<s>
The	O
GP32	B-Device
(	O
GamePark	B-Device
32	I-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
South	O
Korean	O
company	O
Game	O
Park	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GP32	B-Device
was	O
shown	O
at	O
E3	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
overall	O
design	O
is	O
not	O
unlike	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GP32	B-Device
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
133MHz	O
ARM	B-Architecture
9	I-Architecture
CPU	B-General_Concept
and	O
8MB	O
of	O
SDRAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
handheld	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
systems	O
,	O
which	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
proprietary	O
cartridge-based	O
,	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
uses	O
SmartMedia	B-Operating_System
cards	I-Operating_System
(	O
SMC	O
)	O
for	O
storing	O
programs	O
and	O
data	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
accessible	O
for	O
amateur	O
developers	O
as	O
no	O
further	O
development	O
hardware	O
is	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
1.1	I-Protocol
port	O
for	O
connection	O
with	O
a	O
host	O
computer	O
,	O
a	O
serial	O
expansion	O
port	O
,	O
a	O
3.3V	O
power	O
adapter	O
input	O
,	O
a	O
headphone	O
connector	O
and	O
a	O
rear	O
compartment	O
that	O
holds	O
two	O
AA-sized	O
batteries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
GP32	B-Device
was	O
the	O
no-light	O
unit	O
(	O
NLU	O
)	O
which	O
relied	O
on	O
an	O
external	O
light	O
source	O
to	O
view	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2002	O
,	O
Game	O
Park	O
introduced	O
the	O
frontlight	B-Device
unit	O
(	O
FLU	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
factory-modified	O
(	O
by	O
Hahotech	O
)	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
NLU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
front	O
light	O
could	O
be	O
turned	O
off	O
with	O
a	O
switch	O
mounted	O
on	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
case	O
(	O
to	O
save	O
battery	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GP32	B-Device
FLU	O
's	O
name	O
was	O
derived	O
from	O
a	O
sticker	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
packaging	O
differentiating	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
standard	O
non-light	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BLU	O
models	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
slightly	O
different	O
USB	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
connector	O
and	O
better	O
quality	O
micro	O
switches	O
for	O
the	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
backlit	O
GP32	B-Device
(	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
)	O
was	O
given	O
the	O
name	O
BLU+	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
backlit	O
unit	O
featured	O
a	O
different	O
LCD	O
display	O
(	O
Taiwanese	O
manufactured	O
instead	O
of	O
Samsung	B-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
some	O
compatibility	O
problems	O
with	O
certain	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
problems	O
such	O
as	O
white	O
lines	O
across	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
backlit	O
GP32	B-Device
's	O
were	O
commercially	O
named	O
"	O
BLU	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Game	O
Park	O
firmware	B-Application
had	O
three	O
main	O
functions	O
:	O
to	O
launch	O
applications	O
,	O
provide	O
a	O
means	O
of	O
linking	O
to	O
a	O
host	O
computer	O
and	O
play	O
music	O
in	O
MP3	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Game	O
Park	O
firmware	B-Application
removed	O
the	O
MP3	B-Application
music	I-Application
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Park	O
planned	O
their	O
system	O
to	O
be	O
powerful	O
and	O
useful	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
also	O
wanted	O
users	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
create	O
homebrew	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GP32	B-Device
users	O
could	O
register	O
the	O
unit	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
website	O
and	O
get	O
a	O
free	O
suite	O
of	O
development	O
tools	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Park	O
also	O
allowed	O
(	O
under	O
certain	O
restrictions	O
)	O
the	O
publishing	O
of	O
such	O
homebrew	B-Application
games	O
on	O
their	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GP32	B-Device
's	O
original	O
firmware	B-Application
only	O
supported	O
running	O
encrypted	O
games	O
and	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternative	O
firmware	B-Application
removed	O
the	O
necessity	O
of	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
Free	O
Launcher	O
"	O
software	O
and	O
provided	O
many	O
extra	O
functions	O
that	O
were	O
lacking	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
firmware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
this	O
strategy	O
,	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
was	O
the	O
host	O
of	O
multiple	O
homebrew	B-Application
applications	O
and	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
various	O
applications	O
made	O
for	O
it	O
ranged	O
from	O
alternative	O
firmware	B-Application
,	O
file	O
managers	O
,	O
games	O
,	O
emulators	O
,	O
game	O
generators	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
)	O
,	O
a	O
DivX	B-Application
player	O
and	O
image	O
slideshows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercial	O
games	O
could	O
be	O
acquired	O
via	O
internet	O
download	O
(	O
encrypted	O
to	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
's	O
ID	O
)	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
retail	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
retail	O
boxes	O
contained	O
SmartMedia	B-Operating_System
Cards	I-Operating_System
with	O
the	O
games	O
which	O
were	O
encrypted	O
to	O
run	O
only	O
from	O
these	O
cards	O
(	O
SMC	O
ID	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
could	O
alternatively	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
a	O
Korean	O
portal	O
after	O
submitting	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
's	O
ID	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
then	O
encrypted	O
to	O
run	O
only	O
on	O
that	O
GP32	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
commercial	O
GP32	B-Device
games	O
could	O
be	O
bought	O
in	O
two	O
ways	O
:	O
boxed	O
or	O
downloaded	O
through	O
the	O
internet	O
through	O
Gamepark	O
's	O
online	O
JoyGP	O
store	O
(	O
typically	O
for	O
a	O
much	O
lower	O
price	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
official	O
games	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
system	O
is	O
limited	O
,	O
many	O
open	O
source/free	O
software	O
developers	O
worked	O
on	O
various	O
emulators	O
and	O
ported	O
PC	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Park	O
did	O
not	O
ask	O
any	O
royalties	O
to	O
release	O
games	O
for	O
its	O
device	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
small	O
editors	O
or	O
independent	O
developers	O
to	O
release	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modification	O
of	O
Ericsson	O
Chatboard	O
micro-keyboards	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
system	O
has	O
seen	O
a	O
new	O
flourish	O
of	O
software	O
development	O
,	O
including	O
countless	O
attempts	O
at	O
ports	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
keyboard	O
support	O
being	O
added	O
to	O
many	O
emulators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GP32	B-Device
's	O
relatively	O
powerful	O
ARM	O
920T	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
and	O
freely	O
available	O
'	O
C'-based	O
SDK	O
have	O
allowed	O
many	O
emulators	O
to	O
be	O
specifically	O
developed	O
or	O
ported	O
from	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emulated	O
systems	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
include	O
16-bit	O
era	O
and	O
earlier	O
console	O
and	O
computer	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
emulators	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
experience	O
a	O
large	O
variety	O
of	O
games	O
on	O
their	O
GP32	B-Device
system	O
,	O
largely	O
compensating	O
for	O
the	O
relatively	O
small	O
library	O
of	O
commercially	O
available	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
Windows-based	O
GP32	B-Device
emulator	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
run	O
GP32	B-Device
software	O
on	O
a	O
Windows-based	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
an	O
initial	O
European	O
release	O
was	O
abandoned	O
,	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
BLU	O
model	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
three	O
European	O
markets	O
,	O
including	O
Portugal	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
and	O
Italy	O
,	O
being	O
distributed	O
by	O
Virgin	O
Play	O
on	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
price	O
point	O
of	O
€199	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
is	O
no	O
longer	O
in	O
production	O
,	O
the	O
console	O
can	O
commonly	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
eBay	O
,	O
forums	O
,	O
or	O
other	O
used	O
video	O
game	O
vendors	O
or	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
GP32	B-Device
not	O
being	O
released	O
worldwide	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
large	O
international	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
and	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimensions	O
Weight	O
Display	O
TFT	O
,	O
16-bit	O
colour	O
,	O
320	O
×	O
240	O
pixels	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
Samsung	B-Application
S3C2400X01	B-Application
(	O
ARM920T	O
core	O
)	O
,	O
20	O
(	O
and	O
under	O
)	O
to	O
133	O
MHz	O
(	O
overclockable	O
to	O
166	O
MHz+	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overclocking	O
ability	O
is	O
random	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
all	O
GP32s	B-Device
are	O
supposed	O
to	O
reach	O
133	O
MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RAM	B-Architecture
8	O
MB	O
SDRAM	B-Architecture
(	O
16-bit	O
wide	O
)	O
ROM	O
512	O
KB	O
(	O
8-bit	O
wide	O
)	O
Sound	O
44.1	O
kHz	O
16-bit	O
stereo	O
soundfour-channels	O
and	O
up	O
software	O
WAV	O
mixing	O
(	O
it	O
is	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
coder	O
,	O
but	O
four-channel	O
is	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
official	O
SDK	O
)	O
16-part	O
polyphonic	O
software	O
MIDI	O
(	O
in	O
official	O
SDK	O
)	O
earphone	O
portstereo	O
speakers	O
Storage	O
SmartMedia	B-Operating_System
2	O
–	O
128	O
MB	O
3.3v	O
Power	O
Supply	O
2	O
×	O
AA	O
batteries	O
or	O
3-V	O
DC	O
adapter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GP2X	B-Device
-	O
dual-CPU	O
unit	O
produced	O
by	O
new	O
company	O
GamePark	O
Holdings	O
.	O
</s>
