That's not the same. They should have those clunky rubber-covered plastic joysticks (those were literally "sticks" ) http://www.princeton.edu/~ebregman/input/Joystick.htm This was what the console looked like : http://markn.users.netlink.co.uk/Console/2600.html That box jutting out from the center is the game cartridge Close up view without cartridge and joysticks http://www.uknet.net/gallery/Museum/002_Atari_CX2600