diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca66112..73d26e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
@@ -275,6 +275,14 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "letsplay_gpu"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "gl",
+ "gl_generator",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.155"
@@ -445,7 +453,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "libloading",
  "libretro-sys",
- "rgb565",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "toml",
@@ -460,19 +467,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "clap",
  "gl",
- "gl_generator",
+ "letsplay_gpu",
  "libvnc-sys",
  "retro_frontend",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rgb565"
-version = "0.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6d43e85498d0bb728f77a88b4313eaf4ed21673f3f8a05c36e835cf6c9c0d066"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
 version = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8ca25ba..eaaa1ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = [
 	"crates/*"
 ]
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+gl = "0.14.0"
+gl_generator = "0.14.0"
+thiserror = "1.0.61"
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_gpu/Cargo.toml b/crates/letsplay_gpu/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e9e533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/letsplay_gpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "letsplay_gpu"
+description = "GPU helpers and bindings for Let's Play"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+gl.workspace = true
+
+[build-dependencies]
+gl_generator.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_gpu/README.md b/crates/letsplay_gpu/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9b203c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/letsplay_gpu/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# `letsplay_gpu`
+
+Shared helpers for Let's Play GPU stuff.
+
+- EGL bindings
+- GL FBO helpers
+- ...
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_gpu/build.rs b/crates/letsplay_gpu/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4ca03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/letsplay_gpu/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use gl_generator::{Api, Fallbacks, Profile, Registry, StaticGenerator};
+use std::env;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+fn main() {
+	// EGL
+
+	let dest = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+	let mut file = File::create(&Path::new(&dest).join("egl_bindings.rs")).unwrap();
+
+	Registry::new(
+		Api::Egl,
+		(1, 5),
+		Profile::Core,
+		Fallbacks::All,
+		[
+			"EGL_EXT_platform_base",
+			"EGL_EXT_device_base",
+			// This allows getting OpenGL APIs via eglGetProcAddress()
+			"EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses",
+			"EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses",
+			"EGL_EXT_platform_device",
+		],
+	)
+	.write_bindings(StaticGenerator, &mut file)
+	.unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_gpu/src/gl_framebuffer.rs b/crates/letsplay_gpu/src/gl_framebuffer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef9653a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/letsplay_gpu/src/gl_framebuffer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+use std::ffi;
+use std::ptr::{addr_of_mut, null};
+
+/// Helper wrapper over a OpenGL Frame Buffer Object (FBO) that creates and completes it via the other required
+/// OpenGL objects. Useful for render-to-texture or other scenarios.
+pub struct GlFramebuffer {
+	// OpenGL object IDs
+	texture_id: gl::types::GLuint,
+	renderbuffer_id: gl::types::GLuint,
+	fbo_id: gl::types::GLuint,
+}
+
+pub struct BindGuard {}
+
+impl BindGuard {
+	fn new(fbo_id: gl::types::GLuint) -> Self {
+		unsafe {
+			gl::BindFramebuffer(gl::FRAMEBUFFER, fbo_id);
+		}
+		Self {}
+	}
+}
+
+impl Drop for BindGuard {
+	fn drop(&mut self) {
+		unsafe {
+			gl::BindFramebuffer(gl::FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl GlFramebuffer {
+	pub fn new() -> Self {
+		Self {
+			fbo_id: 0,
+			texture_id: 0,
+			renderbuffer_id: 0,
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// Destroys this framebuffer.
+	///
+	/// All OpenGL FBO resources (the FBO itself, the render texture, and the renderbuffer used for depth) are deleted by this call.
+	pub fn destroy(&mut self) {
+		unsafe {
+			gl::DeleteFramebuffers(1, addr_of_mut!(self.fbo_id));
+			self.fbo_id = 0;
+
+			gl::DeleteTextures(1, addr_of_mut!(self.texture_id));
+			self.texture_id = 0;
+
+			gl::DeleteRenderbuffers(1, addr_of_mut!(self.renderbuffer_id));
+			self.renderbuffer_id = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// Creates the OpenGL FBO.
+	pub fn resize(&mut self, width: u32, height: u32) {
+		unsafe {
+			if self.fbo_id != 0 {
+				self.destroy();
+			}
+
+			gl::GenTextures(1, addr_of_mut!(self.texture_id));
+			gl::BindTexture(gl::TEXTURE_2D, self.texture_id);
+
+			gl::TexImage2D(
+				gl::TEXTURE_2D,
+				0,
+				gl::RGBA8 as i32,
+				width as i32,
+				height as i32,
+				0,
+				gl::RGBA,
+				gl::UNSIGNED_BYTE,
+				null(),
+			);
+
+			gl::BindTexture(gl::TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+
+			gl::GenRenderbuffers(1, addr_of_mut!(self.renderbuffer_id));
+			gl::BindRenderbuffer(gl::RENDERBUFFER, self.renderbuffer_id);
+
+			gl::RenderbufferStorage(
+				gl::RENDERBUFFER,
+				gl::DEPTH_COMPONENT,
+				width as i32,
+				height as i32,
+			);
+
+			gl::BindRenderbuffer(gl::RENDERBUFFER, 0);
+
+			gl::GenFramebuffers(1, addr_of_mut!(self.fbo_id));
+			gl::BindFramebuffer(gl::FRAMEBUFFER, self.fbo_id);
+
+			gl::FramebufferTexture2D(
+				gl::FRAMEBUFFER,
+				gl::COLOR_ATTACHMENT0,
+				gl::TEXTURE_2D,
+				self.texture_id,
+				0,
+			);
+
+			gl::FramebufferRenderbuffer(
+				gl::FRAMEBUFFER,
+				gl::DEPTH_ATTACHMENT,
+				gl::RENDERBUFFER,
+				self.renderbuffer_id,
+			);
+
+			gl::Viewport(0, 0, width as i32, height as i32);
+
+			gl::BindFramebuffer(gl::FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn as_raw(&self) -> gl::types::GLuint {
+		self.fbo_id
+	}
+
+	/// Obtains the texture ID. This will change on resize,
+	/// and is managed by this GlFramebuffer, so don't poke around
+	/// too much with it. (readback or immutable operations in general are fine,
+	/// as well as a subset of mutable operations.)
+	pub fn texture_id(&self) -> gl::types::GLuint {
+		self.texture_id
+	}
+
+	// TODO: accessors for the render texture
+
+	/// Binds this framebuffer in the current scope.
+	pub fn bind(&self) -> BindGuard {
+		BindGuard::new(self.fbo_id)
+	}
+
+	/// Reads pixels to a CPU-side buffer. Uses glReadPixels so it probably sucks.
+	pub fn read_pixels(&self, buffer: &mut [u32], width: u32, height: u32) {
+		let _guard = self.bind();
+
+		assert_eq!(
+			buffer.len(),
+			(width * height) as usize,
+			"Provided buffer cannot hold the framebuffer"
+		);
+
+		// SAFETY: The above assertion prevents the following code from
+		// violating memory safety by appropiately asserting the invariant
+		// that we must have width * heigth pixels of space to write to.
+		unsafe {
+			gl::ReadPixels(
+				0,
+				0,
+				width as i32,
+				height as i32,
+				gl::RGBA,
+				gl::UNSIGNED_BYTE,
+				buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut ffi::c_void,
+			);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/crates/letsplay_gpu/src/lib.rs b/crates/letsplay_gpu/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..164e626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/letsplay_gpu/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+//! EGL bindings and helpers.
+
+#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+pub mod egl {
+	pub type khronos_utime_nanoseconds_t = khronos_uint64_t;
+	pub type khronos_uint64_t = u64;
+	pub type khronos_ssize_t = std::ffi::c_long;
+	pub type EGLint = i32;
+	pub type EGLNativeDisplayType = *const std::ffi::c_void;
+	pub type EGLNativePixmapType = *const std::ffi::c_void;
+	pub type EGLNativeWindowType = *const std::ffi::c_void;
+
+	pub type NativeDisplayType = EGLNativeDisplayType;
+	pub type NativePixmapType = EGLNativePixmapType;
+	pub type NativeWindowType = EGLNativeWindowType;
+
+	include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/egl_bindings.rs"));
+
+	// link EGL as a library dependency
+	#[link(name = "EGL")]
+	extern "C" {}
+}
+
+/// Helper code for making EGL easier to use.
+pub mod egl_helpers {
+	use super::egl;
+	use egl::*;
+
+	// TODO: Move these helpers to a new "helpers" module.
+
+	pub type GetPlatformDisplayExt = unsafe extern "C" fn(
+		platform: types::EGLenum,
+		native_display: *const std::ffi::c_void,
+		attrib_list: *const types::EGLint,
+	) -> types::EGLDisplay;
+
+	pub type QueryDevicesExt = unsafe extern "C" fn(
+		max_devices: self::types::EGLint,
+		devices: *mut self::types::EGLDeviceEXT,
+		devices_present: *mut EGLint,
+	) -> types::EGLBoolean;
+
+	/// Queries all available extensions on a display.
+	pub fn get_extensions(display: types::EGLDisplay) -> Vec<String> {
+		// SAFETY: eglQueryString() should never return a null pointer.
+		// If it does your video drivers are more than likely broken beyond repair.
+		unsafe {
+			let extensions_ptr = QueryString(display, EXTENSIONS as i32);
+			assert!(!extensions_ptr.is_null());
+
+			let extensions_str = std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(extensions_ptr)
+				.to_str()
+				.expect("Invalid EGL_EXTENSIONS");
+
+			extensions_str
+				.split(' ')
+				.map(|str| str.to_string())
+				.collect()
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// A helper to get a display on the EGL "Device" platform,
+	/// which allows headless rendering without any window system interface.
+	pub fn get_device_platform_display(index: usize) -> types::EGLDisplay {
+		const NR_DEVICES_MAX: usize = 16;
+		let mut devices: [types::EGLDeviceEXT; NR_DEVICES_MAX] = [std::ptr::null(); NR_DEVICES_MAX];
+
+		// This is how many devices are actually present,
+		let mut devices_present: EGLint = 0;
+
+		assert!(
+			index <= NR_DEVICES_MAX,
+			"More than {NR_DEVICES_MAX} devices are not supported right now"
+		);
+
+		unsafe {
+			// TODO: These should probbaly be using CStr like above.
+			let query_devices_ext: QueryDevicesExt =
+				std::mem::transmute(GetProcAddress(b"eglQueryDevicesEXT\0".as_ptr() as *const i8));
+			let get_platform_display_ext: GetPlatformDisplayExt = std::mem::transmute(
+				GetProcAddress(b"eglGetPlatformDisplayEXT\0".as_ptr() as *const i8),
+			);
+
+			(query_devices_ext)(
+				NR_DEVICES_MAX as i32,
+				devices.as_mut_ptr(),
+				std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(devices_present),
+			);
+
+			(get_platform_display_ext)(PLATFORM_DEVICE_EXT, devices[index], std::ptr::null())
+		}
+	}
+
+	// FIXME: Make this send and provide a (optional) wrapper which
+	// allows the context to be temporairly acquired on *one* other OS thread.
+	//
+	// This will be needed for zero-copy (or, well.. one-copy. It's still far less round trips >_<) encoding support.
+
+	/// A wrapper over a EGL Device context. Provides easy initialization and
+	/// cleanup functions.
+	pub struct DeviceContext {
+		display: types::EGLDisplay,
+		context: types::EGLContext,
+	}
+
+	impl DeviceContext {
+		pub fn new(index: usize) -> DeviceContext {
+			// FIXME: We should PROBABLY do slightly better error handling
+			let display = self::get_device_platform_display(index);
+
+			let context = unsafe {
+				const EGL_CONFIG_ATTRIBUTES: [types::EGLenum; 13] = [
+					egl::SURFACE_TYPE,
+					egl::PBUFFER_BIT,
+					egl::BLUE_SIZE,
+					8,
+					egl::RED_SIZE,
+					8,
+					egl::BLUE_SIZE,
+					8,
+					egl::DEPTH_SIZE,
+					8,
+					egl::RENDERABLE_TYPE,
+					egl::OPENGL_BIT,
+					egl::NONE,
+				];
+				let mut egl_major: egl::EGLint = 0;
+				let mut egl_minor: egl::EGLint = 0;
+
+				let mut egl_config_count: egl::EGLint = 0;
+
+				let mut config: egl::types::EGLConfig = std::ptr::null();
+
+				egl::Initialize(
+					display,
+					std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(egl_major),
+					std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(egl_minor),
+				);
+
+				egl::ChooseConfig(
+					display,
+					EGL_CONFIG_ATTRIBUTES.as_ptr() as *const egl::EGLint,
+					std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(config),
+					1,
+					std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(egl_config_count),
+				);
+
+				egl::BindAPI(egl::OPENGL_API);
+
+				let context =
+					egl::CreateContext(display, config, egl::NO_CONTEXT, std::ptr::null());
+
+				context
+			};
+
+			Self { display, context }
+		}
+
+		/// Makes this context current on the currently executing OS thread.
+		/// # Safety
+		/// This should only be called on one OS thread at a time. If contexts
+		/// are to be shared, currently, that needs to be done manually.
+		pub fn make_current(&self) {
+			unsafe {
+				// Make the context current on the display so OpenGL routines "just work"
+				egl::MakeCurrent(self.display, egl::NO_SURFACE, egl::NO_SURFACE, self.context);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/// Releases this context.
+		pub fn release(&self) {
+			unsafe {
+				egl::MakeCurrent(
+					self.display,
+					egl::NO_SURFACE,
+					egl::NO_SURFACE,
+					egl::NO_CONTEXT,
+				);
+			}
+		}
+
+		pub fn get_display(&self) -> types::EGLDisplay {
+			self.display
+		}
+
+		pub fn destroy(&mut self) {
+			if self.display.is_null() && self.context.is_null() {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			// Destroy and terminate EGL resources.
+			unsafe {
+				egl::DestroyContext(self.display, self.context);
+				egl::Terminate(self.display);
+
+				self.display = std::ptr::null();
+				self.context = std::ptr::null();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// "safe"
+	unsafe impl Send for DeviceContext {}
+
+	// TODO: impl Drop?
+	// This could be problematic because OpenGL resources need to be destroyed
+	// somehow *before* we are. This could be solved in a number of ways but
+	// honestly I think the best one (that I can think of)
+	// is to provide an explicit drop point where OpenGL resources are destroyed
+	// before the EGL device context is (and then tie that to an `impl Drop for T`.).
+}
+
+pub mod gl_framebuffer;
+
+pub use gl_framebuffer::*;
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/Cargo.toml b/crates/retro_frontend/Cargo.toml
index 8a1a6d3..cb39edd 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 libc = "0.2.155"
 libloading = "0.8.3"
 libretro-sys = "0.1.1"
-rgb565 = "0.1.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0.204", features = ["derive"] }
-thiserror = "1.0.61"
+thiserror.workspace = true
 toml = "0.8.19"
 
 tracing = "0.1.40"
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/frontend.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/frontend.rs
index 2e526f6..b2faa5c 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/src/frontend.rs
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/frontend.rs
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ use tracing::{error, info};
 /// Only one instance of Frontend can be active in an application.
 pub(crate) static mut FRONTEND: *mut Frontend = std::ptr::null_mut();
 
-/// A "Generalized" type for OpenGL's "getProcAddress" idiom
-pub type GlGetProcAddress = *mut unsafe extern "C" fn(name: *const i8) -> unsafe extern "C" fn();
-
 /// Initalization data for HW OpenGL cores.
 pub struct HwGlInitData {
-	pub get_proc_address: GlGetProcAddress,
+	/// A pointer to a function to allow cores to request OpenGL extension functions.
+	pub get_proc_address: *mut ffi::c_void,
 }
 
 /// Interface for the frontend to call to user code.
@@ -48,7 +46,9 @@ pub trait FrontendInterface {
 	fn input_poll(&mut self);
 
 	/// Initalize hardware accelerated rendering using OpenGL.
-	fn hw_gl_init(&mut self) -> HwGlInitData;
+	/// If this returns [Option::None], then it is assumed that
+	/// OpenGL initalization has failed.
+	fn hw_gl_init(&mut self) -> Option<HwGlInitData>;
 }
 
 /// Per-core settings
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub struct Frontend {
 	pub(crate) pixel_format: PixelFormat,
 
 	/// Converted pixel buffer. We store it here so we don't keep allocating over and over.
-	pub(crate) converted_pixel_buffer: Vec<u32>,
+	pub(crate) converted_pixel_buffer: Option<Box<[u32]>>,
 
 	// Framebuffer attributes. TODO: This really should be another struct or something
 	// with members to make dealing with it less annoying.
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl Frontend {
 			sys_info: None,
 
 			pixel_format: PixelFormat::RGB565,
-			converted_pixel_buffer: Vec::new(),
+			converted_pixel_buffer: None,
 
 			fb_width: 0,
 			fb_height: 0,
@@ -184,16 +184,20 @@ impl Frontend {
 		}
 	}
 
-	fn get_config_file_path(&self) -> String {
+	fn get_config_file_path(&mut self) -> Result<String> {
+		let system_info = self.get_system_info()?;
+
+		// SAFETY: libretro declares that the pointers inside of the SystemInfo structure
+		// must always point to valid constant data. If it doesn't then other frontends
+		// would probably blow up too.
 		let path = unsafe {
-			let core_api = self.core_api.as_ref().unwrap();
+			#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+			assert!(
+				!system_info.library_name.is_null(),
+				"Core library name is somehow null"
+			);
 
-			let mut system_info: MaybeUninit<SystemInfo> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
-			(core_api.retro_get_system_info)(system_info.as_mut_ptr());
-
-			let info = system_info.assume_init();
-
-			let c_name = ffi::CStr::from_ptr(info.library_name);
+			let c_name = ffi::CStr::from_ptr(system_info.library_name);
 
 			format!(
 				"{}/{}.toml",
@@ -202,13 +206,15 @@ impl Frontend {
 			)
 		};
 
-		path
+		Ok(path)
 	}
 
 	// TODO: make this a bit less janky (and use Results)
 
 	pub fn load_settings(&mut self) {
-		let path_string = self.get_config_file_path();
+		let path_string = self
+			.get_config_file_path()
+			.expect("Could not get config file path");
 		let path: &Path = path_string.as_ref();
 
 		match path.try_exists() {
@@ -230,7 +236,9 @@ impl Frontend {
 	}
 
 	pub fn save_settings(&mut self) {
-		let path = self.get_config_file_path();
+		let path = self
+			.get_config_file_path()
+			.expect("Could not get config file path");
 
 		let settings = CoreSettingsFile {
 			variables: self.variables.clone(),
@@ -327,6 +335,7 @@ impl Frontend {
 			(core_api_ref.retro_set_audio_sample_batch)(
 				libretro_callbacks::audio_sample_batch_callback,
 			);
+			(core_api_ref.retro_set_audio_sample)(libretro_callbacks::audio_sample_callback);
 
 			info!("Core {} loaded", path.as_ref().display());
 		}
@@ -364,6 +373,7 @@ impl Frontend {
 		self.fb_width = 0;
 		self.fb_height = 0;
 		self.fb_pitch = 0;
+		self.converted_pixel_buffer = None;
 
 		// disconnect all currently connected joypads
 		self.input_devices.clear();
@@ -508,13 +518,15 @@ impl Frontend {
 
 impl Drop for Frontend {
 	fn drop(&mut self) {
-		if self.core_loaded() {
-			let _ = self.unload_core();
-		}
-
+		// Null out the global frontend pointer first,
+		// so any attempted UAF will instead result in a segfault
 		unsafe {
 			assert!(!FRONTEND.is_null());
 			FRONTEND = std::ptr::null_mut();
 		}
+
+		if self.core_loaded() {
+			let _ = self.unload_core();
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/analog_retropad.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/analog_retropad.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..583b1f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/analog_retropad.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+use crate::libretro_sys_new;
+
+use super::{InputDevice, RetroPad};
+
+// private helper type for packaging up the stick data
+struct Stick {
+	pub x: i16,
+	pub y: i16,
+}
+
+impl Stick {
+	fn new() -> Self {
+		Self { x: 0, y: 0 }
+	}
+
+	fn clear(&mut self) {
+		self.x = 0;
+		self.y = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+/// Implementation of the [InputDevice] trait for the
+/// Analog RetroPad. Currently, this is mostly a stub which calls
+/// into the RetroPad implementation w/out actually implementing
+/// any of the analog axes or addl. features.
+pub struct AnalogRetroPad {
+	pad: RetroPad,
+	left_stick: Stick,
+	right_stick: Stick,
+}
+
+impl AnalogRetroPad {
+	pub fn new() -> Self {
+		Self {
+			pad: RetroPad::new(),
+			left_stick: Stick::new(),
+			right_stick: Stick::new(),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Sidenote: I really don't like the fact I have to manually thunk,
+// but thankfully there's only like one, maybe 2 levels of subclassing
+// in the Libretro input APIs, so it won't grow too awfully..
+
+impl InputDevice for AnalogRetroPad {
+	fn device_type(&self) -> u32 {
+		libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ANALOG
+	}
+
+	fn device_type_compatible(&self, id: u32) -> bool {
+		if self.pad.device_type_compatible(id) {
+			// If the RetroPad likes it, then so do we.
+			true
+		} else {
+			// Check for the analog type
+			id == libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ANALOG
+		}
+	}
+
+	fn reset(&mut self) {
+		self.pad.reset();
+		self.left_stick.clear();
+		self.right_stick.clear();
+	}
+
+	fn get_index(&self, index: u32, id: u32) -> i16 {
+		// Nasty but you can blame libretro.
+		let fallback = self.pad.get_index(0, id);
+		return match index {
+			libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_LEFT => match id {
+				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.left_stick.x,
+				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.left_stick.y,
+				_ => fallback,
+			},
+			libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_RIGHT => match id {
+				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.right_stick.x,
+				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.right_stick.y,
+				_ => fallback,
+			},
+
+			_ => 0i16,
+		};
+	}
+
+	fn press_button(&mut self, id: u32, pressure: Option<i16>) {
+		// FIXME: "press" axes.
+		self.pad.press_button_friend(id, pressure);
+	}
+
+	fn press_analog_axis(&mut self, index: u32, id: u32, pressure: Option<i16>) {
+		let pressure = if let Some(pressure_value) = pressure {
+			pressure_value
+		} else {
+			//0x4000 // 0.5 in Libretro's mapping
+			0x7fff // 1.0 in Libretro's mapping
+		};
+
+		match index {
+			libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_LEFT => match id {
+				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.left_stick.x = pressure,
+				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.left_stick.y = pressure,
+				_ => {}
+			},
+
+			libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_RIGHT => match id {
+				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_X => self.right_stick.x = pressure,
+				libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y => self.right_stick.y = pressure,
+				_ => {}
+			},
+
+			_ => {}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mod.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mod.rs
index f39b187..b9885fe 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mod.rs
@@ -5,18 +5,43 @@ pub use retropad::*;
 pub mod mouse;
 pub use mouse::*;
 
-/// Trait for implementing Libretro input devices
+pub mod analog_retropad;
+pub use analog_retropad::*;
+
+/// Trait/abstraction for implementing Libretro input devices.
 pub trait InputDevice {
 	/// Gets the device type. This should never EVER change, and simply return a constant.
 	fn device_type(&self) -> u32;
 
+	/// Returns true if the input device is compatible with
+	/// the given libretro device ID.
+	///
+	/// This is needed because Libretro will often look up a device with
+	/// either its "base" type (i.e: RetroPad) and then ask for a subclass
+	/// by changing the ID to what it wants to look for (say, Analog RetroPad).
+	///
+	/// Therefore, a simple "id matches exactly" comparision doesn't work.
+	fn device_type_compatible(&self, id: u32) -> bool;
+
 	/// Gets the state of one button/axis.
-	/// is_pressed(id) can simply be expressed as `(get_button(id) != 0)`.
-	fn get_button(&self, id: u32) -> i16;
+	/// is_pressed(index, id) can simply be expressed in a digital way as `(get_index(index, id) != 0)`.
+	/// analog could be `(get_index(index_id) as f32 / 32768.)`
+	fn get_index(&self, _index: u32, _id: u32) -> i16;
+
+	/// Like get_index, but prescales to a float in the inclusive range [-1.0 .. 1.0].
+	/// (This is how I want all the API's to be at some point)
+	fn get_axis(&self, index: u32, id: u32) -> f32 {
+		self.get_index(index, id) as f32 / 32768.
+	}
 
 	/// Clears the state of all buttons/axes.
 	fn reset(&mut self);
 
-	/// Presses a button/axis.
+	/// Presses a button. [pressure] is permitted to be ignored.
 	fn press_button(&mut self, id: u32, pressure: Option<i16>);
+
+	/// Presses a joystick axis.
+	/// FIXME: It may make more sense to pass a f32 here and do the scale internally.
+	/// should do that for buttons too. Also do we really have to use _sys constants?
+	fn press_analog_axis(&mut self, _index: u32, _id: u32, _pressure: Option<i16>) {}
 }
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mouse.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mouse.rs
index e219553..4250fff 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mouse.rs
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/mouse.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use crate::libretro_sys_new;
 /// Implementation of the [InputDevice] trait for the Libretro mouse.
 pub struct Mouse {
 	buttons: [i16; 8],
-
 	// TODO: hold the last x/y so we can calculate relative position
 }
 
@@ -25,7 +24,11 @@ impl InputDevice for Mouse {
 		libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_MOUSE
 	}
 
-	fn get_button(&self, id: u32) -> i16 {
+	fn device_type_compatible(&self, id: u32) -> bool {
+		id == self.device_type()
+	}
+
+	fn get_index(&self, _index: u32, id: u32) -> i16 {
 		if id > 8 {
 			return 0;
 		}
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/retropad.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/retropad.rs
index 59ee7cc..afe32eb 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/retropad.rs
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/input_devices/retropad.rs
@@ -13,28 +13,20 @@ impl RetroPad {
 	pub fn new() -> Self {
 		Self { buttons: [0; 16] }
 	}
-}
 
-impl InputDevice for RetroPad {
-	fn device_type(&self) -> u32 {
-		libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_JOYPAD
-	}
+	pub(crate) fn button_mask(&self) -> i16 {
+		let mut mask = 0u16;
 
-	fn get_button(&self, id: u32) -> i16 {
-		if id > 16 {
-			return 0;
+		for i in 0..self.buttons.len() {
+			if self.buttons[i] != 0 {
+				mask |= 1 << i;
+			}
 		}
 
-		self.buttons[id as usize]
+		mask as i16
 	}
 
-	fn reset(&mut self) {
-		for button in &mut self.buttons {
-			*button = 0i16;
-		}
-	}
-
-	fn press_button(&mut self, id: u32, pressure: Option<i16>) {
+	pub(crate) fn press_button_friend(&mut self, id: u32, pressure: Option<i16>) {
 		if id > 16 {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -50,3 +42,41 @@ impl InputDevice for RetroPad {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+impl InputDevice for RetroPad {
+	fn device_type(&self) -> u32 {
+		libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_JOYPAD
+	}
+
+	fn device_type_compatible(&self, id: u32) -> bool {
+		id == self.device_type()
+	}
+
+	fn get_index(&self, index: u32, id: u32) -> i16 {
+		return match index {
+			0 => {
+				if id == libretro_sys_new::DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_MASK {
+					return self.button_mask();
+				}
+
+				if id > 16 {
+					0i16
+				} else {
+					self.buttons[id as usize]
+				}
+			}
+			_ => 0i16,
+		};
+	}
+
+	fn reset(&mut self) {
+		for button in &mut self.buttons {
+			*button = 0i16;
+		}
+	}
+
+	fn press_button(&mut self, id: u32, _pressure: Option<i16>) {
+		// Pressure is ignored and treated as binary.
+		self.press_button_friend(id, Some(1));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_callbacks.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_callbacks.rs
index d39aa27..1c8e140 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_callbacks.rs
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_callbacks.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 //! Callbacks for libretro
+use crate::input_devices::InputDevice;
 use crate::{frontend::*, libretro_log, util};
 use crate::{libretro_core_variable, libretro_sys_new::*};
 
-use rgb565::Rgb565;
-
 use std::ffi;
 
 use tracing::{debug, error};
@@ -110,26 +109,40 @@ pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn environment_callback(
 			let hw_render_context_type =
 				HwContextType::from_uint(hw_render.context_type).expect("Uh oh!");
 
-			if hw_render_context_type != HwContextType::OpenGL
-				&& hw_render_context_type != HwContextType::OpenGLCore
-			{
-				error!(
-					"Core is trying to request an context type we don't support ({:?}), failing",
-					hw_render_context_type
-				);
-				return false;
+			match hw_render_context_type {
+				HwContextType::OpenGL | HwContextType::OpenGLCore => {
+					let init_data = (*(*FRONTEND).interface).hw_gl_init();
+
+					if init_data.is_none() {
+						return false;
+					}
+
+					let init_data_unwrapped = init_data.unwrap();
+
+					hw_render.get_current_framebuffer = hw_gl_get_framebuffer;
+					hw_render.get_proc_address =
+						std::mem::transmute(init_data_unwrapped.get_proc_address);
+
+					// Reset the context now that we have given the core the correct information
+					(hw_render.context_reset)();
+
+					tracing::info!(
+						"{:?} HWContext initalized successfully",
+						hw_render_context_type
+					);
+				}
+
+				_ => {
+					error!(
+						"Core is trying to request an context type we don't support ({:?}), failing",
+						hw_render_context_type
+					);
+					return false;
+				}
 			}
 
-			let init_data = (*(*FRONTEND).interface).hw_gl_init();
-
-			hw_render.get_current_framebuffer = hw_gl_get_framebuffer;
-			hw_render.get_proc_address = std::mem::transmute(init_data.get_proc_address);
-
-			// reset context
-			(hw_render.context_reset)();
-
-			// Once we have initalized HW rendering any data here doesn't matter and isn't needed.
-			(*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer.clear();
+			// Once we have initalized HW rendering, we do not need a conversion buffer.
+			(*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer = None;
 
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -206,22 +219,22 @@ pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn video_refresh_callback(
 	height: ffi::c_uint,
 	pitch: usize,
 ) {
-	// I guess this must be how duplicated frames are signaled.
-	// one word: Bleh
+	// This is how frame duplication is signaled, even w/ HW rendering (or some cores are just badly written.
+	// I mean I've already had to baby cores enough!).
+	// One word: Bleh.
 	if pixels.is_null() {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	//info!("Video refresh called, {width}, {height}, {pitch}");
-
 	if (*FRONTEND).fb_width != width || (*FRONTEND).fb_height != height {
+		// bleh
+		(*FRONTEND).fb_width = width;
+		(*FRONTEND).fb_height = height;
+
 		(*(*FRONTEND).interface).video_resize(width, height);
 	}
 
-	// bleh
-	(*FRONTEND).fb_width = width;
-	(*FRONTEND).fb_height = height;
-
+	// This means that hardware context was used to render and we need to get it via that.
 	if pixels == (-1i64 as *const ffi::c_void) {
 		(*(*FRONTEND).interface).video_update_gl();
 		return;
@@ -232,43 +245,103 @@ pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn video_refresh_callback(
 
 	let pitch = (*FRONTEND).fb_pitch as usize;
 
+	// Resize or allocate the conversion buffer if we need to
+	if (*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer.is_none() {
+		(*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer = Some(util::alloc_boxed_slice(pitch * height as usize));
+	} else {
+		let buffer = (*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer.as_ref().unwrap();
+		if (pitch * height as usize) as usize != buffer.len() {
+			(*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer =
+				Some(util::alloc_boxed_slice(pitch * height as usize));
+		}
+	}
+
+	let buffer = (*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer.as_mut().unwrap();
+
+	// Depending on the pixel format, do the appropiate conversion to XRGB8888.
+	//
+	// We use XRGB8888 as a standard format since it's more convinent to work with
+	// and also directly works with NVENC. (Other encoders will require GPU-side kernels to
+	// conv. to YUV or NV12, but that's a battle for later.)
 	match (*FRONTEND).pixel_format {
+		PixelFormat::ARGB1555 => {
+			let pixel_data_slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(
+				pixels as *const u16,
+				(pitch * height as usize) as usize,
+			);
+
+			for x in 0..pitch as usize {
+				for y in 0..height as usize {
+					let pixel = pixel_data_slice[y * pitch as usize + x];
+
+					// We currently ignore the alpha bit
+					let comp = (
+						(pixel & 0x7c00) as u8,
+						((pixel & 0x3e0) >> 8) as u8,
+						(pixel & 0x1f) as u8,
+					);
+
+					// Finally save the pixel data in the result array as an XRGB8888 value
+					buffer[y * pitch as usize + x] = (255u32 << 24)
+						| ((comp.2 as u32) << 16)
+						| ((comp.1 as u32) << 8) | (comp.0 as u32);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		PixelFormat::RGB565 => {
 			let pixel_data_slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(
 				pixels as *const u16,
 				(pitch * height as usize) as usize,
 			);
 
-			// Resize the conversion buffer if we need to
-			if (pitch * height as usize) as usize != (*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer.len() {
-				(*FRONTEND)
-					.converted_pixel_buffer
-					.resize((pitch * height as usize) as usize, 0);
-			}
-
 			for x in 0..pitch as usize {
 				for y in 0..height as usize {
-					let rgb = Rgb565::from_rgb565(pixel_data_slice[y * pitch as usize + x]);
-					let comp = rgb.to_rgb888_components();
+					let pixel = pixel_data_slice[y * pitch as usize + x];
+					let comp: (u8, u8, u8) = (
+						((pixel >> 11 & 0x1f) * 255 / 0x1f) as u8,
+						((pixel >> 5 & 0x3f) * 255 / 0x3f) as u8,
+						((pixel & 0x1f) * 255 / 0x1f) as u8,
+					);
 
-					// Finally save the pixel data in the result array as an XRGB8888 value
-					(*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer[y * pitch as usize + x] =
-						((comp[0] as u32) << 16) | ((comp[1] as u32) << 8) | (comp[2] as u32);
+					buffer[y * pitch as usize + x] = (255u32 << 24)
+						| ((comp.2 as u32) << 16)
+						| ((comp.1 as u32) << 8) | (comp.0 as u32);
 				}
 			}
-
-			(*(*FRONTEND).interface)
-				.video_update(&(*FRONTEND).converted_pixel_buffer[..], pitch as u32);
 		}
-		_ => {
+
+		PixelFormat::ARGB8888 => {
 			let pixel_data_slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(
 				pixels as *const u32,
 				(pitch * height as usize) as usize,
 			);
 
-			(*(*FRONTEND).interface).video_update(&pixel_data_slice, pitch as u32);
+			// FIXME: could be simd-ified to do this across 4 or 8 pixels at once per line
+			// practically speaking however, it's *probably* not worth doing so because
+			// cores that might take advantage of such a optimized cpu kernel
+			// will probably have hardware rendering support.
+			// (therefore, we don't need to copy or change the format of anything)
+			for x in 0..pitch as usize {
+				for y in 0..height as usize {
+					let pixel = pixel_data_slice[y * pitch as usize + x];
+
+					let comp = (
+						((pixel & 0xff_00_00_00) >> 24) as u8,
+						((pixel & 0x00_ff_00_00) >> 16) as u8,
+						((pixel & 0x00_00_ff_00) >> 8) as u8,
+						(pixel & 0x00_00_00_ff) as u8,
+					);
+
+					buffer[y * pitch as usize + x] = (255u32 << 24)
+						| ((comp.3 as u32) << 16)
+						| ((comp.2 as u32) << 8) | (comp.1 as u32);
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	(*(*FRONTEND).interface).video_update(&buffer[..], pitch as u32);
 }
 
 pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn input_poll_callback() {
@@ -278,23 +351,27 @@ pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn input_poll_callback() {
 pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn input_state_callback(
 	port: ffi::c_uint,
 	device: ffi::c_uint,
-	_index: ffi::c_uint, // not used?
+	index: ffi::c_uint, // not used?
 	button_id: ffi::c_uint,
 ) -> ffi::c_short {
 	if (*FRONTEND).input_devices.contains_key(&port) {
-		let joypad = *(*FRONTEND)
-			.input_devices
-			.get(&port)
-			.expect("How do we get here when contains_key() returns true but the key doen't exist");
+		let joypad: &dyn InputDevice = &*(*(*FRONTEND).input_devices.get(&port).expect(
+			"How do we get here when contains_key() returns true but the key doen't exist",
+		));
 
-		if device == (*joypad).device_type() {
-			return (*joypad).get_button(button_id);
+		if joypad.device_type_compatible(device) {
+			return (*joypad).get_index(index, button_id);
 		}
 	}
 
 	0
 }
 
+pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn audio_sample_callback(_left: i16, _right: i16) {
+	// FIXME: we should batch these internally and then call the sample callback
+	// (wouldn't be too hard..)
+}
+
 pub(crate) unsafe extern "C" fn audio_sample_batch_callback(
 	// Is actually a [[l, r]] interleaved pair.
 	samples: *const i16,
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_core_variable.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_core_variable.rs
index f527a89..45d048f 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_core_variable.rs
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_core_variable.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pub struct CoreVariable {
 }
 
 impl CoreVariable {
-
 	/// Parses this core variable.
 	pub fn parse(str: &str) -> Self {
 		let string = str.to_string();
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ impl CoreVariable {
 			Some(index) => {
 				let name = &string[0..index];
 
+				// FIXME: Instead of panicing, we should return a Result or the like
 				if string.chars().nth(index + 1).unwrap() != ' ' {
 					panic!("Improperly formatted core variable");
 				}
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_log.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_log.rs
index 356a5cd..b1fd00e 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_log.rs
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_log.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ use tracing::*;
 #[no_mangle]
 /// This recieves log messages from our C++ helper code, and pulls them out into Tracing messages.
 pub extern "C" fn libretro_log_recieve(level: LogLevel, buf: *const ffi::c_char) {
-	// Safety: This pointer is never null, and always comes from the stack;
+	// SAFETY: This pointer should never be null since it comes from the address of a C++ stack variable.
 	// we really only should get UTF-8 errors here in the case a core spits out something invalid.
 	unsafe {
+		#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+		assert!(!buf.is_null(), "This pointer should NEVER be null");
+
 		match ffi::CStr::from_ptr(buf).to_str() {
 			Ok(message) => match level {
 				LogLevel::Debug => {
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_sys_new.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_sys_new.rs
index 71137d4..9efc499 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_sys_new.rs
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/libretro_sys_new.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 pub use libretro_sys::*;
 use std::ffi;
 
+/// Represents a bitmask that describes the state of all [DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD] button constants,
+/// rather than the state of a single button.
+pub const DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_MASK: libc::c_uint = 256;
+
 /// Defines overrides which modify frontend handling of specific content file types.
 /// An array of [SystemContentInfoOverride] is passed to [RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CONTENT_INFO_OVERRIDE]
 #[repr(C)]
diff --git a/crates/retro_frontend/src/util.rs b/crates/retro_frontend/src/util.rs
index 7e51009..3e63d06 100644
--- a/crates/retro_frontend/src/util.rs
+++ b/crates/retro_frontend/src/util.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::libretro_sys_new::*;
+use std::alloc;
 
 pub fn bytes_per_pixel_from_libretro(pf: PixelFormat) -> u32 {
 	match pf {
@@ -7,10 +8,9 @@ pub fn bytes_per_pixel_from_libretro(pf: PixelFormat) -> u32 {
 	}
 }
 
-
 /// Boilerplate code for dealing with NULL/otherwise terminated arrays,
 /// which converts them into a Rust slice.
-/// 
+///
 /// We rely on a user-provided callback currently to determine when iteration is complete.
 /// This *could* be replaced with a object-safe trait (and a constraint to allow us to use said trait) to codify
 /// the expected "end conditions" of a terminated array of a given type, but for now, the callback works.
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ pub fn terminated_array<'a, T>(ptr: *const T, end_fn: impl Fn(&T) -> bool) -> &'
 	// Make sure the array pointer itself isn't null. Strictly speaking, this check should be done
 	// *before* this is called by the user, but to avoid anything going haywire
 	// we additionally check here.
-	assert!(!ptr.is_null(), "pointer to array given to terminated_array! cannot be null");
+	assert!(
+		!ptr.is_null(),
+		"pointer to array given to terminated_array! cannot be null"
+	);
 
 	unsafe {
 		let mut iter = ptr.clone();
@@ -39,7 +42,21 @@ pub fn terminated_array<'a, T>(ptr: *const T, end_fn: impl Fn(&T) -> bool) -> &'
 	}
 }
 
-/* 
+/// Allocates a boxed slice.
+/// Unlike a [Vec<_>], this can't grow,
+/// but is just as safe to use, and slightly more predictable.
+pub fn alloc_boxed_slice<T: Sized>(len: usize) -> Box<[T]> {
+	assert_ne!(len, 0, "length cannot be 0");
+	let layout = alloc::Layout::array::<T>(len).expect("?");
+
+	let ptr = unsafe { alloc::alloc_zeroed(layout) as *mut T };
+
+	let slice = core::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(ptr, len);
+
+	unsafe { Box::from_raw(slice) }
+}
+
+/*
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! __terminated_array {
diff --git a/crates/retrovnc/Cargo.toml b/crates/retrovnc/Cargo.toml
index 637aa15..1db3cdf 100644
--- a/crates/retrovnc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/retrovnc/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.86"
 clap = { version = "4.5.6", features = ["cargo"] }
-gl = "0.14.0"
+gl.workspace = true
 libvnc-sys = "0.1.4"
 retro_frontend = { path = "../retro_frontend" }
+letsplay_gpu = { path = "../letsplay_gpu" }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = "1.0.99"
-gl_generator = "0.14.0"
diff --git a/crates/retrovnc/build.rs b/crates/retrovnc/build.rs
index 33b66ee..9d0c700 100644
--- a/crates/retrovnc/build.rs
+++ b/crates/retrovnc/build.rs
@@ -1,31 +1,6 @@
 use cc;
 
-use gl_generator::{Api, Fallbacks, Profile, Registry, StaticGenerator};
-use std::env;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::path::Path;
-
-
 fn main() {
-	// EGL
-
-	let dest = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
-    let mut file = File::create(&Path::new(&dest).join("egl_bindings.rs")).unwrap();
-
-    Registry::new(Api::Egl, (1, 5), Profile::Core, Fallbacks::All, [
-		"EGL_EXT_platform_base",
-		"EGL_EXT_device_base",
-		
-		// This allows getting OpenGL APIs via eglGetProcAddress()
-		"EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses",
-		"EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses",
-
-		"EGL_EXT_platform_device"
-
-	])
-        .write_bindings(StaticGenerator, &mut file)
-        .unwrap();
-
 	// C++
 	let mut build = cc::Build::new();
 	build
diff --git a/crates/retrovnc/src/app.rs b/crates/retrovnc/src/app.rs
index 09972f1..8ae042a 100644
--- a/crates/retrovnc/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/retrovnc/src/app.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-use crate::egl;
 use crate::rfb::*;
 
 use std::{path::Path, time::Duration};
 
-use std::ptr::{addr_of_mut, null};
-
 use retro_frontend::{
 	frontend::{Frontend, FrontendInterface, HwGlInitData},
 	input_devices::{InputDevice, RetroPad},
 };
 
+use letsplay_gpu as gpu;
+
 use anyhow::Result;
 
 /// Called by OpenGL. We use this to dump errors.
@@ -45,17 +44,13 @@ pub struct App {
 
 	pad: RetroPad,
 
+	// EGL state
+	egl_context: Option<gpu::egl_helpers::DeviceContext>,
+
 	/// True if HW rendering is active.
 	using_hardware_rendering: bool,
 
-	// EGL state
-	egl_display: egl::types::EGLDisplay,
-	egl_context: egl::types::EGLContext,
-
-	// OpenGL object IDs
-	texture_id: gl::types::GLuint,
-	renderbuffer_id: gl::types::GLuint,
-	fbo_id: gl::types::GLuint,
+	gl_framebuffer: gpu::GlFramebuffer,
 
 	/// Cached readback buffer.
 	readback_buffer: Vec<u32>,
@@ -67,12 +62,9 @@ impl App {
 			frontend: None,
 			rfb_server: RfbServer::new(rfb_config)?,
 			pad: RetroPad::new(),
+			egl_context: None,
 			using_hardware_rendering: false,
-			egl_display: null(),
-			egl_context: null(),
-			texture_id: 0,
-			renderbuffer_id: 0,
-			fbo_id: 0,
+			gl_framebuffer: gpu::GlFramebuffer::new(),
 			readback_buffer: Vec::new(),
 		});
 
@@ -137,172 +129,36 @@ impl App {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
-	/// Initalizes a headless EGL context for OpenGL rendering.
+	/// Initalizes the headless EGL context used for OpenGL rendering.
 	fn hw_gl_egl_init(&mut self) {
-		// Currently we assume the first device on the Device platform.
-		// In most cases (at least on NVIDIA), this is usually a real GPU.
-		self.egl_display = egl::get_device_platform_display(0);
-
-		self.egl_context = unsafe {
-			const EGL_CONFIG_ATTRIBUTES: [egl::types::EGLenum; 13] = [
-				egl::SURFACE_TYPE,
-				egl::PBUFFER_BIT,
-				egl::BLUE_SIZE,
-				8,
-				egl::RED_SIZE,
-				8,
-				egl::BLUE_SIZE,
-				8,
-				egl::DEPTH_SIZE,
-				8,
-				egl::RENDERABLE_TYPE,
-				egl::OPENGL_BIT,
-				egl::NONE,
-			];
-			let mut egl_major: egl::EGLint = 0;
-			let mut egl_minor: egl::EGLint = 0;
-
-			let mut egl_config_count: egl::EGLint = 0;
-
-			let mut config: egl::types::EGLConfig = null();
-
-			egl::Initialize(
-				self.egl_display,
-				addr_of_mut!(egl_major),
-				addr_of_mut!(egl_minor),
-			);
-
-			egl::ChooseConfig(
-				self.egl_display,
-				EGL_CONFIG_ATTRIBUTES.as_ptr() as *const egl::EGLint,
-				addr_of_mut!(config),
-				1,
-				addr_of_mut!(egl_config_count),
-			);
-
-			egl::BindAPI(egl::OPENGL_API);
-
-			let context = egl::CreateContext(self.egl_display, config, egl::NO_CONTEXT, null());
-
-			// Make the context current on the display so OpenGL routines "just work"
-			egl::MakeCurrent(self.egl_display, egl::NO_SURFACE, egl::NO_SURFACE, context);
-
-			context
-		};
+		// expected
+		self.egl_context = Some(gpu::egl_helpers::DeviceContext::new(0));
+		self.egl_context.as_mut().unwrap().make_current();
 	}
 
-	/// Destroys EGL resources.
-	fn hw_gl_egl_exit(&mut self) {
-		if self.using_hardware_rendering {
-			// Delete FBO
-			self.hw_gl_delete_fbo();
+	/// Destroys OpenGL resources and the EGL context.
+	fn hw_gl_destroy(&mut self) {
+		self.gl_framebuffer.destroy();
 
-			// Release the EGL context we created before destroying it
-			unsafe {
-				egl::MakeCurrent(
-					self.egl_display,
-					egl::NO_SURFACE,
-					egl::NO_SURFACE,
-					egl::NO_CONTEXT,
-				);
-				egl::DestroyContext(self.egl_display, self.egl_context);
-				egl::Terminate(self.egl_display);
-			}
-			self.egl_display = null();
-			self.egl_context = null();
+		{
+			let m = self.egl_context.as_mut().unwrap();
+			m.release();
+			m.destroy();
 		}
-	}
 
-	/// Deletes all OpenGL FBO resources (the FBO itself, the render texture, and the renderbuffer used for depth)
-	fn hw_gl_delete_fbo(&mut self) {
-		unsafe {
-			gl::DeleteFramebuffers(1, addr_of_mut!(self.fbo_id));
-			self.fbo_id = 0;
-
-			gl::DeleteTextures(1, addr_of_mut!(self.texture_id));
-			self.texture_id = 0;
-
-			gl::DeleteRenderbuffers(1, addr_of_mut!(self.renderbuffer_id));
-			self.renderbuffer_id = 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	fn hw_gl_create_fbo(&mut self, width: u32, height: u32) {
-		unsafe {
-			if self.fbo_id != 0 {
-				self.hw_gl_delete_fbo();
-			}
-
-			gl::GenFramebuffers(1, addr_of_mut!(self.fbo_id));
-			gl::BindFramebuffer(gl::FRAMEBUFFER, self.fbo_id);
-
-			gl::GenTextures(1, addr_of_mut!(self.texture_id));
-			gl::BindTexture(gl::TEXTURE_2D, self.texture_id);
-
-			gl::TexImage2D(
-				gl::TEXTURE_2D,
-				0,
-				gl::RGBA8 as i32,
-				width as i32,
-				height as i32,
-				0,
-				gl::RGBA,
-				gl::UNSIGNED_BYTE,
-				null(),
-			);
-
-			gl::GenRenderbuffers(1, addr_of_mut!(self.renderbuffer_id));
-			gl::BindRenderbuffer(gl::RENDERBUFFER, self.renderbuffer_id);
-
-			gl::RenderbufferStorage(
-				gl::RENDERBUFFER,
-				gl::DEPTH_COMPONENT,
-				width as i32,
-				height as i32,
-			);
-
-			gl::FramebufferTexture2D(
-				gl::FRAMEBUFFER,
-				gl::COLOR_ATTACHMENT0,
-				gl::TEXTURE_2D,
-				self.texture_id,
-				0,
-			);
-
-			gl::BindTexture(gl::TEXTURE_2D, 0);
-
-			gl::FramebufferRenderbuffer(
-				gl::FRAMEBUFFER,
-				gl::DEPTH_ATTACHMENT,
-				gl::RENDERBUFFER,
-				self.renderbuffer_id,
-			);
-
-			gl::BindRenderbuffer(gl::RENDERBUFFER, 0);
-
-			gl::Viewport(0, 0, width as i32, height as i32);
-
-			gl::BindFramebuffer(gl::FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
-
-			// Notify the frontend layer about the new FBO
-			let id = self.fbo_id;
-			self.get_frontend().set_gl_fbo(id);
-
-			// Resize the readback buffer
-			self.readback_buffer.resize((width * height) as usize, 0);
-		}
+		self.egl_context = None;
 	}
 
 	/// The main loop. Should probably be abstracted a bit better.
 	pub fn main_loop(&mut self) -> ! {
 		let frontend = self.get_frontend();
 
-		let av_info = frontend.get_av_info().expect("???");
-		let step_ms = (1.0 / av_info.timing.fps) * 1000.;
-		let step_duration = Duration::from_micros((step_ms * 1000.) as u64);
-
 		// Do the main loop
 		loop {
+			let av_info = frontend.get_av_info().expect("???");
+			let step_ms = (1.0 / av_info.timing.fps) * 1000.;
+			let step_duration = Duration::from_millis(step_ms as u64);
+
 			frontend.run_frame();
 			std::thread::sleep(step_duration);
 		}
@@ -315,7 +171,14 @@ impl FrontendInterface for App {
 
 		// Recreate the OpenGL FBO on resize.
 		if self.using_hardware_rendering {
-			self.hw_gl_create_fbo(width, height);
+			self.gl_framebuffer.resize(width, height);
+
+			let raw = self.gl_framebuffer.as_raw();
+			self.get_frontend().set_gl_fbo(raw);
+
+			self.readback_buffer.resize((width * height) as usize, 0);
+
+			tracing::info!("GPU FBO Resized to {width}x{height}");
 		}
 
 		self.rfb_server.resize(width as u16, height as u16);
@@ -333,7 +196,7 @@ impl FrontendInterface for App {
 		// I know it sucks but it works for this case.
 		// SAFETY: self.readback_buffer will always be allocated to the proper size before reaching here
 		unsafe {
-			gl::BindFramebuffer(gl::FRAMEBUFFER, self.fbo_id);
+			gl::BindFramebuffer(gl::FRAMEBUFFER, self.gl_framebuffer.as_raw());
 
 			gl::ReadPixels(
 				0,
@@ -366,48 +229,52 @@ impl FrontendInterface for App {
 		}
 	}
 
-	fn hw_gl_init(&mut self) -> HwGlInitData {
-		if self.using_hardware_rendering {
-			panic!("Cannot initalize HW rendering while already initalized");
-		}
+	fn hw_gl_init(&mut self) -> Option<HwGlInitData> {
+		// test SW-only even if a core wants to upgrade
+		//return None;
 
-		// Initalize EGL
-		self.hw_gl_egl_init();
+		if self.egl_context.is_none() {
+			self.hw_gl_egl_init();
 
-		let extensions = egl::get_extensions(self.egl_display);
+			// Only create a new EGL/OpenGL context if we have to.
+			let extensions =
+				gpu::egl_helpers::get_extensions(self.egl_context.as_mut().unwrap().get_display());
 
-		tracing::debug!("Supported EGL extensions: {:?}", extensions);
+			tracing::debug!("Supported EGL extensions: {:?}", extensions);
 
-		// Check for EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses, so we can use eglGetProcAddress() to load OpenGL functions
-		// TODO: instead of panicing, we should probably make this return a Option<_>, and treat None on the frontend side
-		// as a failure.
-		if !extensions.contains(&"EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses".into()) {
-			tracing::error!("Your graphics driver doesn't support the EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses extension. Failing");
-			panic!("Cannot initalize OpenGL rendering");
-		}
+			// Check for EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses, so we can use eglGetProcAddress() to load OpenGL functions
+			if !extensions.contains(&"EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses".into()) {
+				tracing::error!("Your graphics driver doesn't support the EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses extension.");
+				tracing::error!("retrovnc currently needs this to load OpenGL functions. HW rendering will be disabled.");
+				return None;
+			}
 
-		unsafe {
 			// Load OpenGL functions using the EGL loader.
-			gl::load_with(|s| {
-				let str = std::ffi::CString::new(s).expect("Uhh huh.");
-				std::mem::transmute(egl::GetProcAddress(str.as_ptr()))
-			});
+			unsafe {
+				gl::load_with(|s| {
+					let str = std::ffi::CString::new(s).expect("gl::load_with fail");
+					std::mem::transmute(gpu::egl::GetProcAddress(str.as_ptr()))
+				});
 
-			// set OpenGL debug message callback
-			gl::Enable(gl::DEBUG_OUTPUT);
-			gl::DebugMessageCallback(Some(opengl_message_callback), null());
+				// set OpenGL debug message callback
+				gl::Enable(gl::DEBUG_OUTPUT);
+				gl::DebugMessageCallback(Some(opengl_message_callback), std::ptr::null());
+			}
+
+			// If we get here, we can be certain that we're no longer
+			// going to use software rendering.
+			self.using_hardware_rendering = true;
+
+			tracing::info!("Rendering with OpenGL via EGL");
 		}
 
+
 		// Create the initial FBO for the core to render to
 		let dimensions = self.get_frontend().get_size();
-		self.hw_gl_create_fbo(dimensions.0, dimensions.1);
+		self.gl_framebuffer.resize(dimensions.0, dimensions.1);
 
-		self.using_hardware_rendering = true;
-
-		return unsafe {
-			HwGlInitData {
-				get_proc_address: std::mem::transmute(egl::GetProcAddress as *mut std::ffi::c_void),
-			}
-		};
+		return Some(HwGlInitData {
+			get_proc_address: gpu::egl::GetProcAddress as *mut std::ffi::c_void,
+		});
 	}
 }
diff --git a/crates/retrovnc/src/egl.rs b/crates/retrovnc/src/egl.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5387180..0000000
--- a/crates/retrovnc/src/egl.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-//! EGL bindings and helpers.
-
-#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-#[allow(unused_imports)]
-mod egl_impl {
-	pub type khronos_utime_nanoseconds_t = khronos_uint64_t;
-	pub type khronos_uint64_t = u64;
-	pub type khronos_ssize_t = std::ffi::c_long;
-	pub type EGLint = i32;
-	pub type EGLNativeDisplayType = *const std::ffi::c_void;
-	pub type EGLNativePixmapType = *const std::ffi::c_void;
-	pub type EGLNativeWindowType = *const std::ffi::c_void;
-
-	pub type NativeDisplayType = EGLNativeDisplayType;
-	pub type NativePixmapType = EGLNativePixmapType;
-	pub type NativeWindowType = EGLNativeWindowType;
-
-	include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/egl_bindings.rs"));
-
-	// TODO: Move these helpers to a new "helpers" module.
-
-	pub type GetPlatformDisplayExt = unsafe extern "C" fn(
-		platform: types::EGLenum,
-		native_display: *const std::ffi::c_void,
-		attrib_list: *const types::EGLint,
-	) -> types::EGLDisplay;
-
-	pub type QueryDevicesExt = unsafe extern "C" fn(
-		max_devices: self::types::EGLint,
-		devices: *mut self::types::EGLDeviceEXT,
-		devices_present: *mut EGLint,
-	) -> types::EGLBoolean;
-
-	pub fn get_extensions(display: types::EGLDisplay) -> Vec<String> {
-		// SAFETY: eglQueryString() should never return a null pointer.
-		// If it does your video drivers are more than likely broken beyond repair.
-		unsafe {
-			let extensions_ptr = QueryString(display, EXTENSIONS as i32);
-			assert!(!extensions_ptr.is_null());
-
-			let extensions_str = std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(extensions_ptr)
-				.to_str()
-				.expect("Invalid EGL_EXTENSIONS");
-
-			extensions_str
-				.split(' ')
-				.map(|str| str.to_string())
-				.collect()
-		}
-	}
-
-	/// A helper to get a display on the EGL "Device" platform, which allows headless rendering,
-	/// without any window system interface.
-	pub fn get_device_platform_display(index: usize) -> types::EGLDisplay {
-		const NR_DEVICES_MAX: usize = 16;
-		let mut devices: [types::EGLDeviceEXT; NR_DEVICES_MAX] = [std::ptr::null(); NR_DEVICES_MAX];
-
-		// This is how many devices are actually present,
-		let mut devices_present: EGLint = 0;
-
-		assert!(index <= NR_DEVICES_MAX, "More than {NR_DEVICES_MAX} devices are not supported right now");
-
-		unsafe {
-			// TODO: These should probbaly be using CStr like above.
-			let query_devices_ext: QueryDevicesExt =
-				std::mem::transmute(GetProcAddress(b"eglQueryDevicesEXT\0".as_ptr() as *const i8));
-			let get_platform_display_ext: GetPlatformDisplayExt = std::mem::transmute(
-				GetProcAddress(b"eglGetPlatformDisplayEXT\0".as_ptr() as *const i8),
-			);
-
-			(query_devices_ext)(
-				NR_DEVICES_MAX as i32,
-				devices.as_mut_ptr(),
-				std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(devices_present),
-			);
-
-			(get_platform_display_ext)(PLATFORM_DEVICE_EXT, devices[index], std::ptr::null())
-		}
-	}
-
-	// link EGL as a library dependency
-	#[link(name = "EGL")]
-	extern "C" {}
-}
-
-pub use egl_impl::*;
diff --git a/crates/retrovnc/src/main.rs b/crates/retrovnc/src/main.rs
index ce41a30..51dd27c 100644
--- a/crates/retrovnc/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/retrovnc/src/main.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use clap::{arg, command, value_parser};
 
 mod app;
 
-mod egl;
 mod rfb;
 
 use app::*;