Now even console games come with controllers covered with complex buttons, triggers and built-in joysticks.
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Vendors such as Logitech have built thriving businesses selling cutting-edge joysticks and steering wheels for enthusiastic gamers.
Mechanical linkages connect the joysticks and rudder pedals to external surfaces that control pitch, roll and heading.
And if joysticks just aren't enough for you anymore, Descent 3 can use the Rock'n'Ride gaming chair.
Two players stand side by side working identical joysticks under which are beer taps instead of coin slots.
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There will also be joysticks that let viewers turn around a 3-D image of what they want to buy on-screen.
Production units are slated to be thinner, with flush PSP-like analog joysticks and two headphone jacks (instead of one).
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For the Core, Ion went for a design that recalls the oversized lap joysticks designed for '80s and '90s consoles by third-party manufacturers.
Part of the experience is having that favorite chair or couch or seat with joysticks attached from where you take on the world.
Controlled by joysticks, the lightweight vehicle can carry a ton of people and equipment about 100 miles at a top speed of about 30 mph.
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The analog joysticks and shoulder buttons are in just the right place -- if you're used to playing console games, you'll be right at home.
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This is force feedback, or the art of simulating physical forces in devices ranging from mice and joysticks to surgical instruments and even knobs on stereo receivers.
Designed to enhance gameplay, the GC-2 Wireless Controller features juxtaposed joysticks, as preferred by first person shooter (FPS) gamers, for more natural finger positions and longer gaming sessions.
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The surgeon, instead of wielding a scalpel and cutting away, sits at a 3-D monitor across the room from the patient and controls three robotic arms with two joysticks.
Oh, and did we mention that the main selling point is an attachable game controller that frames half the tablet in a mess of plastic buttons, joysticks, and speakers?
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While there are several peripherals that add keyboards and joysticks to smartphones, Sensus goes one step further by adding touch input to a device's entire outer surface.
Instead of a hand-sized game pad studded with joysticks and buttons, or the motion sensitive wand used on the Wii, the Wii U is controlled essentially by a tablet computer.
Splashtop 2 business and personal users will be able to customize their tablet experience by creating keyboard shortcuts, virtual joysticks, mouse controls for faster and more seamless remote access with their Macs and PCs.
It comes with a special set of accessories including an e-dice and four joysticks and strikers to offer a completely new digital gaming experience that combines the physical gaming accessory with the on-screen action.
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Dubbed as the Pro Controller, the wireless peripheral has a remarkably similar shape and button layout to what comes standard with the Xbox 360 -- albeit with a duo a of evenly-placed joysticks and Nintendo-focused function buttons.
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Aside from your basic PlayStation buttons (sans joysticks), two shoulder buttons and a duo triggers, the unit features a duo of paddles that wrap along its circular center which can be be used for shifting and the like.
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Microsoft has shown off a wide range of two-screen scenarios, including GamePad-like touchscreen maneuvers (albeit without the GamePad's physical joysticks and buttons), the old standby of resuming a movie watched on a tablet or smartphone up on a TV, enabling controls for its forthcoming Internet Explorer for Xbox, and second-screen video programming.
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