Atari 2600 Joystick Controller

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Technology: The games that aliens play". New Scientist. Vol.88, no.1232–1233. Reed Business Information. December 18, 1980. p.782. ISSN 0262-4079.Russell, Jimmy (December 3, 2012). 101 Amazing Atari 2600 Facts. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 9781782344957. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023 . Retrieved October 25, 2020. AGH – Third Party Profile: Mystique". AtariHQ.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008 . Retrieved July 6, 2009. Video Games Console Library Atari VCS Launch Titles". Archived from the original on August 8, 2017 . Retrieved September 8, 2017.

Kent, Steven (2001). Ultimate History of Video Games. Three Rivers Press. p.190. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4. a b c d e f g Fulton, Steve (November 6, 2007). "The History of Atari: 1971–1977". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018 . Retrieved September 11, 2018. The CX40 had several well-known problems and was subject to eventual mechanical breakdown. A number of more robust third-party alternatives were available in a thriving market, but generally at much higher prices [6] [a] so they never achieved widespread popularity in comparison to the CX40. [ citation needed] A company named American Multiple Industries produced a number of pornographic games for the 2600 under the Mystique Presents Swedish Erotica label. The most notorious, Custer's Revenge, was protested by women's and Native American groups [104] because it depicted General George Armstrong Custer raping a bound Native American woman. [105] Atari sued American Multiple Industries in court over the release of the game. [106] Legacy [ edit ] " The Art of Video Games" (2012) at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, with Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Pitfall!, and Combat

CX78 Power Control Pad (only for European 2600 Jr) Console models [ edit ] Six switch models [ edit ] Atari Parts Are Dumped". The New York Times. September 28, 1983. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017 . Retrieved May 20, 2018. The Atari 2600 was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 2007. [108] In 2009, the Atari 2600 was named the number two console of all time by IGN, which cited its remarkable role behind both the first video game boom and the video game crash of 1983, and called it "the console that our entire industry is built upon". [109]