Meaning of joystick waggler | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

informal

Examples

“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.”

“It's not an exact simulation and it's not a joystick waggler. It is basically CM2 for cricket.”

“Could be wrong but I'm sure T&F and several of the other give-the-controls-a-good-twatting games were actually button bashers rather than joystick wagglers. Bit picky I know.....”

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