Joystick Game Console

Game console is a computer system mainly used for entertainment, which uses the source code that is only open to licensed software developers, as well as televisions or other special monitors and special input devices. Its biggest difference from PC is the closeness of source code and software.

Broadly speaking, the mechanical and electronic devices used by human beings to play games can be called game consoles. With the development of electronic technology and information industry_ Driven by the exhibition, film and cartoon industries, electronic game consoles have become the actual representatives of game consoles. Due to their more professional game performance, even today, with such a developed computer level, PC games still cannot replace the strong position of game consoles. In 1888, German stowick designed a machine called "automatic egg laying machine" according to the principle of coin mechanism of vending machine. As long as a coin was put into the machine, the "automatic egg laying chicken" would "produce" an egg with a cry. People regard this machine invented by stowick as the prototype of coin operated game machine.

However, the game console really used in the entertainment industry is the "music box" game console that appeared in Germany at the beginning of the last century. As soon as the player puts in a coin, the runner in the sound box rotates automatically, driving a series of unevenly distributed holes and teeth to knock on steel sheets of different lengths to play music.

Later, the famous magician burlem designed a coin operated video game machine. Although it is an image, it is still mechanical. The operator can see the puppet inside and the background moving performance from the observation hole after inputting a coin.