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Joystick vs Autofire - What's the difference?

joystick | autofire |

As nouns the difference between joystick and autofire

is that joystick is a mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer or other equipment while autofire is a feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.

As a verb joystick

is to manoeuvre by means of a joystick.

joystick

English

(wikipedia joystick)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer or other equipment.
  • * 1989 , Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)
    • If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.
  • (slang) A penis.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.
  • * 2006 , Sid Davis, Home makeovers that sell
    • Marketing your home isn't as difficult as joysticking a Mars rover through a crater, despite what many people believe.
  • * 2007 , Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G Sorrenti, Tomoichi Takahashi, RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X
    • Therefore, part of the errors in the localization results is due to the problem of joysticking the robot exactly onto the marked positions.
  • * 2007 , Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox, Robotics: Science and Systems II
    • It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller.
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    autofire

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (video games) A feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
  • * 1988 , Operation Wolf'' (review), ''Crash issue 59 (December 1988)
    • You start off with just seven clips of ammo and five grenades — so all you autofire merchants are in trouble. Only real soldiers, with an accurate eye and careful trigger finger need apply here.
  • * 1989 , Popular Mechanics (volume 166, number 10, October 1989)
    • High-speed autofire and a choice of two joystick sizes are featured.
  • * 1990 , Letters'', ''Your Sinclair issue 51 (March 1990)
    • Also the crappy joystick, the SJ51, is useless. It's as stiff as a Skoda's steering and there's no autofire on it. I can't help thinking that I made the worst investment of my life by buying this computer.

    See also

    * turbo controller