# I need your help (fun challenge) (mca hardware hunt) **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [March 5, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-need-your-help-fun-challenge-mca-hardware-hunt/27523 "2024-03-05T23:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jedi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/jedi/32/14307_2.png) [@Jedi](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Jedi)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-need-your-help-fun-challenge-mca-hardware-hunt/27523/1 "2024-03-05T23:38:56Z")
so i want to have/make makecode hardware with a $15 amazon gift card i have, im not very good at finding good circut parts so I DARE YOU to find stuff XD it can be a raspberry pi 0 thing, a board, or an rpi pico, whatever can play mca games YOU UP FOR TH CHALLENGE? (i dont even think $15 could buy me a toaster, so if you cant find anything i dont rly care lol) ---
**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-need-your-help-fun-challenge-mca-hardware-hunt/27523/2 "2024-03-06T02:27:00Z")
The cheapest would be just some joysticks and buttons to plug into a computer, then maybe build a base out of cardboard! But the sets are at least 25$. ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-need-your-help-fun-challenge-mca-hardware-hunt/27523/3 "2024-03-06T17:35:36Z")
The cheapest pre-made development board I could find is the [Adafruit PyBadge LC](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3939) - it still uses the SAMD51 which has a roomy 192 KB of RAM which helps for bigger games. You may be able to use the Raspberry Pi Pico - I saw some efforts somewhere that allowed you to do such a thing - it should be very cheap to cobble together but it will still most likely be over $15 total unless you have everything: buttons, RPI Pico for $4, and a 160x128 TFT for less than $15. ---
**Author:** ![Brohann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/brohann/32/17380_2.png) [@Brohann](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Brohann)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-need-your-help-fun-challenge-mca-hardware-hunt/27523/4 "2024-03-06T17:43:17Z")
The pybadge LC is only around 20$, that’s the cheapest hardware that your not going to have to build yourself