Leapster Explorer

The Leapster Explorer is a handheld console developed and marketed by LeapFrog Enterprises as the third generation of the successful Leapster series at the same time as the Didj2 console.[1] It is aimed at children aged 4 to 9.

Leapster Explorer
ManufacturerLeapFrog Enterprises
Product familyLeapster series
TypeHandheld game console
GenerationSeventh generation
Lifespan
MediaLeapster Explorer cartridges Didj cartridges
CPUARM9-based processor
PredecessorLeapster2
SuccessorLeapsterGS Explorer

Commercial,

Unlike previous systems in the Leapster series, the Explorer is not compatible with Leapster/L-MAX cartridges, but it can run Didj cartridges. In 2010 Leapster Explorer announced a new commercial made by Janimation, The Five Live-Action 4-9 year old I Learn By kids are voiced by Julissa Aguirre, Mia Sinclair Jenness, Cullen McCarthy, Yara Shahidi and Zack Miller and 7 new commercials like The Ultimate Learning Handheld with Julissa Aguirre Cullen McCarthy and some others, Read Dora Book with Mia Sinclair Jenness, Camera with Julissa Aguirre and Globe with Quvenzhane Walis

Hardware

The Leapster Explorer is a Linux device powered by an ARM9-based processor clocked at 393 MHz with 64 MB DDR SDRAM, 512 MB user storage, and a Giantplus touchscreen display.[2][3]

Like the Didj and unlike the Leapster2, the console has also been a subject to user modification as it runs on an embedded Linux kernel. There has been a number of homebrew software written and/or ported for the device.

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2010-10-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://elinux.org/Leapster_Explorer
  3. https://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/leapfrog-teases-future-mystery-device-inadvertently-spills-bean/

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