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Game controller

A game controller, gaming controller, or simply controller, is an input device or input/output device used with video games or entertainment systems to provide input to a video game. Input devices that have been classified as game controllers include keyboards, mice, gamepads, and joysticks, as well as special purpose devices, such as steering wheels for …

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Game controller

Nodes231
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Avg. degree1.99
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Game controller

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related to Others · 117
Game controller → Action, AI, All, Alvio, Android, Another, As, Atari, Balance, Bandai, Big Button Pad, Box Office Smash, Brain Age, Brawl, Breathing, Breathing Labs, Buzz, Buzzers, Camera, Dance
related to Mouse and keyboard · 23
Game controller → Combo, Dual Mouse/Motion Nunchuck, Examples, For, FPS, FPSs, FragFx, In, Jason, Johnson, Logitech's, MnK, PC, PlayStation, Razer, RTSs, Some, Split Fish Gameware, The, These
related to Gamepad · 10
Game controller → Action, As, Common, Due, Gamepads, Modern, Most, Typically, Xbox, Xbox One
related to history · 6
Game controller → Controllers, Game, One, Tennis, The Microsoft Xbox, Two
related to External links · 4
Game controller → Game, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Variants · 3
Game controller → Input, Some, Special
see also · 1
Game controller → Human

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game controllers controller games used mouse keyboard also input buttons use video wheel motion nintendo one console joysticks paddle control

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those found on gunsinstance ofwith its shoulder triggers that mimic actual triggers0.80text
has become popular for shooting games.Before the seventh generation of video game consolesinstance ofwith its shoulder triggers that mimic actual triggers0.80text
plugging in a controller into one of a console's controller ports was the primary means of using a game controllerinstance ofwith its shoulder triggers that mimic actual triggers0.80text
although since then they have been replaced by wireless controllersinstance ofwith its shoulder triggers that mimic actual triggers0.80text
which do not require controller ports on the console but are battery-poweredinstance ofwith its shoulder triggers that mimic actual triggers0.80text
the first Xbox consoleinstance ofModern examples can be drawn from systems0.80text
whose controller has changed in a variety of ways from the original Xbox 360 controller to the Xbox One controller introduced in 2013.PaddleA paddle is a controller that features a round wheelinstance ofModern examples can be drawn from systems0.80text
one or more fire buttonsinstance ofModern examples can be drawn from systems0.80text
Centipedeinstance ofNotable uses of a Trackball as a gaming controller would be games0.80text
Marble Madnessinstance ofNotable uses of a Trackball as a gaming controller would be games0.80text
Golden Tee Golfinstance ofNotable uses of a Trackball as a gaming controller would be games0.80text
SegaSonic the Hedgehog.Throttle quadrantA throttle quadrant is a set of one or more throttle levers that are most often used to simulate throttles or other similar controls in a real vehicleinstance ofNotable uses of a Trackball as a gaming controller would be games0.80text

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