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Nintendo GamePads : NES (1983)

25Sep08

Nintendo launched the first gamepad, The NES controller.
The NES controller used Nintendo’s patented cross-shaped D-pad, which was used as the standard for their home console controllers. The NES and Famicom controller featured a brick-like design with a simple, four button layout: two buttons labeled “A” and “B,” a “start” button, and a “select” button. Near the end of the NES’s lifespan, [...]


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