. C. Feb 20, 2013     

Awesome. Very fun and cool. Has many customizable options too. You can make the pics really look like the real thing or change the resolution and get clearer pics with fantastic effects. Well worth the money. App rocks. I have jelly bean 4.1.1 with a quad core.

A. G. u. Dec 12, 2012     

Hell yeah, an Amstrad CPC effect! The rest of them are very nice as well, really lovely app...

A. G. u. Sep 10, 2012     

a great application to take some really nice photos with. several sized, several filters and a really good live-view functionality that most camera programs are missing. hope to see some new filters soon!

J. S. Oct 30, 2016     

It's ok but nothing too exciting and about it. Nothing that catches my eye in what it does 😕😕😕😕😕

Mou. A. Aug 23, 2018     

Can't open it,