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As a kid growing up our house had the Intellivision. So i grew up loving the disc controller.

All my pals had the Atari 2600. They always complained about the Intelly disc when they'd come over. I always complained that the 2600 joysticks were impossible to play when i went to their house..

So what was the deal with those joysticks? In an age where leaf joysticks were the norm in arcades and easy to play the 2600 seemed like it was unusually cruel and was designed to make you hate playing games!

Is there a backstory on the design of that joystick and why it was so hard to play?
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