What is Atari joystick port?
{{Infobox connector |name=Atari joystick port |type=[[User interface|Human input device]] interface |image=[[File:DE-9-Controller-Male-Connector.jpg|220px]] |logo= |caption=Atari 2600 joystick port |designer= |design_date={{Start date and age|1977}} |manufacturer= |production_date= |external=yes |hotplug=yes |length= |width= |height= |data_signal= |data_bit_width= |data_bandwidth= |data_devices= |data_style= |physical_connector=[[D-subminiature]] |num_pins=9 |pinout_image=[[File:Numbered DE9 Diagram.svg|177px]] |pinout_caption=Console-side joystick port seen from the front. |pin1=Up |pin2=Down |pin3=Left |pin4=Right |pin5=Paddle B |pin6=Trigger |pin7=+5 volts power |pin8=Ground |pin9=Paddle A |pinout_notes= }} The '''Atari joystick port''' is a [[Computer port (hardware)|computer port]] used to connect various gaming controllers to [[video game console|game console]] and [[home computer]] systems in the 1970s to the 1990s. It was originally introduced on the [[Atari 2600]] in 1977 and then used on the [[Atari 8-bit family|Atari 400 and 800]] in 1979. It went [[cross-platform]] with the [[Commodore VIC-20]] of 1981, and was then used on many following machines from both companies, as well as a growing list of 3rd party machines like the [[MSX]] platform and various [[Sega]] consoles. ==Further reading== ===Bibliography=== * {{ cite journal |first=Joe |last=Decuir |title=Atari Video Computer System: Bring Entertainment Stories Home |journal=IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine |date=July 2015 |pages=59–66 }} * {{cite book |title=Introduction to the Amiga 2000 |url=https://archive.org/stream/Introduction_to_the_Amiga_2000_1987_Commodore#page/n211/mode/2up/search/joystick |year=1987 |publisher=Commodore Business Machines |ref=CITEREFCommodore1987}} * {{cite book |title=Atari Hardware Manual |url=http://www.atarimania.com/documents/atari-400-800-hardware-manual.pdf |date=1982 |publisher=Atari |ref=CITEREFAtari1982}} * {{cite book |title=Commodore 64 Programmers Reference Guide |url=http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/c64_p