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[sprsk]

How am i going to play all those 3d games without an analog controller!?!?!?

 

[P90]

sigh. It seems analog has became subjective.

No, an "analog" stick outputs in digital, 1s and 0s. So, an "analog" stick IS a misnomer.

 

[TTP]

Going buy that logic (which is right of course) is there anything analog that isn't a misnomer?

Don't look at your penis now.

 

[Culex]

Going buy that logic (which is right of course) is there anything analog that isn't a misnomer?

Don't look at your penis now.

Records are analog.

 

[P90]

Going buy that logic (which is right of course) is there anything analog that isn't a misnomer?

Don't look at your penis now.

Tube amps, camera film, paint and easel, pen and paper, electric guitars, car steering wheels, kick stands, air...

 

[human5892]

Didn't the PSX d-pad consist of four separate buttons because Nintendo had a patent on the original "cross" d-pad design (which has since expired)?

 

[jarrod]

Didn't the PSX d-pad consist of four separate buttons because Nintendo had a patent on the original "cross" d-pad design (which has since expired)?

Uh... no? How did Sega, Atari, Panasonic, Goldstar, NEC, SNK, FM Towns and others get past this patent then?

 

[human5892]

Uh... no? How did Sega, Atari, Panasonic, Goldstar, NEC, SNK, FM Towns and others get past this patent then?

Well, the Genesis didn't have a cross formation d-pad, which obviously is different enough to get past the patent. I'm not sure about those other systems (some I haven't seen in a while, and others not at all).

EDIT: While I can't find a definite source, a simple Google search reveals plenty of references to Nintendo's d-pad patent. It seems that it expired before the Dreamcast launch, which is why that console features a cross d-pad.