# Can a large 3D game run on a PICO custom build? **URL:** \ **Category:** Arcade\ **Tags:** game, extension\ **Created:** [June 2, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-a-large-3d-game-run-on-a-pico-custom-build/44317 "2026-06-02T17:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-a-large-3d-game-run-on-a-pico-custom-build/44317/8 "2026-06-03T01:15:55Z")
The simple version is that the Raspberry Pi Pico is not officially supported by the MakeCode Arcade platform. You _ **can** _ get it to work, though. > [@DIY Arcade Console with Rp2040 Pico](https://forum.makecode.com/t/diy-arcade-console-with-rp2040-pico/22969): > > Hi all: Recently, I saw some questions about how to running Arcade game on Pico, especially @Vegz78 . (BTW thanks for your great efforts on running Arcade game on RPi, it’s really valuable for me) Here is what I got after playing Pico with Arcade for a few days. Hope this helped. Good news: work with both Pico & PicoW works well with screen(ST7735 160x128) & btn & speaker bootloader in rom, very very safe UF2 format supported by bootloader naturally !!! Not require compile bootloader anymor… As for whether it will run “a large 3D game,” it might. The RP2350 (the processor for the Pico 2) has a little more horsepower than the Atmel chip used in the Kitronik Max (150 MHz vs. 120 MHz), but you might not see an appreciable difference. If you want a major boost in performance, you may be better off using one of the full Raspberry Pi platforms (_e.g._, something based on an RPi 4 or RPi 5). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-a-large-3d-game-run-on-a-pico-custom-build/44317)._