Controller
Category
Technological items
Date
c. 1980
Materials
Plastic and electrical flex
Measurements
135 x 90 x 115 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672721.1
Summary
A joystick unit for use with an Atari home video game console. The red plastic joystick with a round top is mounted in the centre of a black plastic base with two red circular buttons located on the edge of the base. There is a length of electric flex attached to one side of the edge of the base and at the other end of this flex is a nine hole din plug to connect to the relevant portal on a home video games console.
Provenance
Manufactured circa 1980 for use with an Atari home video games console