# DIY Arcade Console with Rp2040 Pico

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/diy-arcade-console-with-rp2040-pico/22969>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Tags:** maker\
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/diy-arcade-console-with-rp2040-pico/22969 "2023-10-02T23:44:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/diy-arcade-console-with-rp2040-pico/22969/21 "2024-05-09T15:46:20Z")

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So satisfying to follow this thread! Amazing work!

How close are you, @AqeeAqee, and/or the others here to maybe release one or more cheap DIY sets or shopping lists, or readymade handhelds based on the Pico and with a common and official hardware/compile entry for easy programming here?:

> **[Hardware](https://arcade.makecode.com/hardware)**
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> These boards run MakeCode Arcade games. They are based on our guidelines, adhere to open source hardware reference designs (see Adding a New Board to Arcade section below), and have been user tested. However, each hardware manufacturer is...

PS: By the way, I am really stuck here with ARM Linux .elf compilations no longer running on newer Recalbox distros or smaller RPi boards or in the GPi case(Haven’t found the culprit yet). Anything here already familiar to you or that you would recommend me to do next?:  
[https://forum.makecode.com/t/makecode-arcade-on-raspberry-pi-including-retropie-recalbox-batocera-etc/14267/12](https://forum.makecode.com/t/makecode-arcade-on-raspberry-pi-including-retropie-recalbox-batocera-etc/14267/12)

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