Accent maker 8BitDo has unveiled its second new product in two weeks. After showcasing a latch-on gaming controller for Android telephones, the corporate now has a brand new model of its Retro Mechanical Keyboard that provides a numpad and new shortcuts. And sure, the $120 accent nonetheless contains these begging-to-be-mashed Tremendous Buttons.
Like its predecessor, the 8BitDo Retro 108 Mechanical Keyboard is impressed by Nintendo’s NES and Famicom consoles. The 2 variants nearly completely match the colours of those Nineteen Eighties gaming machines: white, darkish grey and black for the NES-inspired taste and white and crimson for the Famicom one. Appropriately, the latter has Japanese markings below its English characters.
The keyboard is 22 p.c wider than the usual model to accommodate the built-in numpad and different extras. The prolonged space additionally contains Home windows shortcuts, Calculator, Perform Lock and Display Lock buttons.
In any other case, the brand new keyboard retains the options of the 87-key unique. That features utilizing it in wired or wi-fi modes (together with Bluetooth or wi-fi 2.4G), customized key mapping by 8BitDo Final Software program V2 (Home windows solely), N-key rollover and hot-swappable keys.
The brand new mannequin contains the identical pair of Tremendous Buttons you’ll get with the smaller variant. These programmable macro keys appear to be giant-sized variations of the A and B buttons on the NES and Famicom. They hook up with the keyboard immediately by way of a 3.5mm jack, and you’ll string as much as 4 units collectively. You can too order Tremendous Buttons (in crimson, blue or yellow) for $30.24 apiece.
Formally, 8BitDo says the keyboard is just supported for Home windows and Android, possible as a result of its customization software program is just out there for the previous. However you may nonetheless use it with macOS; you’d simply miss out on customizing its keys and macros and receiving software program updates.
The 8BitDo Retro 108 Mechanical Keyboard will likely be out there in NES and Famicom variants on December 12. You may pre-order it now for $120 by Amazon.
