Editing Paddle (game controller) (section)

{{Short description|One-dimensional game controller}}
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[[Image:Atari Paddle.JPG|thumb|Two Paddles for the [[Atari 2600]]]]

A '''paddle''' is a [[game controller]] with a round ''wheel'' and one or more ''fire buttons'', where the wheel is typically used to control movement of the player object along one axis of the video screen. A paddle controller rotates through a fixed arc (usually about 330 [[Degree (angle)|degree]]s); it has a stop at each end.

The name ''paddle'' is derived from the first game that used it, ''[[Pong]]'',{{r|ccvag1983spring}}, being a video game simulation of [[table tennis]], whose racquets are commonly called paddles. Even though the simulated paddles appeared on-screen (as small line segments), it was the hand controllers used to move the line segments that actually came to bear the name.

Some famous video games using paddles are ''[[Pong]]'', ''[[Breakout (video game)|Breakout]]'', and ''[[Night Driver (video game)|Night Driver]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}