I thought how to replace it and then I remembered, there is a company that still produces Atari consoles and controller: Atari. At least the current incarnation of this company.
And voila: there is a wireless version of the CX-78, the CX-78+ Wireless with a USB- and a DB9-dongle. And it is very true to the original, except the missing cable and the charging port.

Not tested it yet, but it looks awesome.

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#retrogaming #retrocomputing #atari #atari7800 #cx78

Some weeks ago I snapped the stick of my CX-78 controller that came with the Atari 7800. The CX-78 came with the console in Europe and strongly resembles the NES gamepad, and that's no coincidence. A difference is the stick that can be screwed in the dpad. And this stick snapped. I saw no chance to fix or glue it and the rest if the stick is still stuck in the thread. The controller is still perfectly usable, but quite ugly in my eyes.

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#retrogaming #retrocomputing #atari #atari7800 #cx78

Info Retro N°6 - News sorties Shmup / Retro / Neo Retro #retrogaming #jeuvideo #shmup #shmups #stg

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Phoenix, work in progress game for #Atari7800 console https://youtu.be/eX-eSRJdPEc
Phoenix for Atari 7800

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Phoenix, work in progress game for #Atari7800 console https://youtu.be/eX-eSRJdPEc
Phoenix for Atari 7800

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Slayin', work in progress game for #Atari7800 console, inspired the Android/iOS game of the same name https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388738-homebrew-slayin/ #atari
More than 10 years after the first game, here is Dungeon Stalker II for #Atari7800 console https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388522-dungeon-stalker-ii/ #atari
New video of Black Forest, work in progress game for #Atari7800 console #retrogames
@gunstick @syn2cat My collection is #atari #atari7800 #zxspectrum and #c64. I want to get a few others I used or owned as a kid, but they are more expensive e.g. #Amiga and #atarifalcon030