The Atari CX40 joystick was the first widely used cross-platform game controller. The original CX10 was released with the Atari Video Computer System...

buttons. The 360-degree non-centering joystick was touted as offering more control than the eight-way Atari CX40 joystick of the 2600, but was a focal point...

year, the CX10 joystick was replaced with the CX40 model designed by James C. Asher. Because the Atari joystick port and CX40 joystick became industry...

using an eight-way joystick to aim with a crosshair and shoot at enemy aircraft. The Atari CX40 joystick, developed for the 1977 Atari Video Computer System...

disk drives, modems, and printers. XEGS keyboard CX40 joystick in XEGS color scheme XG-1 light gun Atari sold 100,000 XE Game Systems during the Christmas...

"Classic Joystick" controller and a "Modern Controller". The "Classic Joystick" is based on the single-button design of the Atari CX40 joystick, adding...

are used by most Atari games and are the predominant input device. By 1986, the CX40 was difficult to obtain. The Atari joystick port, however, appeared...

backward compatibility. It shipped with a different model of joystick from the 2600-standard CX40 and included Pole Position II as the pack-in game. Most of...

with an updated Atari CX40 joystick with additional buttons. List of Atari 8-bit computer emulators Keyboard computer Atari 5200 "Atari introduces the...

attached to a single Atari joystick port. Originally released with the Atari VCS console. CX40 joystick - 8-directional 1-button joystick, originally released...