A player-operated control unit for a video game providing both a joystick control function and a paddle type control function. A combined joystick/paddle control assembly (25) has radially extending arms (69-72) each associated to a different joystick control switch (34-37) mounted on a substrate (27) in a housing (28, 29). The assembly also includes a rotatable potentiometer having a shaft extending through the top of the housing on which a control knob (86) is mounted. The assembly (25) is pivotally mounted on a support post (88) located on the inside bottom surface of the housing, and rotational motion of the assembly (25) is confined by the interlocking action of a pair of ribs (79) formed in the housing and slotted feet (76, 77) extending laterally of the bottom of the assembly.
A pair of game status switches (31, 33) and an fire/ serve switch (32) are mounted on a substrate (27) and are operated respectively by a status switch operating assembly (22, 23) and a spring loaded fire/serve button (24).