kinkad Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Can anyone help me with info on this? What was the white/beige Atari Standard Joystick made for? It looks exactly like the standard black 2600 joystick, but is white/beige in color. It has a black handle boot and black cord with the Atari logo on the connector pin casing. I played it on my 2600, but was wondering if it was made for the XE since the color is the same as the XE light gun. I'm so confused! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 My XEGS came with a grey/black one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I think you mean Grey/Black joystick... Which was released with the XEGS and later sold seperately. There however was a Beige/Black Atari CX-40 joystick at one point. Tom Palecki of Atari's Industrial Design group had an artist sketch of the joystick and had an actually unit as well which he sold me. Apparently Atari at one point considered making a line of Atari joysticks to match the color of the Atari 400/800 Computer Line. Only this one prototype seems to exist, so it must be assumed that the idea was canned in favor of just staying with the all black CX-40's for use across all lines of games/computers. Curt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Wasn't there a joystick for the C-64 that looked exactly like the 2600 joystick, just white? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Yup, total clone of the Atari Joystick brought out by Commodore.... I recall some kind of lawsuit regarding those in a magazine... Curt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 I think you mean Grey/Black joystick... Which was released with the XEGS and later sold seperately. There however was a Beige/Black Atari CX-40 joystick at one point. Tom Palecki of Atari's Industrial Design group had an artist sketch of the joystick and had an actually unit as well which he sold me. Apparently Atari at one point considered making a line of Atari joysticks to match the color of the Atari 400/800 Computer Line. Only this one prototype seems to exist, so it must be assumed that the idea was canned in favor of just staying with the all black CX-40's for use across all lines of games/computers. Curt I recall seeing it in some promo pics for the 400/800 as well. Would that be the same proto that was used then or were there indeed more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 Marty, That was one in the same.... it's obviously a 79'ish design and not as early as say the 77' spring loaded joysticks with the indent on the tops of the joystick rubber handles where the metal "Atari" plates were installed. Curt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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