Wrestling With Gaming

The Atari 2600's Weird Fitness Board Controller - The Joyboard (2019x3)

Air date: Sep 02, 2019

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.