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| name = Hand-Controller | | name = Hand-Controller | ||
| photo = [[File:ControllerSabaVideoplay.jpg]] | | photo = [[File:ControllerSabaVideoplay.jpg]] | ||
| release = [[:Category:1976|1976]] | | release = [[:Category:1976|1976]] | ||
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| system = [[:Category:Channel F|Channel F]]<br>[[:Category:Channel F System II|Channel F System II]] | | system = [[:Category:Channel F|Channel F]]<br>[[:Category:Channel F System II|Channel F System II]] | ||
| connection = [[:Category:DE9|DE9]] | | connection = [[:Category:DE9|DE9]] | ||
| mechanisms = [[:Category: | | mechanisms = [[:Category:Digital button|Digital button]]<br>[[:Category:Digital joystick|Digital joystick]]<br>[[:Category:Paddle|Paddle]] | ||
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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 DE9 port. | 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. | 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. | ||
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* [[Video Command]] - Clone for Atari VCS, Atari 400/800, VIC-20. | * [[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. | * [[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:1976]] | ||
[[Category:Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation]] | [[Category:Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation]] | ||
[[Category:Black]] | [[Category:Black]] | ||
[[Category:Channel F]] | [[Category:Channel F]] | ||
[[Category:Channel F System II]] | |||
[[Category:DE9]] | [[Category:DE9]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Digital button]][[Category:Digital joystick]][[Category:Paddle]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:41, 29 May 2024
| Release date: | 1976 |
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| Company: | Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation |
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| Main colours: | Black |
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| System: | Channel F Channel F System II |
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| Connection: | DE9 |
| Purpose: | |
| Mechanisms: | Digital button Digital joystick Paddle |
Default controller for the 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 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 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 - Atari.
- Navigator - Konix.
- Quickjoy120 - Not sure if it's by a company called Quickjoy, or a company called Junior-Stick.
