State of this

[Eggmanplant]

Read the title. Is the project dead? How to revert to the stock OS? I'm maybe planning to buy a Leapster Explorer since I don't trust random Chinese brands.

[andymcca]

It's a hobby project from a few years back, I did a bit of work on and around it but such is the nature of these things, you lose interest after a while and I'm sure that's what happened to mac (mac2612).

All the info you need to get it working is here and via Google, but it will likely take a bit of time to get there if you're coming in cold!

[DCFUKSURMOM]

i have a semi-maintained fork but the original project is dead, my fork isnt much better off. im one person and my attempts at getting people to help in the past have failed, cant even get people to test the prebuilt images.

[DCFUKSURMOM]

I have attempted ports to other platforms. I still support the LF stuff (at least the Leapster GS since I actually have one to test on), but I also have PC configs and an og Xbox config I mostly did for the meme.
https://github.com/DCFUKSURMOM/retroleap

[andymcca]

i have a semi-maintained fork but the original project is dead, my fork isnt much better off. im one person and my attempts at getting people to help in the past have failed, cant even get people to test the prebuilt images.

This. I did a lot of work in and around the project but I think the reality is things have moved on now and you can pick up an R36s or R50s for basically pennies which both dwarf these devices in every respect when it comes to emulation.

[DCFUKSURMOM]

Was never really about performance for me, I just thought it was funny to emulate stuff on LF devices, but I have expanded my retroleap fork to run on some other platforms (very much a work in progress though, I don't even have audio in the PC or OG Xbox builds)

[DCFUKSURMOM]

It's worth pointing out that the original retroleap repo probably won't even build anymore, it's a very old buildroot version and buildroot bitrots like a motherfucker. Ive had to update the underlying buildroot version in my repo twice.

[DCFUKSURMOM]

Was never really about performance for me, I just thought it was funny to emulate stuff on LF devices

It was still pretty fun to try to optimize it though

[jburks]

I have attempted ports to other platforms. I still support the LF stuff (at least the Leapster GS since I actually have one to test on), but I also have PC configs and an og Xbox config I mostly did for the meme. https://github.com/DCFUKSURMOM/retroleap

If you're curious to push the envelope on this, I have LeapFrog Didj units, sealed, new in box, and I'd be happy to send you one or two. Contact me here or on Discord (Wavicle).

[DCFUKSURMOM]

I still have configs and even some builds for the other LF devices, I just don't know if they work

[DCFUKSURMOM]

They should but I have no way to test them

[heyitzrare]

If you're curious to push the envelope on this, I have LeapFrog Didj units, sealed, new in box, and I'd be happy to send you one or two. Contact me here or on Discord (Wavicle).

Out of curiosity, how many units do you have, and how far do you want the envelope pushed? I'm doing some research into LFC from this era to try and make a new sync/flash program for discontinued hardware

[DCFUKSURMOM]

There is already a flash utility
https://github.com/DCFUKSURMOM/sshflash

[DCFUKSURMOM]

It's kinda barebones though

[heyitzrare]

There is already a flash utility https://github.com/DCFUKSURMOM/sshflash
It's kinda barebones though

I'm aware of sshflash, its existence is a miracle! That said, the barebones nature, its reliance on the terminal, and its Linux exclusivity are all issues I'm working on solving with my client

[DCFUKSURMOM]

There was a windows port but the required drivers were fucky, I forget what drivers were needed
https://github.com/andymcca/sshflash-win