Controller
Category
Technological items
Date
c. 1980
Materials
Plastic and electrical flex
Measurements
120 x 88 x 94 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672721.2
Summary
A joystick unit for use with an Atari home video games console. The plastic joystick has a square base with two circular red buttons in the left and right corners of the top edge. Between these two buttons the word 'TOP' is embossed in orange capital letters. In the centre of the base, located inside three concentric orange circles is the joystick controller which has a round red hand hold at the top mounted on a black stick. A length of electric flex is attached to the top edge of the base and at the other end of the flex is a nine hole din plug to connect to the relevant port on a home video games console.
Provenance
Manufactured circa 1980 for use with an Atari home video games console