autofire

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ fire

Noun

autofire (uncountable)

1. (video games) A feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
   • 1988, Operation Wolf (review), Crash issue 59 (December 1988)

     You start off with just seven clips of ammo and five grenades — so all you autofire merchants are in trouble. Only real soldiers, with an accurate eye and careful trigger finger need apply here.

   • 1989, Popular Mechanics (volume 166, number 10, October 1989)

     High-speed autofire and a choice of two joystick sizes are featured.

   • 1990, Letters, Your Sinclair issue 51 (March 1990)

     Also the crappy joystick, the SJS1, is useless. It's as stiff as a Skoda's steering and there's no autofire on it. I can't help thinking that I made the worst investment of my life by buying this computer.

Verb

autofire (third-person singular simple present autofires, present participle autofiring, simple past and past participle autofired)

1. (video games, weaponry) To automatically fire.

See also

• turbo controller