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joystick waggler

joystick waggler noun: a video game, usually based on a sport, where the player must build up and maintain speed or energy by rapidly moving the joystick back and forth.

Noun

joystick waggler (plural joystick wagglers)

  1. (informal) A video game, usually based on a sport, where the player must build up and maintain speed or energy by rapidly moving the joystick back and forth.
    • Popeye 3 is an out-and-out joystick waggler. While Zeppelin's Tag Team Wrestling used the old 'press fire with a direction' control method, to beat your opponent in Popeye 3, you have two stages of frenetic wrist-mangling.1992, Jon Pillar, Popeye III (game review) in Your Sinclair 83, November 1992
    • It's not an exact simulation and it's not a joystick waggler. It is basically CM2 for cricket.1998, Mike Fairweather, “International cricket captain, opinions wanted”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (Usenet)

Forms of joystick waggler

pluraljoystick wagglers

Questions about joystick waggler

What does joystick waggler mean?
Joystick waggler means a video game, usually based on a sport, where the player must build up and maintain speed or energy by rapidly moving the joystick back and forth.
What part of speech is joystick waggler?
Joystick waggler is a noun.
What is the plural of joystick waggler?
The plural of joystick waggler is joystick wagglers.

Words near joystick waggler in the dictionary

  1. joyrode
  2. joys
  3. joysome
  4. joysomeness
  5. joystick
  6. joystick waggler
  7. joystick wagglers
  8. joysticked
  9. joysticking
  10. joysticklike
  11. joysticks

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