- GamePark Holdings
GamePark Holdings is a South Korean company responsible for creating the
GP2X that was founded by former employees of the game makerGamePark in 2005.History
Several years after the release of the
GP32 , its makerGamePark began to design their next handheld. A disagreement within the company about the general direction of this system prompted many of the staff (including the majority of engineers) to leave and create their own company, GamePark Holdings, to create, produce and market a 2D handheld system that they saw as the evolution of the GP32. In contrast, GamePark began developing theXGP , a 3D system similar to thePlayStation Portable . The XGP was never released and in March 2007, the old company filed for bankruptcy.The name of the 2D console was conceived as the GPX2. Eventually, GPH would run into difficulty with it due to a possible trademark violation with the name of a Japanese printer, the GPX, being considered too similar. Potential confusion with a "second generation printer" needed to be avoided, so a contest for a new name was announced on August 3rd, 2005. Around 1500 names were submitted by the deadline of the 15th day, but trademark issues hindered the registration of the fifteen selected names. Eventually, GamePark Holdings simply decided to swap some letters and name their handheld
GP2X , finding it an available trademark.By the time it was discontinued in August 2008, 60,000 GP2X units had been sold. In November 2008, the
GP2X Wiz will be released, successor to the GP2X.External links
* [http://gp2x.com/company/company.asp?part=00 GamePark Holdings]
* [http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/GamePark_Holdings About GamePark Holdings]
* [http://gp32x.com/ gp32x] - GP32 and GP2X boards with active user and developer community
* [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=20717 GP2X FAQ] - an excellent up-to-date FAQ covering everything about the GP2X
* [http://wiki.gp2x.org wiki.GP2X.org] - The GP2X Wiki
* [http://gpnewbie.com/ Gamepark Newbie] - Another excellent up-to-date FAQ, Also includes info about its predecessor the GP32
* [http://www.gp2x.info/ gp2x.info] - - news and forums (English and Dutch)
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