GP32

Anyone who saw the link in the video game section will already know what a GP32 is, if you didn't, I thought I'd write a short article about it.

The GP32 is a Game Boy Advance style handheld, except that it's more like a PC than a console. It uses Smart Media cards for storage and can be used to listen to MP3s, watch DivX movies, and play all manner of free games available for download off the internet. (The GP32 can emulate almost any console up to the SNES, including the GBA!)

A GP32 running 'Sonic 2' for the Sega Master System.

Top: NeoGeo Pocket Middle: GP32 Bottom: GBA Right: GBA SP	Top: GBA SP screen Bottom: GP32 backlit version screen

As you can see from the pictures above, the GP32 is barely larger than a GBA but the screen is quite a lot larger. And you can see below that the GP32 screen is much higher resolution.

Left: Doom GP32 Right: Doom GBA

It runs on a Linux based Operating System but there is a Windows style OS available. The screen on the GP32 is huge and has a high resolution, this means that all the commercial games created for it are high rez and incredibly detailed.

Links

GP32 Review

This is a much larger GP32 review than mine, it also contains a bunch of cool links to GP32 related stuff.

 GBAX.com

Here you can buy the GP32 console accessories.