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Improved 3 web-link citations. Changed Pocket Sonar's ref link back to normal tag. GBE+ now supports near-full IR emulation (with link).
====IR Transmitter====
The Game Boy Color had an infrared transmitter and receiver. Generation II Pokémon games made use of this feature through Mystery Gift. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe could send high scores to another cartridge. GBE+ has had [https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art4.html basic IR emulation] back in July 2016 but currently it then only works worked with Pokémon games. Now, as of [https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art11.html April 2018], it has full IR emulation for most IR-enabled games (Hudson Soft's HuC-1's IR capabilities need to be emulated for Japanese ''Pokémon TCG'').
====Game Boy Camera====
The first emulator to have some capability of emulating the Game Boy Camera was a modified version of an old emulator called Hash. This version, named Hashcam, can still be found on the author's website. While there were some efforts to run the Game Boy Camera ROM in BGB unofficially, the author didn't show much interest in it. However, it is fully emulated with webcam support in a lesser-known emulator called GiiBiiAdvance.
The latest dev builds of mGBA post 0.6.0 release can emulate the accessory by either using the PC's webcam or send a BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, or other image format to the game, as if it was coming from the camera itself.<refname="mGBA_Cam">[{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/mGBA_emu/status/890954205472501762]|title=Game Boy Camera in mGBA dev builds|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=2018-08-10|date=2017-07-28}}</ref> To enable the PC webcam, go to <code>Game Boy</code> under <code>settings</code> and switch the <code>camera driver</code> to <code>Qt Multimedia</code>, or by editing <code>qt.ini</code> and setting <code>cameraDriver=1</code> under <code>[General]</code>.
====Tilt sensor====
====Game Boy Pocket Sonar====
Japan only cartridge released by Bandai. It is a sonar-enabled device used for fishing with a fishing game included. Only GBE+ supports this feature.<ref name="shonumi_PS">{{cite web|url=[https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art13.html|title=Edge of Emulation: Pocket Sonar|publisher=githubsupports] this feature.io|accessdate=2018-08-10|date=2018-07-30}}</ref>
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====Singer Sewing Machine====
There is link cable support for the Singer IZEK Digital Sewing Machine. The IZEK was unique in that it came bundled with a specially coloured Game Boy and a cartridge for interfacing with the machine.<refname="IZEK_1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlhJKMXU7tg&t=5m25s|title=Game Boy Part 2 - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Jake of Vsauce3|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=2018-08-10|date=2014-05-24}}</ref><refname="IZEK_2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Epj2_eJdA|title=Singer IZEK Digital Sewing Machine - Gameboy Color Controller (GameBoy Color) Review|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=2018-08-10|date=2014-06-24}}</ref> No emulator supports this, mostly due to the IZEK being a rare item, along with the complexity of implementing a [https://hackaday.com/2015/01/07/arduino-controlled-sewing-machine-increases-stitch-options/ similarly automated sewing machine].
====Hudsonsoft KISS Link====
