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  2. Contra (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Contra [a] is a 1987 run and gun video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988, along with ports for various home computer formats, including the MSX2 .

  3. Game controller - Wikipedia

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    A game controller, gaming controller, or simply controller, is an input device or input/output device used with video games or entertainment systems to provide input to a video game. Input devices that have been classified as game controllers include keyboards , mice , gamepads , and joysticks , as well as special purpose devices, such as ...

  4. Contra (series) - Wikipedia

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    Contra [a] is a video game series produced by Konami composed primarily of run and gun-style shooting games.The series debuted in February 1987 with the Japanese coin-operated arcade game of the same name, which has since spawned several sequels produced for various platforms.

  5. Spectravideo - Wikipedia

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    The SV-318 has a built-in joystick. The QuickShot I joystick was introduced in 1982. SpectraVision was founded in 1981 by Harry Fox and Alex Weiss as a distributor of computer games, contracting external developers to write the software. Their main products were gaming cartridges for the Atari 2600, Colecovision and VIC-20.

  6. List of game controllers - Wikipedia

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    Connectivity: GameCube controller port Input: 2 analog sticks, 2 clickable analog triggers, 6 digital buttons, D-pad: September 14, 2001 [23] Xbox controller (aka The Duke) Xbox: Connectivity: Xbox controller port, 2 Memory Unit slots Dimensions: 6.5 × 5 × 3 in Input: 2 analog triggers, 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 digital buttons, 6 pressure ...

  7. Joystick - Wikipedia

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    Possible elements of a video game joystick: 1. stick, 2. base, 3. trigger, 4. extra buttons, 5. autofire switch, 6. throttle, 7. hat switch (POV hat), 8. suction cups. A joystick, sometimes called a flight stick, is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling.

  8. NES Advantage - Wikipedia

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    The NES Advantage is designed to simulate the look and feel of cabinet arcade game controls, the idea being to make gaming at home feel more like gaming in a video arcade. However, unlike actual arcade cabinets, the NES Advantage uses rubber switches for the buttons and joystick (like a controller), rather than microswitches.

  9. Category:Game controllers - Wikipedia

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    This category, game controllers, contains articles about input devices used by game players to control computer and video games. Such devices can range all the way from common computer mice to replicas of advanced aircraft control sticks.