Easi-Grip (Attachment)

The Coleco's ADAM / ColecoVision Easi-Grip by C & T Creations (released in the early 1980s) is a rare, obscure third-party plastic ergonomic add-on accessory. It was designed to address the universally disliked physical design of the standard ColecoVision and Coleco ADAM hand controllers.

The Problem It Addressed

The original Coleco hand controllers are shaped like rectangular bricks. They feature an integrated numeric keypad on the face and two thin plastic action buttons squeezed onto the left and right sides. While functional for arcade ports, players frequently complained of severe hand cramps and poor physical grip during long gaming sessions because the side-mounted fire buttons forced an awkward, pinching hand placement.

The Easi-Grip Design & Function:

Rather than replacing the controller entirely, C & T Creations engineered a mechanical plastic shell extension that clipped directly over the factory controller housing:

• Flight-Stick Transformation: The clip-on attachment structurally transformed the flat, rectangular controller into an ergonomic, vertical flight-stick style handle.
• Finger Grooves: The front of the plastic handle featured molded, built-in finger ridges designed to provide a more secure, comfortable grip for the user's hand.
• Leveraging the Joystick: By wrapping around the baseline body, it gave the player a more substantial physical handle to leverage against the stock 1.5-inch controller joystick stub sitting at the bottom.

Historical Rarity

Because it was a niche, low-cost plastic accessory sold at the tail end of the classic gaming era, the C & T Creations Easi-Grip is incredibly rare today. Most casual collectors are entirely unaware of its existence, and it is primarily documented inside historical user group inventory files (such as the NIAD Rarity List) or retro-gaming magazine archives tracking "strange joystick enhancements" of the 1980s