# Okay includes physical things of games i wanted to ask a question **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [September 19, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/okay-includes-physical-things-of-games-i-wanted-to-ask-a-question/39365 "2025-09-19T19:15:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sickly-Fish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sickly-fish/32/24873_2.png) [@Sickly-Fish](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sickly-Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/okay-includes-physical-things-of-games-i-wanted-to-ask-a-question/39365/1 "2025-09-19T19:15:25Z")
Okay hi I’m sickly fish i wanted to ask something. you all know rom carts we all probally have used them at least once so. i was wondering how i would make a would be able to make a cartridge make a slot on the raspberry pie to accept the cartridge and how to make it run the game when inserted IF possible if possible. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/okay-includes-physical-things-of-games-i-wanted-to-ask-a-question/39365/2 "2025-09-19T21:11:22Z")
The closest thing I’ve seen to what you describe is the Zaparoo system. > **[Open Source Universal Loading System | Zaparoo](https://zaparoo.org/)** > > The open source universal loading system. Launch media and scripted actions using physical objects. Create your collection how YOU want. You also could do something like this: > [@Arcade Presentation](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-presentation/27651): > > Hello, I wanted to share my success story with the games my students made in class. We put together an arcade to showcase the games and all the skills involved in creating video games. My focus was on art, problem solving and creative writing. Below is how we setup our arcade in the library to demonstrate the art involved in making their games. We shared this with the other classes in the school. Here are the bookl… ---
**Author:** ![Sickly-Fish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sickly-fish/32/24873_2.png) [@Sickly-Fish](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sickly-Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/okay-includes-physical-things-of-games-i-wanted-to-ask-a-question/39365/3 "2025-09-20T20:13:27Z")
for the 2nd one are the carts just carrying the media or are they actual carts ---
**Author:** ![Sickly-Fish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sickly-fish/32/24873_2.png) [@Sickly-Fish](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sickly-Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/okay-includes-physical-things-of-games-i-wanted-to-ask-a-question/39365/4 "2025-09-20T20:14:35Z")
> [@AlexK](#): > > [https://zaparoo.org/](https://zaparoo.org/) and for the first one how would iuse it with a system that can run Microsoft make code games as the actual exectuatables/ apps ---
**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:** [September 22, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/okay-includes-physical-things-of-games-i-wanted-to-ask-a-question/39365/5 "2025-09-22T21:52:41Z")
The cartridges have QR codes on them, which are used to open the URL of the game on whatever device is reading the QR code. The cartridges are just props. Similarly, the Zaparoo cards would open the encoded URL on whatever device is reading the card. ---
**Author:** ![Sickly-Fish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sickly-fish/32/24873_2.png) [@Sickly-Fish](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sickly-Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/okay-includes-physical-things-of-games-i-wanted-to-ask-a-question/39365/6 "2025-09-26T00:11:12Z")
looked into it looks amazing tysm for the info 😃