The classic gamepad is agame_controllerthat can be held conveniently in two hands and does not require any particular mounting surface nor an exact fixed posture from the user. The game pad provides basic functions to control a game such as Start/Pause, Select, 4- or 8-way navigation, and various different actions via other buttons (numbering from two to roughly a dozen). Among the first gamepads were those game controllers bundled with the U.S.-marketNintendo Entertainment Systemor Japanese-marketFamicom.
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