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The 15 pages that link to Game controller, each with the reason it gives.

• Video gameRelated: Its buttons and sticks provide commands that games translate into actions.

• Video game consoleRelated: It translates button presses and movements into commands for a console.

• Game feelRelated: Button travel, stick resistance, and vibration shape the physical side of control.

• Handheld game consoleRelated: Buttons, directional controls, and sticks provide the built-in inputs.

• First-person shooterRelated: Controller layouts map movement and aiming onto limited buttons, sticks, or triggers.

• Magnavox OdysseyNarrower topic: The Odyssey’s wired controllers translated player movement into on-screen action.

• Platform gameRelated: Directional pads and buttons were refined around the precise movement platform games demand.

• Ralph H. BaerRelated: The Odyssey’s handheld controls let players move on-screen elements.

• Home video game consoleRelated: Buttons, sticks, and triggers translate player actions into console input.

• Action gameRelated: Buttons and directional inputs translate reflexes into actions on screen.

• Input deviceBroader topic: It provides dedicated controls for games and other interactive software.

• WiiNarrower topic: The Wii helped popularize controllers that respond to movement as well as buttons.

• Sports video gameRelated: Buttons and sticks translate athletic decisions into in-game actions.

• PC gameRelated: PC games can use controllers alongside or instead of keyboard and mouse.

• Game (video entertainment)Related: Controllers translate button presses, stick movement, or motion into player input.