Paddle (game controller)
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paddle-game-controller-166-9334230
title:
Paddle (game controller)
text:
A paddle is a game controller with a round wheel and one or more fire buttons, where the wheel is typically used to control movement of the player object along one axis of the video screen. A paddle controller rotates through a fixed arc; it has a stop at each end. The name paddle is derived from the first game that used it, Pong,, being a video game simulation of table tennis, whose racquets are commonly called paddles. Even though the simulated paddles appeared on-screen, it was the hand contr
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
One-dimensional game controller
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddle_(game_controller)
date created:
2004-08-02T02:25:40Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T21:01:04Z
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