The XGP (Extreme Game Player) was a concept portable

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system created by the Korean company

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as the follow-up to its

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handheld. Initially announced in 2005, the XGP was finally announced in March 2006 along with the release of the similar XGP Mini and the XGP Kids. The company went bankrupt before releasing any of the models. The XGP was scheduled to be released in three models: the XGP, the XGPmini and the XGP Kids. GamePark said that it did not wish to compete with

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and Nintendo with the device. The XGP Kids was aimed towards children and therefore had a significantly lower price point. It was designed to run simpler games tailored to an audience besides 'hardcore gamers'. While the GP32 was only available in select markets—Korea and parts of Europe and Asia—or had to be imported, the XGP was expected to be marketed worldwide Since Gamepark declared bankruptcy in March 2007, the XGP went unreleased. This left

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—created by splinter company

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—as the only successor to the

to make it to market.

Models

GamePark was planning on releasing three models of the XGP; the high-end XGP, the middle-range XGP mini, and the low-end XGP Kids.

XGP

The XGP system was to focus on

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able commercial games, as well as on free homebrew content. The ability to use

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on was officially announced, as well as

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and

Gamepark Game Park was a South Korean company that was founded in 1996 and went bankrupt in March 2007. It is responsible for creating the GP32 and the never-released XGP. GamePark Holdings was founded by former employees of Game Park in 2005. Foundati ...

's own minimalistic operating system GPOS. The system was designed for multimedia content such as

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s, and the mobile

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standard T-DMB. It may feature a 4" 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio screen with a

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of 480 x 272. Specifications * Based on the MagicEyes VRENDER-3D System-on-a-Chip (SoC) * Screen: 480x272, 1.6 million colors, 4 inch TFT LCD, Widescreen (16:10) aspect ratio * Main CPU: ARM920T advertised as 266 MHz (actual VRENDER-3D SoC contains a 200 MHz ARM920T) * OS: Updated GPOS,

, and possibly a WindowsCE "option" as well. * Graphics Accelerator: 1.5 million polygons per second (

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supported) *Sound: 64Polys 44.1 kHz, 16 bit stereo sound *Network:

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- 802.11 b/g,

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*NAND Flash Memory: 64 MB *RAM: 64MB DDR SDRAM (128MB at release time was rumored) *Storage:

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*Battery: Built-in Rechargeable

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*Other Features: TV-Out, USB 2.0, open sdk *Customer Target Price: $300

XGP Mini

The XGP Mini's specifications are similar to the XGP's, but the device was much smaller than the XGP—much like the

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as compared to the

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. In contrast to the XGP, it featured no wireless connectivity and half the

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at 32MB. Specifications *Based on the MagicEyes VRENDER-3D System-on-a-Chip (SoC) *Screen: 2.2" 320*240, 256k colors, 4:3 Aspect Ratio. *Main CPU: ARM920T Advertised as 266 MHz (Actual VRENDER-3D SoC contains a 200 MHz ARM920T) *OS: GPOS *Graphics Accelerator: 1.5 million polygons per second (

supported) *Sound: 64Polys 44.1 kHz, 16 bit Stereo sound *NAND Flash Memory: 64 MB *RAM: 32MB DDR SDRAM (Rumored to be 96MB at launch) *Storage:

*Battery: Built-in Rechargeable

*Other Features: USB 2.0, open SDK *Customer Target Price: $150

XGP Kids

The XGP Kids was technically similar to the GP32. The two consoles' specifications differ in screen size and resolution, available memory (Kids adds 2MB NOR Flash memory), processor type, and storage. These differences would prevent the console from being backwards compatible with the GP32, although GP32 software could be reprogrammed to work on the XGP Kids. The device was intended to be relatively inexpensive and to give a chance to those who missed out on the GP32's limited production run to get something very much like a BLU+. The XGP Kids, like the XGP Mini, will have a smaller screen (at only ) than the XGP and GP32. Specifications *Screen: 2.2" 220x176 LCD, 65k colors, 4:3. *Main CPU:

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140 MHz *OS: GPOS *Sound: 16 bit Stereo sound, 64Polys 44.1 kHz *Storage: 2MB NOR Flash,

*RAM: 8MB DDR SDRAM *Battery: 2 AA Batteries *Other Features: USB 1.1, open SDK *Customer Target Price: $75

References

Official GamePark product page for the XGPDigital World Tokyo: E3 '06: Game Park XGP aiming high

External links

GP32X
- English community news and forums for all Gamepark handhelds
GP32Spain
- Spanish news and community website
GP32Club
- French news and community website
Gamepark Newbie
- FAQs, guides, and information about the XGP consoles as well as GP32 and GP2X.
gp2x.info , gp2x and xgp forums
- Info, news and development forums.
XgpGaming
- Gaming, Info and Review Website {{Handheld game consoles Seventh-generation video game consoles Handheld game consoles Game Park Vaporware game consoles ARM-based video game consoles

Models

XGP

XGP Mini

XGP Kids

See also

References

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