with four or five directional controls, joysticks can be used for mobility, or for access to computers Joysticks can be proportional or continuous use Joysticks can be positioned for use with the hand, chin, foot, or head
An input device popular for computer games where the user controls the location of a cursor by pushing a stick in the direction of the desired movement and releases the stick to stop movement
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
a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers
A joystick is a physical device typically used to control objects on a computer screen It is frequently used for games and sometimes used in place of a mouse
Joystick is a term used for the handhold tool used in many computer-based video games The joystick is designed after the steering stick of military airplanes, allowing movement in all four directions as well as rotational movement In addition, buttons with certain functions can be located at several positions on the joystick
A joystick is usually used as a relative pointing device, moving an object on the screen when the stem is moved and stopping the movement when the stem is released Mainly used for computer games
A device that lets you control the movement of a cursor by tilting an upright rod To use a joystick, you'll need to fit a joystick controller card inside your PC The first PCs had joystick ports fitted, but now it's common for the soundcard to provide the joystick ports The port itself looks like a serial port connector with nine pins in a D-shaped surround
input device with a stick which can move left, right, forwards and backwards to control the movement of a pointer on screen The stick has a press switch which has the same action as the 'select' button on a mouse
Used mostly for computer flight simulators and action games, a joystick is an input device that transfers movements you make with the device into movements on your computer screen It is used to simulate arcade-style play for computer games