<p>No, the standard NXT-G software provided by LEGO will not allow you to program a RCX brick.</p>

<p>Outside of official software, your best bet is probably to use <a href="http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nqc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NQC</a> which is C-like; there's also <a href="http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nbc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NXC</a> for the NXT which is similar.</p>

<p>There are a lot of others which have been discussed in the following questions: <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/q/679">Is there any other way to program the Lego Mindstorms NXT other than the provided software?</a> and <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/q/190">Can I write programs for the LEGO RCX 2.0 in Java/C++?</a>.</p>

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<p>I was asked to teach a robotics class and found several RCX bricks in storage.  Can I use these bricks with the Mindstorms NXT 2.0 software?  If not, what would be the software I would need to use the RCX bricks?</p>

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Can you program an RCX using the Mindstorms NXT 2.0 software?
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# Can you program an RCX using the Mindstorms NXT 2.0 software?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-06-13)

I was asked to teach a robotics class and found several RCX bricks in storage. Can I use these bricks with the Mindstorms NXT 2.0 software? If not, what would be the software I would need to use the RCX bricks?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-06-13. Score: 5

No, the standard NXT-G software provided by LEGO will not allow you to program a RCX brick.

Outside of official software, your best bet is probably to use [NQC](http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nqc/) which is C-like; there's also [NXC](http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nbc/) for the NXT which is similar.

There are a lot of others which have been discussed in the following questions: [Is there any other way to program the Lego Mindstorms NXT other than the provided software?](https://bricks.stackexchange.com/q/679) and [Can I write programs for the LEGO RCX 2.0 in Java/C++?](https://bricks.stackexchange.com/q/190).


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