Joystick
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A joystick, joypad or gamepad is a device used in the palm of your hands to play video and computer games.
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[edit] History
Prior to the birth or coin-op arcade machines, joysticks were first used for helicoptors and other aviation vehicles. Subsequent to the rise of video games, flight simulators have been written for various computer systems and have used a variety of game controllers, including joysticks and flight yokes.
[edit] Types of joysticks
[edit] Tilt-lever
The tilt lever joystick is the oldest, simplest and most primative type joystick used for gaming and other applications. They often have more than just a tilt-lever and trigger buttons. They also have thorottles, POV hats, Z coordinates, etc.
[edit] Joypad
A joypad is a somewhat primative joystick that uses a D-pad rather than a tilt-lever. Not to mention, joypad for more modern consoles feature miniature analog sticks that act is if they were joystick levers, but in a more miniature scale.
