After numerous incarnations of a joystick, each simpler than the last, I decided it was too complex a shape to use on a flag, I needed to go back to the roots of gaming. The challenge then became how to unambiguously depict the directional pad, the plus symbol being such a common one. The D-Pad looked striking on a solid background, but no single color represented the history of gaming, so I settled on the 4 basic colors used on most controllers' main buttons. Nintendo fans will recognize the shades immediately.