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Controller Base with Grabber Ball & Attachment

V.P.I. · 198x · Controller
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Catalogue IDCVH-0064
ManufacturerV.P.I.
Product numberHS-2
Year198x (approximate)
TypeController (Input)
PlatformColecoVision
StatusReleased
Rarity Loose R10 · Complete R10
SourceControllers 82-85

Notes

A base that a ColecoVision hand controller sits in, with a ball top and attachment for the stick.

What the base adds

  • Weight and a flat footing. A ColecoVision controller is held in one hand and worked with the other, which is tiring and imprecise; on a base it stays put and can be played two-handed like an arcade panel.
  • With the ball top fitted, the whole assembly becomes something much closer to a cabinet control.

The keypad

  • The controller itself is in the base, so its twelve-key keypad remains reachable - which is more than most stick replacements in this catalogue manage.

That is the neat part of this design: it improves the controller without replacing it, so nothing is lost. The grabber ball and attachment are also catalogued separately, as is a CBS Electronics version.