Channel F Hand-Controller: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 16:52, 2 September 2022
| 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 |
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| Mechanisms: | Button 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.
