The Atari 2600's Weird Fitness Board Controller - The Joyboard

25 years before the Wii Fit Balance Board, Amiga released the first balance board for home consoles: The Joyboard. The Joyboard was a balance board that was released for the Atari 2600 in 1983. Amiga made a couple of sports titles for it as well as a "follow the leader type of game. Released in the midst of the video game crash of 1983, the Joyboard is an often forgotten piece of gaming history.
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Please note that this is a re-upload of a video that I received a copyright claim on. I did take some time to spruce it up a bit and added a few new sections as well.

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@@claudiobizama5603 This comment induces a ton of nostalgia in me. (Dad had an Amiga, which was my first computer.)

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Glad to see it return. I kind of wish that companies would try new ways to play nowadays. Right now everything seems to be standard and unimaginative. I think after the Wii and Xbox's Kinect, companies have given up a bit of imagination.

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Ahh... extra bits and new sections. So it's a Special Edition rerelease.

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Thanks man. I appreciate it!

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Thanks, I appreciate the sentiment.

[@melcrose]

I used to collect Atari carts and accessories.. I had this and a proto "off your rocker" with a hand written label back in the day.

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Kudos for Yahel for bringing us the most obscure object in gaming that we even never think of.

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Lol yeah, I have a penchant for finding these weird obscurities.

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Classic Atari stuff like this is a nice change of pace. Great video as always!

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Thanks man!

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Yeah! I've been looking forward to learning about this one! I never knew anyone with one of these. I love how comprehensive these are.

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Glad you liked it. Stay safe and best of luck with the hurricane.

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Another amazing video Yahel! I love learning about these odd peripherals.

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I came across your channel while watching the gaming historian but I'm glad I did because I enjoyed this video and I feel like I'm going to enjoy your channel.

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Thanks! Norm actually did a voiceover in my Mario kart video.

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It’s frustrating how the 1983 videogame crash ruined many game companys.

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I found myself trying to guess which parts you revamped

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This time around all of the articles are fake and I'm CGI lol

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I grew up in section 8 housing and rough conditions, but somehow some way my sister had one, I was only 4 years old but I remember playing the ski game.

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Keep up the solid work my man, your content warms my cockles.

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Your vids are super professional love the content

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Thanks!

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Another very good and informative video. So it's not LJN but Amiga that introduced this peripheral. But unlike LJN this works better and compatible with multiple games and other computer systems. Kudos again for this. 💪😁🍻

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love your content and I hadn't watched the original, thanks for this, never knew how much I'd enjoy learning about obscure, usually failed, gaming paraphernalia

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The failures definitely tend to be more interesting to me too. Thanks for watching!

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Good stuff! Never remember hearing of this back in the day

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Very obscure, never heard of or seen that thing. Crazy to think they had that way back then

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Great video as always thanks

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Thanks!

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Great Video I look forward to your next upload

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Thanks!

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Wonder why they didn't base it around pots like a paddle or trackball to make it analog? Maybe for the sake of more game support but I doubt I'd play Ms Pacman with it. ^_^

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[@johneygd]

Now that was really forward thinking from amiga & atari😁

[@Privatex112]

:) Great video. Yeah this hardware is pretty cool, but pretty simple too. I wouldn't be surprised if you found an earlier piece of tech that did the same thing.

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Well done bud

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How do you not have more subscribers?!

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💁🏻‍♂️ lol. I appreciate the sentiment 😊. I enjoy making these either way but hopefully one day the subs will come.

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Holy shit you hav one! Did you used this to get that buffed?

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Surf board game seem like a nobrainer, but one never came to the wii pad.

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That shirt though lolol

[@thebayareacollector97]

Wow- I wonder if anyone sued Amiga at the time because this board looks unstable. I can see people falling from leaning forward or backwards too much 🤔

[@mallorymiller1687]

It was pre "sue everyone for having no accountability, and rise of the lawyers" days. I bet it didn't have a manual that was full of warnings.

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@@mallorymiller1687 lol yup!

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The joyboard was a head of it's time.

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How much would this be brand new?

[@christopherbrasher433]

The "JoyBoard" is such a funny name, especially considering that it brought joy to noone..lol. I mean, it would have been more in line with reality to call it the "DisappointmentBoard"..

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As an owner of a joy board, I can confirm.

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Can you look at the first Mario RPG Game🐢

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When is your next video 😭

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Hopefully this Thursday, on Thanksgiving. It's a shorter video but I'm also working on a big neo geo video.

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What's with that hair? It's going to yank your head over. I didn't need a foot board to play Yar's Revenge with my feet. 😐