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GLOSSARY
Button Switch
The switch on the side of the GamePad opposite the
cable. It controls the button functions of the GamePad
by setting the buttons in one of two operating modes.
Control Switch
The switch on the GamePad closest to the cable. It
controls whether the GamePad will function as a left or
right handed device. By setting the Button Switch and
the Control Switch independently, you have a choice of
one of four operating modes.
Direction Controller
The large purple “button” on the GamePad. Inside the
GamePad are switches, which respond when the
Direction Controller is pressed, making your game
character move left, right, forward, backward and at
45° angles.
Joystick Handle
The small, detachable gray handle that screws into the
gold colored hole in the Direction Controller. Replace-
ment handles are available from Advanced Gravis
Customer Service.
Game Port
A computer circuit designed to read the position of a
joystick or game controller. Also,
a place on your computer where you plug in a joystick
or game controller.
Mouse Port
On the Amiga, a game port and a mouse port are the
same thing, because you can plug either type of device
in and have it work. On the Atari, the mouse must be
plugged into a specific port, but the GamePad can be
plugged into either.
Turbo
A button function mode in which a button is held down |
and continues to fire, simulating continuous rapid
button presses. 45