Joystick
Joystick noun - A manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers.
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Key
Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.
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Like the Intellivision, the ColecoVision used a controller that combined a joystick with a 12-key keypad (which allowed games to include overlays to show how the buttons would be used).
Source: Useful Notes / ColecoVision -
Before the Atari Jaguar's controller came along, it was a tie between the ColecoVision's and Intellivision's controllers, both sporting a similar 12-key "touch tone phone" keypad, two trigger buttons, and a gamepad (Intellivision) or joystick (Colecovision).
Source: Billions of Buttons
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