Unidentified Atari controller?

[Emily]

I found a wierd Atari controller in a box of intellivision games at a yard sale. The thing is wedge-shaped and made of black painted wood.
The controller has 5 square buttons: 2 on the upper-left labeled 'left' and 'right', 2 on the opposite side labeled 'thrust' and 'fire', and 1 button centered below labeled 'hyperspace'.

It only plugs into the console(doesnt use batteries) and the plug says Atari on it.sorry no pic.

Im really curious about it and i dont own any atari console.Any info would be awsome...even though its probably nothing special.

[sku_u]

Sounds like it was intended for use with Asteroids. Do the pins (the plug at the end) look wider than a standard 2600 controller? :)

[Algol]

This sounds interesting. I would really like to see it.

[Arcade Antics]

I found a wierd Atari controller in a box of intellivision games at a yard sale. The thing is wedge-shaped and made of black painted wood.
The controller has 5 square buttons: 2 on the upper-left labeled 'left' and 'right', 2 on the opposite side labeled 'thrust' and 'fire', and 1 button centered below labeled 'hyperspace'.

It only plugs into the console(doesnt use batteries) and the plug says Atari on it.sorry no pic.

Im really curious about it and i dont own any atari console.Any info would be awsome...even though its probably nothing special.

Nice find! I'm with Sku, sounds like a homemade Asteroids controller. Without any pics it's difficult to shed any more light on the subject. Perhaps you could borrow a digital camera from a friend, or scan it in at your local library or school?

[MarioAllStar2600]

Joe has a small controller that sounds similar. I believe it's small at least. It was made for asteroids, but im sure that stuff just makes the game more difficult. Still a cool find!

[christianscott27]

sorta reminds me of this crazy DIY controller project from a 1983 magazine


http://www.evg2000.com/graphics/mags-ads-miscpics/twareatarjg2.jpg
http://www.evg2000.com/html/mags.htm

i'm sure thats not it, but hey its a fun idea...anybody ever make one?