Game Park is dead, long live Game Park Holdings

by Christopher Grant { Mar 19th 2007 at 8:26PM }

When Game Park, creators of the GP32, split into Game Park and Game Park Holdings we all knew it would be a fight to the death. The market for niche portable gaming handhelds built by South Korean companies with the words "game" and "park" in their title is only so large, y'know? Something had to give. About one year after we brought you news of Game Park's GP32 successors, the XGP and XGP Mini, and just six months after showing off their sure-to-be-a-hit XGP kids handheld, Game Park has filed for bankruptcy.

Want to check out what Game Park was all about at their official website? Too bad. It redirects to a shoe site now. The bloody Game Park console wars of 2006 are over; those of you who watched with eager anticipation, cheering on either Game Park or Game Park Holdings, can now begin the long and painful healing process. You can start by checking out Game Park Holding's GP2X: it's South Korean, has "game" and "park" in the title, and even has the letters X, G, and P in its handheld name. We think everything's gonna be okay after all ...

[Via PSP Fanboy]

Tags: Gamepark, XGp

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Zachary Hinchliffe @ Mar 19th 2007 8:40PM

XGP was a locked-down PSP-ish system.

GP2X was PSP-ish, but was completely open source, with no homebrew limitations.

I think we know the winner here.

n64rulz @ Mar 19th 2007 8:54PM

Wha-a-a?? South Park is dead?? Kenny!-speak to me!!

required @ Mar 19th 2007 8:55PM

The system looks like it was similar to the standard GameBoyAdvance with its mini like the micro.

NeverSage @ Mar 19th 2007 9:04PM

And the DS breathes a sigh of relief...

scepia @ Mar 19th 2007 9:06PM

Don't give up hope, Game Park! The GBA outsold a 3.2 GHz console last month!

Diskoboy @ Mar 19th 2007 9:07PM

Honestly... Who didn't see this one coming?

and I couldnt save my game @ Mar 19th 2007 9:47PM

"Extreme" Game Player? Seriously?

Ryan @ Mar 19th 2007 10:36PM

They almost had it but I heard it all came down to the investors being very disappointed with them at E3.

They did not even show a working model.

http://www.gp2xtorrents.com

Genoboost @ Mar 19th 2007 11:11PM

Lucky me, I went with the awesome GP2X. =]

shinneri @ Mar 19th 2007 11:32PM

NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!

Gamepark is not necessarily dead, and the GPKiDS is still set for release. CEO of Gamepark just commented on GP32x (http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=35965&st=0&p=513336&#entry513336) stating:

"Gamepark is working with the Korea’s company (sorry I can’t mention the name of company) about Flash GUI solution on GP KiDS.
Besides that company want to be more powerful GP KiDS, he is under discuss with mobile flash contents development company in Europe and that is tail at the end.
We will pack the GP KiDS as junior PMP device.
You’ll see the GP KiDS movie and check the great change soon.

Woosuk Lee"

shinneri @ Mar 19th 2007 11:41PM

Also should mention that ACCURATE information on all the Gamepark consoles can be found at http://gpnewbie.com/.

t_m @ Mar 20th 2007 10:31AM

i used to have a gp32 and it was excellent.. though it was never a commercially viable mainstream product..

There were a few official games for purchase.. but no one ever did.. it was essentially an open source homebrew and emulation machine. ANd at that it was great.

I'd suspect that you can probably o everythign you could on a gp32 on a modded PSP.. but its standard resolution screen was a great advantage over homebrew on the DS..

My favorite game on it was Day f the Tentacle.. which looked and sounded great on a small screen.. and worked through scummVM. Shame it didn't have stylus control though.

I used to run Doom, NES, SNES, GBA and SCUMM games on it and it rocked. Plus it was sweet at playing videos (before the PSP came around).