Now Viewing: game_controllerTag type: General A device used to provide input to a computer or video game. Normally this refers to a controller that is separate from the main machine, connected by wire or wirelessly, as opposed to the controls built into a handheld_game_console such as a Game_Boy or Nintendo_DS. Examples of game controllers include gamepads, joysticks, arcade_sticks, steering_wheel, light_guns, the Microsoft Kinect, and many more. Gamepads can be held conveniently in two hands and do not require any particular mounting surface nor an exact fixed posture from the user. The gamepad provides basic functions to control a game such as Start/Pause, Select, 4- or 8-way navigation, and various different actions via other buttons (numbering from two to roughly a dozen). Among the first gamepads were those game controllers bundled with the U.S.-market NES Nintendo Entertainment System or Japanese-market Famicom, and throughout the 8-, 16- and 32-bit eras, video game consoles featured gamepads as basic controllers. Since the 64-bit era, they also include analog thumbsticks. Examples: * post #1712703 : Gamepad * post #13852848 : Arcade_stick * post #2600998 : Light_gun Types: * joystick * arcade_stick * leverless_arcade_stick * light_gun Console-specific controllers: Famicom_controller Famicom NES_controller NES Sega_Mega_Drive_controller Sega_Mega_Drive Super_Famicom_controller Super_Famicom Super_Nintendo_controller Super_Nintendo PlayStation_controller PlayStation (any) Nintendo_64_controller Nintendo_64 DualShock * PlayStation_1, PlayStation_2, PlayStation_3, & PlayStation_4 Dreamcast_controller Sega_Dreamcast GameCube_controller GameCube Xbox_controller Xbox (any) Wii_Remote Wii, Wii_U Kinect Xbox_360, Xbox_One Wii_U_GamePad Wii_U Joy-Con Nintendo_Switch Nintendo_Switch_Pro_Controller Nintendo_Switch Ring-Con Nintendo_Switch (Ring_Fit_Adventure) DualSense PlayStation_5 Joy-Con_2 Nintendo_Switch_2 External links: * Wikipedia: Game controller: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_controller Other Wiki Information Last updated: 06/11/26 2:45 AM by doopaboop This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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