Abstract: Disclosed is an XY controller made up of a base and a seperate wand. The base has a flat top on which are arranged four separate electrical conductor strips in a square pattern except that the strips do not meet at the corners of the square but are closely spaced apart to provide normally open switches. The strips are individually connected to the data buss, for example, of an electronic apparatus such as a computer, game, etc. The wand is also connected to the apparatus and is freely manipulable manually relative to the base to make electrical contact with any strip or, selectively, with neighboring strips at each corner of the square, thereby to close the selected switch. Thus, manipulation of the wand, movable up and down, cross-wise and diagonally effects corresponding actuation of the circuits in the apparatus. The connection of the wand to the apparatus includes a line serving as a tether to the base.