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{{infobox_controller
| name       = Hand-Controller
| photo      = [[File:ControllerSabaVideoplay.jpg]]
| release    = [[:Category:1976|1976]]
| series     = 
| company    = [[:Category:Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation|Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation]]
| designer   = 
| colours    = [[:Category:Black|Black]]
| system     = [[:Category:Channel F|Channel F]]<br>[[:Category:Channel F System II|Channel F System II]]
| connection = [[:Category:DE9|DE9]]
| mechanisms = [[:Category:Digital button|Digital button]]<br>[[:Category:Digital joystick|Digital joystick]]<br>[[:Category:Paddle|Paddle]]
}}
Default controller for the [[wikipedia:Fairchild Channel F|Fairchild Channel F]] and Channel F System II. On the first console they're hard-wired to the system, but for the System II they use Atari's [[:Category:DE9|DE9]] port.

It's shaped like the stick part of a joystick, which you hold with one hand, and the top has a triangular-shaped knob that can be pulled up and pushed down (2 digital buttons), tilted like a joystick (8-way digital joystick), and twisted like a paddle controller (analogue). It's pretty clever, and covers most of the popular input types of the time.

==Similar Interfaces==

* [[Video Command]] - Clone for Atari VCS, Atari 400/800, VIC-20.
* [[Channel F Jet-Stick]] - Almost identical, but has a trigger button on the front.
* [[Nabu Games Controller]] - Official joystick for the [[wikipedia:NABU_Network|Nabu Personal Computer]]. Very similar form, but adds a trigger button and removes the twisting an pulling/pushing up/down features.
* [[TS 2090 Commandstick]] - Similar to the Video Command joystick, but with a round, metalic top. Made for the TC2068 and TS2068.

===Pistol Grip===
Similar concept, but instead of the handle being a straight stick, it's modelled on a pistol grip, with the button being a trigger.

* [[Space Age Joystick]] - [[:Category:Atari|Atari]].
* [[Navigator]] - [[:Category:Konix|Konix]].
* [[Quickjoy120]] - Not sure if it's by a company called Quickjoy, or a company called Junior-Stick.

[[Category:Controller]]
[[Category:1976]]
[[Category:Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation]]
[[Category:Black]]
[[Category:Channel F]]
[[Category:Channel F System II]]
[[Category:DE9]]
[[Category:Digital button]][[Category:Digital joystick]][[Category:Paddle]]