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Atari 2600 controller was not a Joystick at all.

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Hoopz:
WHOOSH... the noise you just heard was the sound of the joke going over Howard's head...

 ;D

missioncontrol:
Howard you can't really fault the stick for your inability to own at Combat....

RandyT:

--- Quote from: DYNAGOD on June 09, 2007, 03:47:56 pm ---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.

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Hmmm, I could only count about 5 of them holding it the wrong way  >:D

RandyT

horseboy:

--- Quote from: Naru on June 10, 2007, 05:15:46 am ---I played the 2600 a lot as a small kid.
I always held the stick with my entire hand,
never with just a thumb.
The Atari brand controllers that came
with it never lasted very long.
I can remember having a box full of worn out
joysticks. Ultimately, a larger black and red
joystick with a white button on top
of the stick, ended up being the only
control that did hold up for me.


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Wico Command Control. Best Joystick ever.

Zero_Hour:

--- Quote from: horseboy on June 10, 2007, 02:16:02 pm ---Wico Command Control. Best Joystick ever.

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Indeed. I got one when I picked up my first C-64 in '83. It was still working when I gave it, and my Amiga 500 to a friend in '94. Only thing I ever had to do to it was very occasional leaf switch adjustments. That thing was as bomb proof as home accessories get.

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