Editing Intellivision (section)

===Game controller===
[[File:Intellivision-Controller.jpg|thumb|alt=dark brown gaming pad, with a circular controller and a number pad|The original Intellivision [[gamepad|controller]] with no overlay inserted]]
The Intellivision controller features:

*12-button [[numeric keypad]] (0–9, ''clear'', and ''enter'')
*Four side-located action buttons (two for left handed players, two for right handed players)
**''top two side buttons are electronically the same, giving three distinct buttons''
*A directional pad, capable of detecting 16 directions of movement
*Plastic overlays that slide into place as an extra layer on the keypad to show game-specific key functions

The directional pad was called a "control disc" and marketed as having the "functionality of both a [[joystick]] and a [[Paddle (game controller)|paddle]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Get a Grip!!!: Joysticks Past, Present & Future |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=17|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=May 1996|page=38}}</ref> The controller was ranked the fourth worst video game controller by [[IGN]] editor Craig Harris.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 10 Tuesday: Worst Game Controllers |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/22/top-10-tuesday-worst-game-controllers |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=September 25, 2013 |date=February 21, 2006 |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929155229/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/22/top-10-tuesday-worst-game-controllers |url-status=live }}</ref>