| happydolphin said: (Keep these posts separate, I've had enough postghetti in this thread. I need to divide otherwise you'll get me terribly confused...)
So, let's do this step by step. 1) The Vectrex is a poor example to use. You need yet to prove to me the unlikely: that ppl used it with their thumbs. That's with the expert article I provided. 2) Mention other consoles like it, and other devices that used analog sticks. I'm curious to know what they are. |
1)
"The joystick, on the other hand is different. The Vectrex was the first home console to feature analog joysticks. Most arcade games and consoles had 8-directional (or fewer) controls. The design decision to go with analog was most likely because of the nature of the console. With vector graphics, 3D games are more common and lines/objects aren't as locked into the cardinal "8 directions" like traditional raster hardware.
It wasn't until about a dozen years later that 3D games and analog control really took off in home consoles."
from those two paragraphs the writer shows that the vectrex employed several of the gameplay aspects that the n64 is supposed to have popularised like 3D gaming and as i said before analog control
but regardless if it is your opinion that the vectrex was a poor example to use then thats cool, you have your opinion and i have mine
2) the emersion arcadia is another example
"and other devices that used analog sticks"
...um computer applications for example? where do you think analog sticks came from in the first place? or do you believe that they originated from gaming?
