I bought a friend an Atari VCS Wireless Joystick as a Christmas gift thinking (incorrectly) it would work with an Atari 2600+. My only defense is that, I didn’t realize the VCS is different, the joystick looks the same and, I’m stupid for not reading the fine print. I subsequently bought my friend the correct, CX40+.

I am intrigued to see whether I can now repurpose the joystick as an alterntive mouse for a Linux machine. So far, this idea shows promise…