text: In addition, many small computing and communications devices, particularly PDAs, mobile phones, and GPS receivers, include D-pads not only for menu navigation but as general input devices similar to a joystick or mouse. Less-sophisticated designs similar to those on remote controls appear on some calculators, particularly scientific and graphing calculators, which use the D-pad for cursor control on multi-line screens, as well as input/output recall, menu navigation, and occasionally direct screen access (graphing calculators in particular allow the use of the D-pad to determine values at specific points on a displayed graph). On programmable units, the D-pad can also be mapped directly, allowing it to be used as a gaming or pointer control.
  Consoles with D-pads
  Consoles with separate controllers
  1983 – Famicom/NES
  1984 – SC-3000/SG-1000 (available as an option with the separately sold SJ-150 Joypad; made standard with the SG-1000 II)
  1984 – Atari 7800 (CX-78 controllers sold in Europe and Australia in 1987 used a D-pad instead of a joystick)
  1985 – Mark III/Master System
  1987 – PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
  1988 – Mega Drive/Genesis
  1990 – Super Famicom/Super NES
  1990 – Philips CD-i
  1993 – 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
  1993 – Amiga CD32
  1993 – Atari Jaguar
  1994 – Sega Saturn
  1994 – PlayStation
  1994 – PC-FX
  1995 – Virtual Boy (controller utilized two D-Pads)
  1995 – Pippin