A video game control apparatus configured to communicate with a gaming console, the video game control apparatus comprising: a directional pad moveable in a plurality of directions; a plurality of actuatable components operable by the directional pad, each actuatable component being configured to provide haptic feedback responsive to a push input in a corresponding direction of the plurality of directions; an integrated display (16, 76) forming a surface of the directional pad; and a controller configured to display an indicia on the integrated display (16, 76) for each direction of the directional pad, each indicia indicating a specific function associated with a corresponding direction of the directional pad depending upon a game being executed by the gaming console, change a specific function of each direction of the directional pad and to modify a displayed indicia for each direction of the directional pad in response to a change of the specific function associated with the corresponding direction of the directional pad based upon a change in the game being executed by the gaming console, receive a user input actuating a selected actuatable component; and send a command signal to the gaming console to cause the gaming console to output image data to a second display (22, 75) housed separately from the video game control apparatus in response to the user input. a directional pad moveable in a plurality of directions; a plurality of actuatable components operable by the directional pad, each actuatable component being configured to provide haptic feedback responsive to a push input in a corresponding direction of the plurality of directions; an integrated display (16, 76) forming a surface of the directional pad; and a controller configured to display an indicia on the integrated display (16, 76) for each direction of the directional pad, each indicia indicating a specific function associated with a corresponding direction of the directional pad depending upon a game being executed by the gaming console, change a specific function of each direction of the directional pad and to modify a displayed indicia for each direction of the directional pad in response to a change of the specific function associated with the corresponding direction of the directional pad based upon a change in the game being executed by the gaming console, receive a user input actuating a selected actuatable component; and send a command signal to the gaming console to cause the gaming console to output image data to a second display (22, 75) housed separately from the video game control apparatus in response to the user input. display an indicia on the integrated display (16, 76) for each direction of the directional pad, each indicia indicating a specific function associated with a corresponding direction of the directional pad depending upon a game being executed by the gaming console, change a specific function of each direction of the directional pad and to modify a displayed indicia for each direction of the directional pad in response to a change of the specific function associated with the corresponding direction of the directional pad based upon a change in the game being executed by the gaming console, receive a user input actuating a selected actuatable component; and send a command signal to the gaming console to cause the gaming console to output image data to a second display (22, 75) housed separately from the video game control apparatus in response to the user input.