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liquidAir Member since: 9/8/2002 From: Lagos, Nigeria |
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 Posted - 7/23/2005 9:26:55 AM |
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| Three different terms referring to the same item. I've always wondered why "joy pad" was considered an appropriate name. I guess it may have stemmed from "joystick". Which brings another question... why is it called a joystick? Is it a stick that brings joy? I've come to accept gamepad and game controller as more appropriate terms. I use "gamepad" most of the time, because that's what I've been taught since I was kid, and 99.9% of the people around me use that term too. Game controller is more on the technical side. What term do you use? And why? And what's with the "joy-" prefix? :P Antinormal (My Blog) | Rigfoundry | Sliding8 | SimpleIRC |
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BorisTSR Member since: 6/11/2003 From: Sydney, Australia |
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| a joystick is a flight control type stick. <-- i spose ur correct? a gamepad is a pad like ps2, xbox etc. <-- pretty obvious origins joypad afaik is just another name for a gamepad. <-- since we already called it a joy stick, why not call it a joy pad i spose? |
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Scet GDNet+ Member since: 8/3/2002 From: Mississauga, Canada |
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| They arn't the same item. A joystick actually has a stick. A gamepad is a pad type controller(think SNES). I suppose a "Game controller" would be like the controllers for the modern consoles with both a stick and directional pad. |
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liquidAir Member since: 9/8/2002 From: Lagos, Nigeria |
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Posted - 7/23/2005 9:35:59 AM |
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What I meant was that the "game pad" may have been called "joy pad", since we already had the "joy stick". So yes, I have a little issue with the "joy-" prefix  |
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OrangyTang Member since: 3/19/2002 From: London, United Kingdom |
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 Posted - 7/23/2005 9:46:19 AM |
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Quote: Bloody good question. Wikipedia has this to say: Quote: IMHO, a "Joyce Stick" sounds like a plausible explaination of the original word. |
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Scet GDNet+ Member since: 8/3/2002 From: Mississauga, Canada |
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Posted - 7/23/2005 9:48:37 AM |
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| Well I think that the guys that came up with the term "joystick" probably spent a lot of time playing with their own "joystick". Hence why it was later renamed "controller". That's my theory. |
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RolandofGilead Member since: 6/20/2001 |
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Posted - 7/24/2005 12:48:45 AM |
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| joystick = those flight sim things, atari controllers, etc gamepad = (S)NES, genesis etc. joypad = ps2, xbox, gamecube - because it's held like a gamepad and has sticks on it, duh Although I usually just say 'controller' for ps2 controller or in general, 'joystick' for my logitech joystick, and 'gamepad' for my pc ps2-shaped controller because that's what it says on the box it came in. I used 'joypad' in the topic I started because that simply made a much better tag-line: "I get no joy from my joypad" vs "I get no pleasure from my gamepad" |
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