Leapster Handheld Is Awesome!


Daz_Genetic

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I got a chance to have a go on one of these today. It's an educational toy for kids, but underneath it's a pretty powerful handheld. :)

Its got a 32bit processor, though I've no idea of the speed.
There is a 4" Backlit touchscreen, full color. In the art studio, you can draw pictures right on the screen, so it's not one of those crappy game.com-like "touchscreens".

The games on it are all educational, and they're for 8year olds and younger, but after reading more into it, they are developed in Macromedia Flash. I would love to have a go making a proper game on one of these. :) A good doom port would be just the thing :D

Just thought i'd bring this to the attention of any fathers, or potential fathers. I'm definatley getting my neice one for her birthday. It is an awesome toy, and a great gift idea.
 

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It's for educational purposes, to help the child develop. Not only this it will familiarise her with using advanced technology at school. I had a few educational card-reading computers when I was younger and I loved them to bits. It's a great gift idea with a fantastic purpose behind it.

It would be a great little project to buy one and try and write your own full games/movies in flash. I'd like to see what comes of this, I love seeing new projects. Whether they be big or small or for any purpose. It's fantastic that we, as a race have the knowledge and ability to make hardware do what *we* want.
 
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