<s>
PlayPower	B-Device
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
designed	O
to	O
create	O
free	O
educational	B-Application
computer	I-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
low	O
income	O
families	O
in	O
India	O
and	O
other	O
developing	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
2012	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
reformed	O
as	O
PlayPower	B-Device
Labs	O
,	O
LLC	O
,	O
which	O
focuses	O
now	O
on	O
educational	O
games	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
platforms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
8-bit	O
systems	O
,	O
using	O
designs	O
and	O
processors	B-General_Concept
that	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
public	O
domain	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Famicom	B-Operating_System
clones	I-Operating_System
which	O
patents	O
have	O
expired	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
very	O
low	O
cost	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
$12	O
,	O
families	O
can	O
buy	O
a	O
compatible	O
computer	O
with	O
an	O
8-bit	O
,	O
6502	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
a	O
slot	O
for	O
game	B-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
mouse	B-Device
,	O
and	O
two	O
game	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
should	O
be	O
acquired	O
as	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
abandoned	O
educational	O
games	O
,	O
like	O
Number	B-Operating_System
Munchers	I-Operating_System
and	O
Lemonade	B-Application
Stand	I-Application
,	O
and	O
ported	O
by	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
opened	B-Application
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
these	O
three	O
games	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
2012	O
the	O
Playpower	B-Device
project	O
was	O
transformed	O
to	O
"	O
Playpower	B-Device
Labs	O
,	O
LLC	O
"	O
and	O
offers	O
now	O
mobile	B-Application
platform	I-Application
educational	O
games	O
via	O
Apple	O
's	O
iTunes	O
store	O
and	O
Google	O
's	O
play	B-Application
store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PLAYPOWER	B-Device
won	O
the	O
MacArthur	O
Foundation	O
's	O
Digital	O
Media	O
and	O
Learning	O
Competition	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
for	O
which	O
it	O
received	O
$	O
180,000	O
to	O
help	O
fund	O
its	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
