INTRO
Gamepads
have been around for ages. The basic concept, directional control for the left
thumb and action control or
secondary movement for the right thumb, a convention, that is
pretty much still being the standard, was nailed already back in 1982 by Nintendo (more specifically by a gentleman called Gunpei Yokoi) with its Game & Watch game,
Donkey Kong (bragging alert: a game
system I actually happen to own, bought back in 1985 or something, still in working
condition! J ).
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| It's amazing how far ahead of its time this little device was and how influential standards it set. |
