17th September 2005, 4:14 PM
That Game & Watch came out in 1982, three years after the Intellivision.
Derek, if you ever used an Intellivision, you'd know that the disc operates exactly like a D-Pad. The only thing Nintendo innovated in regards to the D-Pad was the cross shape. The NES D-Pad is more intuitive and easier to use because of its size and shape, which I will grant is definitely an improvement, but hardly an innovation.
What made the D-Pad unique was that you could use your thumbs instead of wielding a joystick, which makes some games rather difficult. The Intellivision was the first (to my knowledge) that removed the stick and instead implemented a control device used with the thumb, and did so in 1979, several years before any console Nintendo created.
I have no idea why this misconception is still so widespread.
Derek, if you ever used an Intellivision, you'd know that the disc operates exactly like a D-Pad. The only thing Nintendo innovated in regards to the D-Pad was the cross shape. The NES D-Pad is more intuitive and easier to use because of its size and shape, which I will grant is definitely an improvement, but hardly an innovation.
What made the D-Pad unique was that you could use your thumbs instead of wielding a joystick, which makes some games rather difficult. The Intellivision was the first (to my knowledge) that removed the stick and instead implemented a control device used with the thumb, and did so in 1979, several years before any console Nintendo created.
I have no idea why this misconception is still so widespread.
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