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GamePark Holdings is a Korean company responsible for creating the GP2X that was founded by former employees of the game maker GamePark.

Several years after the release of the GP32, its maker GamePark 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 developed the XGP, a 3D system similar to the PlayStation Portable.

The name of the 2D console was conceived 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.

• GamePark Holdings
• About GamePark Holdings
• www.GP2Xdev.org - the only dedicated development portal for the GP2X
• gp32x - GP32 and GP2X boards with active user and developer community
• GP2X FAQ - an excellent up-to-date FAQ covering everything about the GP2X
• wiki.GP2X.org - The GP2X Wiki
• Gamepark Newbie - Another excellent up-to-date FAQ, Also includes info about its predecessor the GP32
• gp2x.info - - news and forums (English and Dutch)

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