joystick

A controller consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base and typically having one or more buttons. Often used by early home game consoles, arcade games, fighting games, and flight simulators.

Not to be confused with the analog thumbsticks found on most modern game controllers.

Examples

Atari CX40

NES Advantage arcade stick

See also

• arcade stick
• flight stick

This tag implicates controller (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: arcade_stick (learn more).