Talk:D-pad

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I've been unable to find this information since I first read it. Originally, there was another name to Gunpei's d-pad... I think it was "cross (something)"... can anyone enlighten us on this? --anonymous

Well, anonymous, here's what I know about early Nintendo pads. On the early Game and Watches (the nonconnected style ones that most resemble Entex's design) like this one, Nintendo just called them the "+ Control".

Once they shifted to a connected-style Dpad like this one, they called it the "Controller". Note that they're not referring to the whole setup when they say "controller"; they've got a seperately labeled jump button. I don't think Nintendo has referred to their pads as "cross pads", although I'm open to correction if anyone knows differently. Daniel Davis 08:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC) (Doom127)

Thank you for your reply. I think we almost had it. I said cross, you said control... after searching, "Control Cross" seems to be the original term Gunpei used to describe it. It might've been something I read in David Sheff's Game Over. Without reading it over again, I don't think I could find a quote. But the "control-cross" term is used on Gunpei Yokoi's wikipedia article. Since it refers to the D-Pad, it's probably worth mentioning on here too (even if it doesn't state specifically that he penned the term). 24.165.203.79 04:04, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I believe the term is "cross key." Source