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  2. 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.

  3. Pointing stick - Wikipedia

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    Pointing stick on a Lenovo ThinkPad Detail: rear side of a Lenovo ThinkPad pointing stick with the strain gauges.Size: 8 x 8 mm. Out of patent IBM ThinkPad caps (left-to-right): Soft Dome, Soft Rim, Classic Dome, Eraser Head (discontinued)

  4. Gamepad - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Game controller - Wikipedia

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    A dual-joystick controller for the original PlayStation An arcade style controller for the Sega Dreamcast. A joystick is a peripheral that consists of a handheld stick that can be tilted around either of two axes and (sometimes) twisted around a third. The joystick is often used for flight simulators.

  6. Flick Stick - Wikipedia

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    As the player can't turn faster than the highest sensitivity value allows, controller aiming with a traditional control scheme is generally slower than aiming with a mouse. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In a typical Flick Stick control scheme, the player's view snaps to the direction the right analog stick is held, with "up" representing the player's current ...

  7. Analog stick - Wikipedia

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    Cromemco JS-1 analog joystick, the first known for microcomputers. Shortly after the introduction of the first microcomputers, Cromemco introduced a S-100 bus card containing an analog-to-digital converter, and shortly after, a card with two of these and an associated analog joystick, the JS-1. This is the first known example of such a device ...

  8. Namco Arcade Stick - Wikipedia

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    Namco PlayStation games such as Tekken, Soul Edge and Namco Museum Encore are labelled as compatible with the peripheral. [3] It is also compatible with the PlayStation 3 upon use of a PS2 to PC USB adapter. Functionality was expanded on the PlayStation 3 upon the 2.0 firmware update.

  9. Light gun - Wikipedia

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    The first detection method, used by the NES Zapper, involves drawing each target sequentially in white light after the screen blacks out. The computer knows that if the diode detects light as it is drawing a square (or after the screen refreshes), then that is the target at which the gun is pointed.