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    The Atari CX40 joystick was the first widely used cross-platform game controller. The original CX10 was released with the Atari Video Computer System...
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    eight-way Atari CX40 joystick of the 2600, but was a focal point for criticism. On May 21, 1984, during a press conference at which the Atari 7800 was...
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    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...
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    "Classic Joystick" controller and a "Modern Controller". The "Classic Joystick" is based on the single-button design of the Atari CX40 joystick, adding...
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    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...
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    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...
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    updated Atari CX40 joystick with additional buttons. "Atari introduces the 400/800 computers". Creative Computing. 5 (8): 26. August 1979. Atari 800 Home...
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    different joystick than the 2600-standard CX40 and included Pole Position II as the pack-in game. The European model has a gamepad instead of a joystick. Most...
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    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...
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    a replica CX40 joystick. The joystick too uses the same hardware and therefore the system is backwards compatible with the older joysticks. The system...
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  • attached to a single Atari joystick port. Originally released with the Atari VCS console. CX40 joystick - 8-directional 1-button joystick, originally released...
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    Commodore PET, a character set with the characteristic PETSCII, an Atari CX40 joystick-compatible interface, and a ROM cartridge port. The serial IEEE-488-derivative...
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    producing the Switch console). Previous console developers include Sega, Atari, Coleco, Mattel, NEC, SNK, Fujitsu, and 3DO. The first video game consoles...
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  • Apple II, by allowing either four Apple-compatible paddles or two Atari CX40 joysticks (but not both types at once) to be read by the computer simultaneously...
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  • in 1982. Midnight Magic uses the CX40 joystick for activating the flippers and shooting the ball. Moving the joystick controller down pulls the pinball...
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    II (1977) TRS-80 (1977) Color TV-Game (1977) Commodore PET (1977) Atari CX40 joystick (1978) VT100 (1978) Intellivision (1979) Asteroids (1979) Microvision...
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  • (Thesis). University of Toronto. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2020. "Subject: Atari 8-Bit Computers: Frequently Asked Questions". Utrecht University. June 11...
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    TI joysticks were of poor quality and difficult to find, for example; one reseller reported that its best-selling product was the Atari CX40 joystick adapter...
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  • by the Portland Retro Gaming Expo logo which recalls the iconic Atari CX40 joystick in front of stylized tree rings, highlighting Portland's lumber industry...
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    The Atari 2600 is a home video game console released in September 1977. Sears licensed the console and many games from Atari, Inc., selling them under...
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    the Epyx 500XJ Joystick, which uses high-quality microswitches and a more ergonomic form factor than the standard Atari CX40 joystick while remaining...
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  • Omega Race (category Atari 2600 games)
    000 points. The Atari 2600 cartridge came bundled with a "booster grip" controller which converted the single-button Atari CX40 joystick to having separate...
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  • Bandits (video game) (category Atari 8-bit computer games)
    control scheme to be the one the fewest people were likely to use: an Atari CX40 joystick connected through a Sirius Joyport. This option allows pushing forward...
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