Article: Gravis Launches the World's First Laptop Game Pad; Stinger Laptop Game Pad Allows Gamers to Play Anywhere, Anytime.

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1998--Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd., a world leader in joysticks and game pads for personal computers, today unveiled Stinger(TM) Laptop Game Pad, the first and only game pad designed specifically for PC laptop computers.

Stinger game pad allows laptop gamers to play games with joystick-like control through an innovative proportional directional pad. This feature provides 360 degrees of control, rather than the eight-way direction of a traditional game pad. Proportional control provides a high degree of accuracy in games such as flight or driving simulators, where precision skills are critical. Stinger game ...

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