psychoBrew on 23 December 2008
| LordTheNightKnight said: " I agree with everything except number 4. An analog stick is basically the same thing that was available before the NES took gaming to the game pad. The only difference is it was designed to be opperated with your thumb." First of all, that was point 3. Second of all, joysticks could only move in 8 directions, with no sensitivity. So that is bloody wrong to assume thumbs are the only difference. |
A) I screwed that one up
B) Analog joysticks could move in any direction with any amount of speed. The Atari 2600 may have been 8 way directional (like the gam pad), but others had complete freedom in direction and sensititivity (look at the Atari 5200 if you want to see an example).
