<s>
The	O
Leapster	B-Application
Learning	I-Application
Game	I-Application
System	I-Application
is	O
an	O
educational	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
aimed	O
at	O
5	O
to	O
10-11	O
year	O
olds	O
(	O
preschool	O
to	O
fourth	O
grade	O
)	O
,	O
made	O
by	O
LeapFrog	O
Enterprises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
games	O
teach	O
the	O
alphabet	B-Application
,	O
phonics	O
,	O
basic	O
math	O
(	O
addition	O
,	O
subtraction	O
,	O
multiplication	O
,	O
division	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
art	O
and	O
animal	O
facts	O
to	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
a	O
directional	B-Device
pad	I-Device
,	O
the	O
system	O
features	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
with	O
a	O
stylus	O
pen	O
that	O
enables	O
young	O
users	O
to	O
interact	O
directly	O
with	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LeapFrog	O
released	O
the	O
Leapster2	B-Application
handheld	B-Application
device	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Leapster	B-Application
in	O
July	O
2008	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Leapster2	B-Application
is	O
essentially	O
the	O
previous	O
system	O
with	O
an	O
added	O
USB	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
and	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
slot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
released	O
since	O
the	O
Leapster2	B-Application
's	O
release	O
log	O
user	O
activity	O
and	O
will	O
send	O
this	O
data	O
to	O
LeapFrog	O
's	O
"	O
Learning	O
Path	O
"	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
tracks	O
educational	O
milestones	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
Leapster	B-Application
and	O
Leapster	B-Application
L-MAX	O
were	O
retired	O
in	O
2014	O
and	O
the	O
Leapster2	B-Application
was	O
retired	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
on	O
October	O
7	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
Leapster	B-Application
has	O
since	O
undergone	O
several	O
revisions	O
and	O
remakes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Leapster	B-Application
L-MAX	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
that	O
has	O
one	O
extra	O
feature	O
(	O
an	O
A/V	O
TV	O
output	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
view	O
and	O
hear	O
gameplay	O
on	O
their	O
television	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Leapster	B-Application
TV	O
,	O
a	O
screenless	O
version	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
basic	O
control	O
layout	O
in	O
a	O
console	O
form	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
and	O
retired	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Leapster	B-Application
was	O
the	O
best-selling	O
educational	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
in	O
America	O
and	O
has	O
sold	O
about	O
4	O
million	O
units	O
and	O
12	O
million	O
software	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
since	O
its	O
inception	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
largest	O
library	O
for	O
any	O
handheld	B-Application
designed	O
exclusively	O
for	O
educational	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Leapster	B-Application
feature	O
a	O
"	O
Hint	O
"	O
function	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
dedicated	O
"	O
Hint	O
"	O
button	O
that	O
will	O
bring	O
up	O
audio	O
or	O
animated	O
information	O
on	O
instructions	O
given	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LeapFrog	O
has	O
not	O
opened	O
the	O
Leapster	B-Application
platform	O
to	O
significant	O
amounts	O
of	O
third-party	O
or	O
homebrew	B-Application
development	O
;	O
software	O
is	O
typically	O
developed	O
in-house	O
or	O
as	O
work-for-hire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dave	O
Bauer	O
stated	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
depressingly	O
small	O
library	O
of	O
software	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Leapster	B-Application
...	O
but	O
some	O
more	O
varied	O
software	O
would	O
make	O
it	O
much	O
more	O
interesting	O
for	O
(	O
my	O
son	O
)	O
...	O
no	O
platform	O
that	O
has	O
ever	O
been	O
successful	O
without	O
third-party	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Penguins	I-Device
of	I-Device
Madagascar	I-Device
:	I-Device
Race	I-Device
for	I-Device
1st	I-Device
Place	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
Scooby-Doo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Scooby-Doo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
CPU	B-Device
:	O
Custom	O
ASIC	O
containing	O
an	O
ARCTangent-A5	O
CPU	B-Device
,	O
running	O
at	O
96MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	O
:	O
Original	O
Leapster	B-Application
:	O
2	O
MB	O
onboard	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
256	O
bytes	O
non-volatile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	O
type	O
:	O
Cartridges	B-Protocol
of	O
4-16	O
MB	O
with	O
between	O
2	O
and	O
512	O
KB	O
non-volatile	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audio	O
:	O
Proprietary	O
hardware	O
audio	O
acceleration	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
MIDI	O
playback	O
and	O
CELP	B-Algorithm
voice	O
compression	O
sampled	O
at	O
8000Hz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Screen	O
:	O
160x160	O
CSTN	B-General_Concept
with	O
touchscreen	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leapster2	B-Application
only	O
:	O
USB	B-Protocol
1.1	O
(	O
client	O
only	O
)	O
and	O
full-sized	O
SD	B-Device
slot	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Leapster2s	B-Application
have	O
no	O
SD	B-Device
slot	I-Device
and	O
use	O
onboard	O
memory	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
content	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
Leapster	B-Application
was	O
created	O
with	O
Macromedia	O
Flash	O
MX	O
2004	O
;	O
the	O
device	O
runs	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Leapster	B-Application
,	O
that	O
is	O
licensed	O
to	O
LeapFrog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Prichard	O
,	O
Sr.	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
Marketing	O
for	O
Leapfrog	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
believed	O
using	O
Flash	O
allowed	O
them	O
to	O
"	O
bring	O
the	O
Leapster	B-Application
system	O
to	O
life	O
more	O
rapidly	O
than	O
we	O
could	O
have	O
with	O
any	O
other	O
development	O
method	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
