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  2. Game port - Wikipedia

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    The IBM PC game port first appeared during the initial launch of the original IBM PC in 1981, in the form of an optional US$55 expansion card known as the Game Control Adapter. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The design allowed for four analog axes and four buttons on one port, allowing two joysticks or four paddles to be connected via a special "Y-splitter" cable.

  3. PC System Design Guide - Wikipedia

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    The PC System Design Guide (also known as the PC-97, PC-98, PC-99, or PC 2001 specification) is a series of hardware design requirements and recommendations for IBM PC compatible personal computers, compiled by Microsoft and Intel Corporation during 1997–2001.

  4. Microsoft SideWinder - Wikipedia

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    User-made game port to USB adapter supporting FFB on the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro only. Simple joystick support on 3D Pro, Precision Pro, Precision Pro Plus, and Wheel. [12] As the PC joystick port is input-only, the only way for data to be sent to the joystick (to trigger force feedback events) is to use the MIDI capabilities of the port ...

  5. List of Doom ports - Wikipedia

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    The present article is a list of known platforms to which Doom has been confirmed to be ported. Doom is one of the most widely ported video games. [1] Since the original MS-DOS version, it has been released officially for a number of operating systems, video game consoles, handheld game consoles, and other devices. Some of the ports are ...

  6. Source port - Wikipedia

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    A source port typically only includes the engine portion of the game and requires that the data files of the game in question already be present on users' systems. Source ports share the similarity with unofficial patches that both don't change the original gameplay as such projects are by definition mods.

  7. List of video game remakes and remastered ports - Wikipedia

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    Remake of the original game. [351] Metroid II: Return of Samus: 1991 Game Boy Metroid: Samus Returns: 2017 Nintendo 3DS: Remake of the original game. [352] Metroid Prime: 2002 GameCube Metroid Prime: Trilogy: 2009 Wii, Wii U Upgraded visuals in widescreen. [353] Metroid Prime Remastered: 2023 Nintendo Switch HD remaster of the original game. [354]

  8. List of commercial video games with later released source ...

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    [402] [403] Following, the game's community has created ports for PC, [404] Linux, [405] RISC OS [406] and PSP. [407] Enemy Nations: 1997 2005 [408] /2006 [409] [410] RTS: own non-commercial license [411] non-commercial Freeware [411] Windward Studios: Game source and artwork was released by Windward Studios under a non-commercial license ...

  9. Computer port (hardware) - Wikipedia

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    Examples of computer connector sockets on various laptops Ports on the back of the Apple Mac Mini (2005). A computer port is a hardware piece on a computer where an electrical connector can be plugged to link the device to external devices, such as another computer, a peripheral device or network equipment. [1]