An input device used for games like Pong, Breakout, and Kaboom. In the Atari world, a paddle was a black plastic unit that looked like a citizens band handset, with an orange trigger on the side and a dial an the top. Two paddles were joined at the computer's end of the cable to form one input. Each paddle had a value of 0-255, plus one bit to indicate whether the trigger was up or down.