Timeline for Why select and start?
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| Oct 24, 2013 at 8:05 | comment | added | Nick T | Related: Why do console games require a button press before showing the main menu? | |
| Oct 31, 2011 at 10:00 | comment | added | CyberSkull | Only 3 Nintendo consoles to date do not have a <kbd>Select</kbd> button: The Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii. | |
| Oct 30, 2011 at 21:21 | answer | added | Chris Kent | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 26, 2011 at 14:23 | vote | accept | Arkive | ||
| Apr 25, 2011 at 20:22 | comment | added | Charles Boyung | @GraceNote - Wow, I didn't even notice that and I use my DS all the time. | |
| Apr 25, 2011 at 18:42 | comment | added | Grace Note♦ | @Charles Nintendo Handhelds (at least up to the DS, haven't actually looked at a 3DS myself) still have a select button, actually, so Nintendo hasn't fully abandoned that button. | |
| Apr 25, 2011 at 18:40 | comment | added | Arkive | Edited to reflect the select button isn't as widely used at the start button. | |
| Apr 25, 2011 at 18:38 | history | edited | Arkive | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Attempt to correct an erronous historical assumption
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| Apr 25, 2011 at 18:36 | comment | added | Shinrai | I don't think any Sega consoles had 'Select' either. (Maybe the Master System...) | |
| Apr 25, 2011 at 18:27 | comment | added | Charles Boyung | Slightly inaccurate statement - Nintendo hasn't had a Select button since the Super NES; Sony is the only other console maker I can remember/find that ever had Select, and as commented below, still do on the PS3 controller. The closest I can find to a Select on anything outside of early Nintendo and Sony is the Option button on the Jaguar controller. | |
| Apr 25, 2011 at 18:09 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackGaming/status/62579007169900544 | ||
| Apr 25, 2011 at 17:23 | answer | added | Grace Note♦ | timeline score: 17 | |
| Apr 25, 2011 at 17:11 | comment | added | Keaanu | It was sometimes used for level/game type selection too | |
| Apr 25, 2011 at 17:04 | comment | added | Raven Dreamer | Was select originally associated with character select? (I.e., 1st vs. 2nd player?) | |
| Apr 25, 2011 at 16:56 | history | asked | Arkive | CC BY-SA 3.0 |