🕹️ Joystick emoji
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What does 🕹️ Joystick emoji mean?
The Joystick emoji 🕹️ depicts a joystick, a controller that was commonly used to play old video game consoles. It is commonly used to represent gamers and gaming. It is especially likely to be used to refer to older video games, game consoles, and computers. The Joystick emoji 🕹️ is often used with the Video Game emoji 🎮 and/or the Television emoji 📺. All of these emoji are likely to be used to celebrate National Video Game Day on July 8.
Where does 🕹️ Joystick emoji come from?
The Joystick emoji 🕹️ was approved under Unicode 7.0 in 2014. On most major platforms, the emoji depicts a joystick controller with a black base with one or two red buttons, a grey stick, and a red, ball-shaped top. The Google version of the emoji has a blue base. Depending on the platform, the joystick is either depicted realistically or is stylized.
Joystick controllers, such as the one depicted in the Joystick emoji 🕹️, were used with the early video game consoles of the 1970s and 1980s, such as the Atari 2600. Even by the 1990s, joysticks had largely been replaced by handheld controllers with more buttons. For this reason, the Joystick emoji 🕹️ is often used to specifically refer to old video games and game consoles. At the same time, the Joystick emoji 🕹️ is still commonly used to refer to gaming in general, as many people know that joysticks at one point were used to play video games.
Examples of 🕹️ Joystick emoji
Beautiful day to play video games 🕹️
Did you know that if you type 'Atari Breakout' into Google Images, you can play the classic arcade game? Try it out! 🕹️
Who uses 🕹️ Joystick emoji?
The Joystick emoji 🕹️ is used to refer to gamers and video games.
Today is #NationalVideoGamesday 🎮 🕹️ 👾
But… we think video games should be played everyday 😝
What's your earliest gaming memory?
— Currys (@currys) September 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/HeatherAntos/status/1043675680200974337
In particular, the Joystick emoji 🕹️ is frequently used to specifically refer to old or retro video games.
https://twitter.com/AaronMi95fbxcb/status/948343872446484480
Donkey Kong Jr was fun back in the 80s! 👾🕹️🎮
— 👌(`･ω･´)P.Reaper🇺🇲 (@ProjectReaper) November 23, 2020
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