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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!

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Name Cat. No.* Brand Buttons Stick First Ad Year Price Notes
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 26-3012 Tandy 2 Example Example Example Example Example
Pistol Grip Joystick Tandy Tandy 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 900-2380 Advanced Gravis 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