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Atari 2600 controller was not a Joystick at all.
DYNAGOD:
Saw this picture of an Atari Space Invaders convention on destructoid and couldnt help but notice that everyone in the image is using the stick like an over extended thumb controller.
the atari 2600 controller was a joystick in form, but a thumb controller in function.
interesting slant on popular game history.
horseboy:
Strange, I can't imagine using it that way.
Samstag:
That's the "performance grip". That's how I always held it when I wasn't screwing around and playing with my feet.
saint:
That's pretty much how I held it when I had one :)
Zero_Hour:
Yep. That was definitely the same grip I used. It definitely maximized the precision of your movement. My hands were pretty small and that grip stretched them to their limits. 5+ hour sessions of missile command were an excruciating experience. Of course, I could have just stopped playing for a while, but what fun would that have been? ;D
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