# Arcade-mini-menu extension **URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-mini-menu-extension/14368 **Category:** Show & Tell **Tags:** extension **Created:** [July 7, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-mini-menu-extension/14368 "2022-07-07T18:20:41Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 93
### Author: ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard) #### Post date: [November 19, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-mini-menu-extension/14368/93 "2025-11-19T00:20:07Z")
@VoxelMaster64 the mini menu extension doesn’t use an image, it draws directly to the screen. i implemented it this way in order to save memory so that this extension would work on hardware. that being said, if you wanted to replace the colors in the menu then you could always do something like I describe here in the “Screen Effects” section of this post: > [@Richard's Arcade Tips #2 - Drawing custom stuff with Images](https://forum.makecode.com/t/richards-arcade-tips-2-drawing-custom-stuff-with-images/28400): > > Hey folks! It’s times for the second edition of Richard’s Arcade Tips! First off, I want to mention that I have created a new tag for this series of posts. If you’re interested in seeing all the entries, you can check out the [page for the arcade-tips tag](https://forum.makecode.com/tag/arcade-tips)! With that out of the way, let’s move on to today’s topic! Programmatically drawing to images Sprites are nice, but sometimes you want to draw directly to the screen. This can be tricky to do in Arcade, so I’m going to show off a few methods … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-mini-menu-extension/14368)._