Joysticks to Haptics: A Visual History of Video Game Controllers - Couverture rigide

Lost In Cult

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ISBN 10 : 000871357X ISBN 13 : 9780008713577

Editeur : Expanse, 2025

Synopsis

Joysticks to Haptics is the ultimate compendium of gaming controllers and retro peripherals from the world of gaming.

As video games are played, memories are left in the grooves of their controllers. Atari joysticks still remember being pushed to the limit from afternoons spent playing Frogger, GameCube controllers echo with the clatter of intense Super Smash Bros bouts, each gesture with a Wii Remote is a story to be shared, and every haptic rumble inside of the DualSense is a reminder of the bond between player, hardware, and game.

Joysticks to Haptics revisits all the key points in history that shaped video game controllers. Head back to the very early era of console gaming, when dials and keypads were king, then read stories of standardisation, as innovations like D-Pads and analogue sticks became the model that every hardware maker followed, and revel in the weird and wonderful. This comprehensive collection features insightful retrospectives and personal essays, facts and stats, plus stunning photography of rare and retro favourites in a journey through the most iconic and inventive corners of video game history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lost In Cult is an independent book publisher and design studio based in the United Kingdom dedicated to celebrating video games as a culturally significant art form. Lost In Cult puts the industry’s best writers and artists in conversation with the medium’s most important works and creators to examine their rich, often-overlooked history. With a dual emphasis on long-form prose and bespoke artwork, Lost In Cult challenges curiously-minded games enthusiasts to consider the field differently, exploring themes and ideas which conceptualise both perennial classics and overlooked gems through contemporary lenses.

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Joysticks to Haptics is the ultimate compendium of gaming controllers and retro peripherals from the world of gaming.

As video games are played, memories are left in the grooves of their controllers. Atari joysticks still remember being pushed to the limit from afternoons spent playing Frogger, GameCube controllers echo with the clatter of intense Super Smash Bros bouts, each gesture with a Wii Remote is a story to be shared, and every haptic rumble inside of the DualSense is a reminder of the bond betw

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Expanse
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 000871357X
• ISBN 13: 9780008713577
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240
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