A keyboard that reminds us of the legendary Commodore 64

8BitDo's latest piece of keyboard art took its design inspiration from the 1980s computer, the Commodore 64, which is considered by many to have the most recognizable design to this day. Dubbed the Retro Mechanical Keyboard, the new keyboard is available for pre-order and is priced at just over $100. It's currently only available across the pond, so ordering it to Europe would cost you quite a bit more than the price of the keyboard.

Beneath its lovely thick brown keycaps (ABS plastic) and rainbow Commodore-style logo, this is essentially the same peripheral as the previous NES 8BitDo keyboard. It comes standard with Kailh Box White V2 click switches, but these can be swapped out if you want something less loud. It can be connected to devices via USB, Bluetooth or with a 2.4 GHz USB stick, and a volume button is also built into the top left of the keyboard.

Podobno kot na tipkovnici NES, so tudi tu dodali programabilne “Super gumbe”, ki so še vedno videti kot gumba A in B krmilnika sistema NES. Tokrat se jima je pridružila majhna igralna palica, imenovana “Super Stick”. Če je konstrukcija te tipkovnice enaka prejšnji, pričakujte, da bosta oba dodatka povezana z žico in se bosta priključila na vrh tipkovnice prek 3,5-milimetrskih vtičnic. Celotna tipkovnica uporablja faktor oblike “tenkeyless”, kar pomeni, da nima številčne tipkovnice, sicer pa ohranja razmeroma tradicionalno postavitev in o RGB osvetlitvi na srečo ni govora.

Interestingly, the original Commodore 64 has that chunky look you'd normally associate with mechanical keyboards, but it was actually equipped with Mitsumi hybrid switches, which are a cross between a rubber dome and a mechanical switch.