🕹️ Joystick

A joystick, as used in playing classic arcade, computer, or video games. Generally depicted with a black base, red-knobbed control stick, and one or more red buttons. Commonly used for content concerning various types of gaming; occasionaly applied to aviation and aircraft. Google's base was previously blue, and Microsoft previously featured a more modern design.

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🕹️ Joystick

Unicode: U+1F579, U+FE0F

Image Variants

Joystick 3D

3D

Joystick Color

Color

Joystick Flat

Flat

Joystick High Contrast

High Contrast

Version Information

Emoji Version: 1.0
Unicode Version: 7.0

Keywords

game joystick video game

Shortcodes

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How It’s Used in Language

Verbs

  • To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  • To take part in a sport's match.
  • Participate in games or sport
  • Participate in (a sport or game).
  • To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.

Nouns

  • A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling.
  • Game input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base
  • A pointing device used mainly but not exclusively for computer games. A joystick has a base, on which control buttons can be mounted, and a vertical stem, which the user can move in any direction to control the movement of an object on the screen.
  • Mechanical control device.
  • A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
  • An input device commonly used for video games, aircraft and large machinery
  • A lever by which a pilot controls the ailerons and elevator of an aircraft.
  • A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer or other equipment.
  • An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
  • A class of computer program in which one or more users interact with the computer as a form of entertainment. Computer games run the gamut from simple alphabet games for toddlers to chess, treasure hunts, war games, and simulations of world events. The games are controlled from a keyboard or with a joystick or other device and are supplied on disks, on CD-ROMs, as game cartridges, on the Internet, or as arcade devices.
  • Games are activities involving structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool.
  • Structured information used for playing

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