gpSP is a Game Boy Advance emulator core for RetroArch, built on notaz' fork of gpSP with additional codebase improvements. The core is authored by Exophase according to the official RetroArch documentation. This guide summarizes what that documentation states about the core's capabilities; it is a source summary rather than a hands-on tested walkthrough.

Background

The documentation describes gpSP as a Game Boy Advance emulator based on notaz' fork of gpSP, extended with further codebase improvements, and credits Exophase as its author.

Documented Feature Support

The official documentation includes a feature support table for the core. It marks several RetroArch features as supported, including restart, screenshots, saves, save states, rewind, netplay, memory monitoring for achievements, RetroArch cheats, controls and remapping, and rumble.

The same table marks a number of features as unsupported: core options, RetroArch SaveRAM Autosave Interval support, native cheats, multi-mouse, sensors, camera, location, subsystem, softpatching, disk control, username, language, crop overscan, and LEDs.

Reference

The information in this guide is drawn from the official RetroArch library documentation page for the gpSP core.

Reference table · Scroll horizontally to see all columns.

FeatureDocumented support
RestartSupported
ScreenshotsSupported
SavesSupported
StatesSupported
RewindSupported
NetplaySupported
Core OptionsNot supported
Memory Monitoring (achievements)Supported
RetroArch CheatsSupported
RetroArch SaveRAM Autosave Interval supportNot supported
Native CheatsNot supported
ControlsSupported
RemappingSupported
Multi-MouseNot supported
RumbleSupported
SensorsNot supported
CameraNot supported
LocationNot supported
SubsystemNot supported
SoftpatchingNot supported
Disk ControlNot supported
UsernameNot supported
LanguageNot supported
Crop OverscanNot supported
LEDsNot supported
Evidence and publication details

Sources & references

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RetroArch: gpsp — official gaming software documentation https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/docs/master/docs/library/gpsp.mdRetrieved Oct 25, 2026

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