Dowloaded the free game says its on the leapster but its not

Try this
Ensure that a cartridge is not inserted
Hold down the Hint (?) button while turning the unit on. Continue to hold the Hint button down until the LEAPSTER menu appears.When the LEAPSTER menu screen appears, press the A button.Touch each of the crosshairs that appear with the stylus, Restart unit

open your leapfrog connect and plug in your device to ur pc. click on ur child's name. on the left at the bottom you'll see "on this device" click it, it'll show u a list of what's been bought/downloaded onto the leapster, you can fix it from there I had the same problem 2 weks ago and this is how I fixed it. and if it's not showing an app that you purchased at the very bottom there's a clicky "check for new dowloads" just in case... and here are 2 free codes for you: book 5813 1140 1518 1413 (might be 1314... sorry) game (alphabet stew) 5813 0709 4610 4973 hope they still work....

Instead of 1 starter game and a few demo game that you get from Leapfrog Connect, you can also get more downloadable games for your Leapster 2. You can get it here:
leapster-2.blogspot.com
But you have to make sure your Leapster 2 have SD Card and your Leapster 2 can connect to PC using Leapfrog connect. Try to uninstall and re-install the LeapFrog Connect and wait until it finish configuring and updated the software both on the PC and the console, It may takes 10-20 mins for it to complete updating.

One more thing, you have to make sure that you get latest LeapFrog Connect software from LeapFrog website instead of installing it from supplied CD.

Hi,
When you first time connected your Leapster 2 to your PC using LeapFrog Connect, first of all, the software need to be updated both on the PC and in the console. It will takes times for at least 10-20 mins for it to complete the update. You have to wait until the status show "connected".
Sometimes, it will takes longer. So, what I did before is uninstall the LeapFrog Connect and reinstall it. It works perfect after that. Hope it helps.

BTW, you can get more downloadable games for your Leapster 2 here:
leapster-2.blogspot.com

You actually can download all 4 starter games and 9 of mini demo games. But you need to have 4 Leapster 2 console to download each of the starter and some demo games and then combine the games in your PC. I just got mine here:
http://leapster-2.blogspot.com/

type 5813 0790 4610 4973 in the "Have a bonus code" area of the Leapster Explorer Leeplet Store splash page. You'll get a free Alphabet Stew download. My 4 year old is having a blast right now!
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You actually can download all 4 starter games and 9 of mini demo games. But you need to have 4 Leapster 2 console to download each of the starter and some demo games and then combine the games in your PC. I just got mine here:
http://leapster-2.blogspot.com/

But I'm afraid it is not free. But it is cheaper rather than buying 4 leapster console and reconfigure it to combine the games :-)
Below are the games that you'll get:
4 STARTER GAMES:
01. Rabbit River
02. Chicken Coop
03. Shape Shop
04. Dragon Kingdom

9 MINI PLAYABLE DEMO GAMES
05. Wolverine
06. Princess & the Frog
07. Disney Fairies
08. Number Raiders
09. Letterpillar
10. Ni Hao Kai Lan
11. Disney UP
12. Star Wars
13. Toy Story 3

We have the same problem and our leapster is only 2 days old.Do Touch Screen Calibration,it should help.I do it everytime for my son when he wants to play and it does help...But once u turn leapster off,u'll have to calibrate it again next time...
Just hold down hint button while turning on.When the Leapster menu screen appears,press the A button.Touch each of the crosshairs that appear with the stylus.restart unit. ..That what we do everytime.

A cheaper alternative is to use the rechargeable battery pack.
Regular nicad batteries are not equipped to handle electronics like this.

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Dont know about you're first question. But the leapster 2 uses non High Capacity SD cards (it can not read them) so you are limited to 2 GB max.