Controls
Joystick
Joystick noun - A manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers.
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- Platform Game: Similar to Donkey Kong, except that it's the joystick that controls jumping instead of an action button.
Source: Video Game / Kangaroo -
Pragmatic Adaptation: The game's controls were modified to use the Atari 2600's single button joystick controller, with four different options for how you want to control your firing.
Source: Video Game / Vanguard -
Instead of using an elaborate system of controls like those found in an airplane cockpit, the pilot controls a Super Robot using a mere handful of buttons (and maybe a joystick), motion capture or even a mind-reading system, and the motion of the mecha itself is often implausibly humanlike.
Source: Super Robot Genre
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