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The Atari CX40 joystick with one button and an 8-directional stick. The Atari CX40 joystick was the first widely used cross-platform game controller.The original CX10 was released with the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed the Atari 2600) in 1977 and became the primary input device for most games on the platform.
The Atari joystick port used a 9-pin male socket in the host system, and female connectors on the devices. Classic Atari peripherals used a teardrop shaped rounded plug that was easy to grip to make it easier to plug in. Almost all compatible devices used similar physical layouts, often to the point of copying the plug design outright.
The Atari Joystick Controller TV Video Game System was made in 2003 (copyright 2002) in Jakks Pacific's Plug It In & Play TV Games plug-n-play game system lineup. The device itself is designed to look like the joystick used on the Atari 2600 and has an Atari licence. It's made in China.
The Atari CX50 keyboard controller functions as a computer keyboard and is required for games such as Star Raiders. [ 3 ] : 59–60 The Atari Mindlink is a prototyped motion controller which measures the movement of the user's eyebrows via a fitted headband, which replaces the paddle controller; however, the Mindlink was cancelled early in its ...
RetroArch is a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications. It is the reference implementation of the libretro API, [2] [3] designed to be fast, lightweight, portable and without dependencies. [4]
With the exception of laptops—for which companies released joystick adapters for parallel or serial ports, which needed custom software drivers [16] —through the early 1990s, the game port was universally supported on sound cards, [12] and increasingly became built-in features as motherboards added sound support of their own. This remained ...
This is a list of game titles released for Atari 8-bit computers, sorted alphabetically. 0–9. 3 in 1 College & Pro Football ... Controller; Cops 'n' Robbers; The ...
The gamepad of later European Atari 7800s with the thumbstick screwed in. The Atari 7800 came bundled with the Atari Pro-Line Joystick, a two-button controller with a joystick for movement. The Pro-Line was developed for the 2600 and advertised in 1983, [37] but delayed until Atari proceeded with the 7800. The right fire button only works as a ...