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Joysticks
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CoCo users used two main joystick types: CoCo-native joysticks and (via adapters) joysticks intended for Atari and other machines that used Atari-compatible joystick ports. The market for Atari-compatible joysticks (and the adapters to use them) was significant among CoCo owners because of the perceived shortcomings of the original standard CoCo joystick - the "Black Beauty".
CoCo-native joysticks came in two generations: those that had 5-pin DIN connectors (and thus could support only one fire button), and those that had six-pin DIN connectors (and could support two fire buttons). As a way to ease the transition it wanted CoCo owners to make to "IBM-Compatible" MS-DOS computers, and as a way to create an exclusive accessory market for itself, Tandy made its 1000-line PCs have CoCo-style joystick ports and able use to CoCo joysticks. But because those joysticks were not specifically labeled as such, many Tandy 1000 owners who picked up a joystick for their PC at their local Radio Shack were no doubt oblivious to the fact that they had just bought CoCo joysticks!
| Name | Cat. No.* | Brand | Buttons | Stick | First Ad | Year | Price | Notes |
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| Joystick | 26-3008 | Radio Shack | 1 | Loose | Example | Example | Example | "Black Beauty", sold in pairs, metal stick, then plastic |
| Joystick | 26-3008 | Tandy | 1 | Loose | Example | Example | Example | "Black Beauty", sold in pairs, plastic stick |
| Joystick | 10-1200 | TDP | 1 | Loose | Example | Example | Example | "Black Beauty", sold in pairs, plastic stick |
| Deluxe Joystick | 26-3012 | TRS-80 | 1 | Springback/Switchable | Example | Example | Example | |
| Deluxe Joystick | Tandy | 2 | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Pistol Grip Joystick | Tandy | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| CoCo-150 Flight Sim Yoke | Alban Scientific | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| ComMander Deluxe | Comrex | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| DR-2B | Altai | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Mach II | Spectrum Projects | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Spectrum Stick | Spectrum Projects | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| MAXX Flight Control Yoke | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Mark VI Competition Joystick | Advanced Gravis | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Endicott Joystick | Endicott | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| JARB Dual Joystick Unit | JARB | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |