video game

Videojuego

= video game controller

Information

The video game emoji is the universal sign for “I’m busy saving the world from my couch.” It signals gaming nights, Twitch marathons, new release hype, or a classy way to say GG, no re. People drop it in chats to assemble a squad, tease a sweaty try-hard, or ironically when someone treats life like it has aim assist. It also shows up flirtatiously—“Need a Player 2?”—or jokingly dramatic during a boss fight, speedrun, or post–rage-quit confession.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a sleek dark-gray gamepad at a slight tilt, with dual analog sticks, a plus-shaped D-pad on the left, and four candy-colored face buttons on the right (red, yellow, green, blue), plus subtle shoulder bumps and glossy highlights for modern-console swagger. The details are instantly familiar: twin sticks for movement and camera, that D-pad pinging Konami-code nostalgia, and those buttons practically whispering “press X to continue.” Online, it pairs perfectly with pizza and soda emojis for couch-co-op energy, with brainy vibes for big plays, or with a gritted face for try-hard mode. Sarcasm mode: reply with it when someone’s life update sounds like patch notes, or drop it after a “touch grass” joke to double down on staying indoors.

Definition

A modern video game controller that is typically used with a video game console that is connected to a television. This type of video game controller can also be used on a computer, but many gamers prefer the amount of buttons, flexibility and control offered by a mouse and keyboard. The first video game console was the Atari and featured games like Pong. Nintendo, Sony (PlayStation) and Microsoft (Xbox) are the most popular video game consoles today.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	677 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
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Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:video_game:
Keywords	Video, Game, Console, Controller, Nintendo, Xbox, PlayStation

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range	1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory	Game Symbols

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory	Game Symbols
Names & Annotations	VIDEO GAME = video game controller
Symbol Information	U+1F3AE proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-80A

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#78 'Game' ゲーム 「geemu」 U+E68B SJIS-F8EC JIS-7621
KDDI	#232 ゲームのコントローラ 「geemunokontoroora」 U+E4C6 SJIS-F69F JIS-7621
Softbank	[ゲーム]

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	🎮
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	🎮
Decimal HTML Entity	🎮
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	🎮
Hex Code Point(s)	1f3ae
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F3AE
Decimal Code Point(s)	127918
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0xAE
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 8E AE
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 216 256
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83C 0xDFAE
UTF-16 Hex	d83cdfae
UTF-16 Dec	55356 57262
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F3AE
UTF-32 Hex	01F3AE
UTF-32 Dec	127918
Python Src	u"\U0001F3AE"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x8e\xae"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83C\uDFAE"

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