6.5) What light pens were produced for the Atari?

A light pen or light gun requires a cathode ray tube (CRT) television or
monitor.  Only one light pen or light gun may be used on the Atari at a time.
Controller Jacks 1-3 on the 400 do not support a light pen / light gun.

- Atari Light Pen CX70 (1980, shipped 1981)
   - Shipped with CX4124 demonstration program cassette
- Symtec Light Pen by Symtec (1982)
- The Light Pen by Programmer's Institute / Futurehouse (1983)
- Tech-Sketch LP-10 Light Pen (ad: Compute Aug83p117)
  - sold with Demo Cassette
- Tech-Sketch LP-15 Light Pen (ad: Compute Aug83p117)
  - sold with Demo Cassette
- Tech-Sketch LP-10S Light Pen (ad:CC Jan84p.230).  Shipped with one of:
   - Paint-N-Sketch Level I
   - Micro Illustrator diskette
     (Illustrator product by Island Graphics, light pen version)
- Computapix PixStik (ad: YourComputer Feb84p12-13)
   - Atari version shipped with PaintBox (by Eamonn Walsh) and "3 free games"
- Atari Light Pen CX75 (1983, shipped 1984)
   - Shipped with AtariGraphics cartridge RX8054 by Gibson Laboratories /
     Steve Gibson for Atari
- Stack Light Pen by Stack Computer Services (1984)
- Edumate Light Pen by Futurehouse (1984)
   - Improved version of The Light Pen by Programmer's Institute / Futurehouse
   - Sold with 5 or 6 programs for the Atari
   - Some later units sold with Peripheral Vision program by Futurehouse
- Hoyt Light Pen by Hoyt Corporation (ad: Compute#49Jun84p48)
   - released????
- McPen light pen by Madison Computer (1984)
   - Came with a disk with 4 BASIC programs
- Koala Light Pen by Koala Technologies (1984, fall)
   - Box: "for Commodore 64"
   - Box sticker: "Contents work on Atari and Commodore 64 Computers"
   - Sold with KoalaPainter (light pen version) two-sided disk for
     Commodore 64 and Atari
     (Illustrator product by Island Graphics, light pen version)
- Turbo Light Pen by Turbo Software for M.P.M. (Chile), 1989?
   - Shipped with 2 cassettes
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