Atari 2600 / 5200 / 7800 / XEGS Rarity Database

Atari 2600 Controller

Joysticks, Paddles, Keypads and others

Box	Controller	Model	Company	Description
		CX10 Joystick	Atari	Original version of the standard joystick, with Atari logo on the top of the controlstick, a red Fire-Button and a yellow dotted border around the stick. This model was replaced in 1978 by the CX40.
		CX20 Driving Controller	Atari	Similar to the CX30 paddles, but 360° turnable (essential for driving in a circuit). Only dedicated to one game and sold with it in a bundle: Indy 500. As Indy 500 is a game with maximum of two players, the CX20 was conceived to be used seperately, unlike the CX30 paddles (sold in pairs, to be usable for four-player games).
		CX21 Video Touch Pad	Atari	Sold only within the Star Raiders bundle. Has no numbers on the buttons and the enclosed Star Raiders overlays will only match to this controller. Apart from that, the Video Touch Pad is functionally the same as the Kid´s Controller and the Keyboard Controller.
		CX22 Trak-Ball	Atari	The CX22 (Pro-Line) Trak-Ball was built in a brown/black colouring and has round fire-buttons since 1982. The shortly later produced CX80 Trak-Ball has the same functions, but differs in its black colour and square fire-buttons. Both were sold in a Atari Junior styled box.
		CX23 Kid's Controller	Atari	The Kid´s Controller is a bigger version of the Keyboard Controller. It was built to play the CCW (Children´s Computer Workshop) series games, which contain special overlays for children. Without this controller, the games were unplayable.
		CX24 (Pro-Line) Joystick	Atari	During the launch of the Atari 2600 Junior and the 7800 consoles in 1986 the CX24 joystick was born. It has two firebuttons, one on the left and one on the right side (but with "independent" function only for some Atari 7800 games. Later on it was also sold in boxes renamed from "Pro-Line" to "Multi-System Deluxe Joystick Controller". In the USA this controller was part of the Atari 7800 bundle.
		CX30 Paddles	Atari	Two controllers connected by the same single port cable to the Atari system enables up to four players to play simultaneously during certain games (i.e. Warlords). They were sold from the beginning of 1977 (in a bundle only in the first "heavy sixer" box). Subsequently In 1983 when the last "paddle-game" was released, the production stopped in 1984.
		CX40 Joystick	Atari	The "mother of all joysticks" - as the CX10 is, but with orange Fire-Button and orange dotted Border (with the word "TOP") around the Stick. Also the Atari-logo on the top of the controlstick has been omitted
		CX42 Remote Controller	Atari	The CX42 was not the first wireless controller ever sold - the Game Mate 2 from Cynex was released one year before, in 1982. The CX42 uses radio waves for transmission and was sold in a Atari Junior styled box, with two joysticks in it.
		CX50 Keyboard Controller	Atari	The Keyboard Controller was only usable for a few games (f.e. Codebreaker, Hunt & Score) and was sold in pairs only, from the beginning of the VCS 2600 in 1977/78.
		CX78 Joystick	Atari	The CX78 has the same functions as the CX24, but with a completely different design. Simultaneously with the market-launch of the Atari 7800 in Europe (1989) the joypad was sold. A pair of them were enclosed in the 7800 bundle and at the same time the CX24 joystick was replaced by it in the Atari Jr. package. The CX78 was sold in single units as "Multi System Joypad Controller". It was never released in the USA.
		CX80 Trak-Ball	Atari	It is a completely re-designed version of the CX22. There are two different versions. The 1st is compatible with the CX22, the 2nd is compatible with a Atari ST mouse.
		Track & Field Controller	Atari	The Game Track & Field was the official game of the 1984 Olympics (Los Angeles). The controller has the same functions as the control panel of Konamis arcade machine: two "run" buttons (white) and one "jump/throw" button (red). It is dedicated to the Track & Field game (but not to the Atari-versions) and was sold separately also. One unit was always enclosed with the Atari VCS 2600 version.
		3120 The Joyboard	Amiga	Amiga Corporation developed the Joyboard and sold it with "Mogul Maniac", a skiing game. It works just like a normal joystick, playable with the feet. It has no "fire-button" but a port for a joystick is integrated. Surely more games were planned for the Joyboard but "Off your Rocker", the only subsequently advertised game, was never officially released.
		80090 Booster Grip	CBS	The CBS Booster Grip was a "plug-on" for the Atari CX40 and part of the CBS "Omega race" game. It's needed to play that game, because it uses two independend fire-buttons. Basically it's just an adapter which enables that feature by a pass-through adapter where the common CX40 has to be plugged in.
		Kid Vid Controller	Coleco	Only two games were released (more were planned) for the Kid Vid: Smurfs save the day (within a bundle) and Berenstain Bears. The Kid Vid Voice Module is in fact a cassette player wich has a port (to be plugged in the right Atari 2600 joystick-port) which is necessary to give a feedback to the game if the story stops or gets further.
		Foot Craz	Exus	Foot Craz is a kind of mat, constructed to play games with one's feet. In principle it's a flat joystick and therefore any joystick-game could be played with it. "Video Jogger" and "Video Reflex" were the two games that were included in the Exus bundle. No other games were developed for the "Foot Craz", the predecessor to the dance-mates and balance-boards of later times.
		Cosmic Command	Milton Bradley	Only sold in a bundle with Milton Bradleys "Survival Run". Has basically the same functions as a normal joystick but looks much cooler when playing 3D-shooter games like "Survival Run". Although most players say that it's more comfortable to play "Survival Run" with a standard joystick.
		Flight Commander	Milton Bradley	Only sold in a bundle with Milton Bradleys "Spitfire Attack". Looks like a fighter-plane machine-gun, but has the function of a standard joystick.