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.
| Feature | Documented support |
|---|---|
| Restart | Supported |
| Screenshots | Supported |
| Saves | Supported |
| States | Supported |
| Rewind | Supported |
| Netplay | Supported |
| Core Options | Not supported |
| Memory Monitoring (achievements) | Supported |
| RetroArch Cheats | Supported |
| RetroArch SaveRAM Autosave Interval support | Not supported |
| Native Cheats | Not supported |
| Controls | Supported |
| Remapping | Supported |
| Multi-Mouse | Not supported |
| Rumble | Supported |
| Sensors | Not supported |
| Camera | Not supported |
| Location | Not supported |
| Subsystem | Not supported |
| Softpatching | Not supported |
| Disk Control | Not supported |
| Username | Not supported |
| Language | Not supported |
| Crop Overscan | Not supported |
| LEDs | Not supported |
Sources & references
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