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A player holding a North American Super Nintendo Entertainment System controller. 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.
Shoulder buttons ("bumpers") and triggers on an Xbox 360 controller. Some common additions to the standard pad include shoulder buttons (also called "bumpers") and triggers placed along the edges of the pad (shoulder buttons are usually digital, i.e. merely on/off; while triggers are usually analog); centrally placed start, select, and home buttons [clarification needed], and an internal motor ...
Gravis PC GamePad: DOS: Connectivity: DA-15 game port Input: 4 digital buttons, 2 switches, D-pad: 1992 [12] Menacer: Sega Genesis: Connectivity: Sega Genesis controller port Input: 4 buttons, 2 infrared transmitters 1992 [13] Super Scope: SNES: Connectivity: 2nd SNES controller port Dimensions: 23 inches long Input: 3 digital buttons, 1 switch ...
A variation of the joystick is the rotary joystick. It is a type of joystick-knob hybrid, where the joystick can be moved in various direction while at the same time being able to rotate the joystick. It is mainly used in arcade shoot 'em up games, to control both the player's eight-directional movement and the gun's 360-degree direction.
The initial prevalence of analog sticks was as peripherals for flight simulator games, to better reflect the subtleties of control required for such titles. It was during the fifth console generation that Nintendo announced it would integrate an analog stick into its iconic Nintendo 64 controller, a step which would pave the way for subsequent leading console manufacturers to follow suit.
A typical joystick is a digital input device that registers movement according to the range of motion that it is designed to detect. Most modern joysticks have an 8-way configuration, allowing for movement in the cardinal directions and the diagonals.
Arcade style joystick. Beeshu, Inc. Zapper Light Gun: Official NES light gun. NES-005. Came in both grey and orange color variations. See also - Video game light gun: Nintendo: Zinger: Turbo fire joystick. Beeshu, Inc. Zipper: Turbo fire control pad with small removable joystick that goes into its D-pad. Beeshu, Inc. Zoomer Flight simulator ...
Thrustmaster is an American designer, developer and manufacturer of joysticks, game controllers, and steering wheels for PCs and video gaming consoles. It has licensing agreements with third party brands as Airbus, Boeing, Ferrari, Gran Turismo and U.S. Air Force as well as licensing some products under Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox licenses.