Those of us who grew up in the '80s and early '90s remember the legendary joystick controller, the Quickshot II. The hulking brute of a controller came with many new features at the time, including ...

A recreation of the most popular joystick on 8-bit and 16-bit home computers will be out soon, from the people that brought you The A500 Mini. Your rarely hear the term joystick anymore, outside of ...

Valve launched the Steam Controller a decade ago. It was designed to make traditional PC games playable on TVs in tandem with the original Steam Machine, which never took off. Now, Valve has announced ...

Atari has brought the iconic Mattel Intellivision console back from the dead with revamped controllers and "cartridge" inserts displaying titles from Boulder Dash and B-17 Bomber to Shark! Shark! and ...

The Xbox Adaptive Joystick has officially launched, giving users a new accessibility option for playing games. Bearing a striking resemblance to the Nintendo Wii's nunchuck controller, the Xbox ...

We have to hand it to Atari for keeping it simple but functional early on. A lot of competing consoles around now tried to get crazy with controllers, adding things like number pads and spinning dials ...

In 2021, Atari launched the Atari VCS, an interesting gaming console-PC hybrid capable of playing classic Atari titles and modern games. It also supported game and video streaming, internet browsing, ...

In a future conflict, American troops will direct the newest war machines not with sprawling control panels or sci-fi-inspired touchscreens, but controls familiar to anyone who grew up with an Xbox or ...

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