THE venerable Etch-a- Sketch toy is going 21st century.

The low-tech drawing game that has entertained generations of kids – long before video games ever existed – is now a video game that can be hooked directly into a television.

Wired Etch-a-Sketch comes with a controller that has the familiar two dials – one for up and down and one for left and right – just like the original toy.

And to clear the screen, the user shakes the hand-held controller – instead of the toy itself.

The original toy appeared on store shelves in the U.S. around 1960 and consists of a plastic box filled with aluminum powder. Users can draw by manipulating an internal stylus with two knobs. The stylus scrapes powder off the inside of the toy’s screen to make a line.

In the 1980s, toy maker Ohio Arts introduced a much less successful electronic version that lacked the potential for detail found with the original.