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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Switch
Switch noun - A long thin or flexible tool for striking.
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Joystick and switch are semantically related in button topic. Sometimes you can use "Joystick" instead a noun "Switch".
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The problem is that the main weapon switch button is toward the bottom-left of the center block, the magazine change button is toward the bottom-right of the same center block, and the right joystick controls weapon aiming and firing.
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Cyanide Pill: Recon X-wings are equipped with a joystick device that both purges the computer memory, sets a self-destruct to a deadman switch, and has a poison needle for the pilot to commit suicide rather than avoid capture.
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Other additions include a hat switch in four directions, a throttle lever on the base, more buttons on the base, and mechanisms that allow the player to twist the joystick itself clockwise and counterclockwise on the base, adding a third axis to "front-and-back" and "left-and-right".
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