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How did console-style controllers come to be known as "gamepads"?
« on: December 27, 2016, 02:05:31 PM »
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Seriously, it's always bugged me. And my Google-Fu is poor atm.
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Re: How did console-style controllers come to be known as "gamepads"?
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2016, 04:38:16 PM »
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That's somewhat simple.
The term "controller" has become more of an umbrella for all types of input based devices, Gamepad is the definitive for your now standard controller.
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Re: How did console-style controllers come to be known as "gamepads"?
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2016, 03:46:17 PM »
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I first heard the term gamepad pop up sometime during the SNES era of gaming (early 90s). I saw it in a magazine I believe.
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