# New game console for makecode **URL:** \ **Category:** Arcade\ **Tags:** game, make\ **Created:** [May 27, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179 "2026-05-27T00:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GoObErsandwichdude64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goobersandwichdude64/32/34178_2.png) [@GoObErsandwichdude64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GoObErsandwichdude64)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/1 "2026-05-27T00:00:39Z")
Hey @richard or anybody, could you help me make a game console for MakeCode? My console is called Arcadia Go. It’s powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico W. It’s 7" wide by 4" tall, it can store up to 20 games on it, and you can push on sensors. Could you help me make it work with MakeCode? ---
**Author:** ![NeverStopTheCoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neverstopthecoder/32/21194_2.png) [@NeverStopTheCoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeverStopTheCoder)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/2 "2026-05-27T02:32:44Z")
im making something similar check out **[How to Run a Game on a Raspberry pi 5 SD Card Directly!](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-run-a-game-on-a-raspberry-pi-5-sd-card-directly/42555)** and **[Can I sell my game this way](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-i-sell-my-game-this-way/38799)** and I’m working on a python package that you can import with all the stuff to run it on the sd card ---
**Author:** ![GoObErsandwichdude64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goobersandwichdude64/32/34178_2.png) [@GoObErsandwichdude64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GoObErsandwichdude64)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/3 "2026-05-27T16:55:08Z")
> [@NeverStopTheCoder](#): > > How to Run a Game on a Raspberry pi 5 SD Card Directly! Thanks, that helps. This is what the Arcadia Go looks like: ![Screenshot 2026-05-27 at 9.46.33 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/0/2/022be4965874a2796af681d1d945270506ec712d.png) That’s the back; the pin header in the middle is where the Raspberry Pi Pico goes. ![Screenshot 2026-05-27 at 9.48.29 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/2/1/2124c4a759a147175db73987b7c0442871b48067.jpeg) That’s the front; the pin header below the D-pad is sensor ports for plugging in Adafruit sensors. Now @richard just needs to help me with whether it has the stuff needed. ---
**Author:** ![radgrapes1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/radgrapes1/32/34477_2.png) [@radgrapes1](https://forum.makecode.com/u/radgrapes1)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/4 "2026-05-27T16:55:11Z")
cool! @GoObErsandwichdude64, what do you think? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/5 "2026-05-27T18:06:22Z")
@GoObErsandwichdude64 i’m afraid i’m more of a software guy than a hardware guy, so i’m not sure i’ll be much help. that being said, we do have some documentation on creating arcade hardware [here](https://arcade.makecode.com/hardware/dev) which i encourage you to check out! ---
**Author:** ![GoObErsandwichdude64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goobersandwichdude64/32/34178_2.png) [@GoObErsandwichdude64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GoObErsandwichdude64)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/6 "2026-05-27T19:44:33Z")
thanks @richard! is there any other person that you mite know that could help me? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/7 "2026-05-27T19:53:06Z")
i’m afraid not! but check out that documentation, people have used it to make arcade consoles in the past ---
**Author:** ![GoObErsandwichdude64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goobersandwichdude64/32/34178_2.png) [@GoObErsandwichdude64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GoObErsandwichdude64)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/8 "2026-05-27T21:36:19Z")
When Arcadia Go is done, I’ll send you one; the box will be covered in monkeys holding bananas. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/9 "2026-05-28T03:28:54Z")
I’d encourage you to check out some PCB design tutorials and search up some best practices so that you don’t have to pay money and then realize that the design doesn’t work / or not as optimally. The things that stood out to me are that the Pico’s CAD model is misalligned, there is no ground pour / you’re removing large areas of copper for no reason, and that you have 90 degree bends which is not important at this speed and with modern etching processes but it’s still frowned upon ---
**Author:** ![GoObErsandwichdude64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goobersandwichdude64/32/34178_2.png) [@GoObErsandwichdude64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GoObErsandwichdude64)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/10 "2026-05-28T17:38:41Z")
my not yet done website [https://sites.google.com/view/bananapi/arcadia-go](https://sites.google.com/view/bananapi/arcadia-go) ---
**Author:** ![NeverStopTheCoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neverstopthecoder/32/21194_2.png) [@NeverStopTheCoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeverStopTheCoder)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/11 "2026-05-28T17:45:23Z")
you can also try PCBWay send them a board and they will send it back to you built ---
**Author:** ![NeverStopTheCoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neverstopthecoder/32/21194_2.png) [@NeverStopTheCoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeverStopTheCoder)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/12 "2026-05-28T18:27:13Z")
* * * really cool also the python package is done (check out game on sd card topic again) also Its really cool to see you have your own website ---
**Author:** ![GoObErsandwichdude64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goobersandwichdude64/32/34178_2.png) [@GoObErsandwichdude64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GoObErsandwichdude64)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/13 "2026-05-28T22:16:41Z")
thanks! ---
**Author:** ![NeverStopTheCoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neverstopthecoder/32/21194_2.png) [@NeverStopTheCoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeverStopTheCoder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/14 "2026-05-29T01:54:22Z")
I would say if it does not work just follow the steps on the topic and just let me know what went wrong ---
**Author:** ![NeverStopTheCoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neverstopthecoder/32/21194_2.png) [@NeverStopTheCoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeverStopTheCoder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/15 "2026-05-29T22:35:39Z")
out of curiosity what about it helped? ---
**Author:** ![GoObErsandwichdude64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goobersandwichdude64/32/34178_2.png) [@GoObErsandwichdude64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GoObErsandwichdude64)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/16 "2026-07-12T20:46:05Z")
Due to my laziness, I have not worked on this for a while. I may start it up again when I know more about circuits. ---
**Author:** ![ydiaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ad7895/32.png) [@ydiaz](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ydiaz)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/17 "2026-07-24T17:47:49Z")
Pi 5 is pretty different from a Pico W though — might be worth checking what MakeCode actually supports for the Pico specifically before you go down that route. ---
**Author:** ![GoObErsandwichdude64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/goobersandwichdude64/32/34178_2.png) [@GoObErsandwichdude64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GoObErsandwichdude64)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-game-console-for-makecode/44179/18 "2026-07-25T19:22:54Z")
ok, thanks!