8BitDo now sells its retro mechanical keyboards with integrated number pads

8BitDo has introduced a caller mentation of the Retro Mechanical Keyboard it debuted past July with its archetypal tenkeyless layout present expanded to see an integrated fig pad. The caller 8BitDo Retro 108 Mechanical Keyboard is available for preorder present done Amazon for $119.99 — $20 much costly than the archetypal — with the aforesaid NES oregon Famicom theming. Availability is expected to commencement connected December 12th, 2024.

The caller 108-key mentation of the keyboard uses the aforesaid hot-swappable Kailh Box White V2 switches arsenic the tenkeyless version, paired with dye-sub PBT keycaps. The integrated numpad includes further Windows shortcut keys, a calculator fastener button, and a surface fastener button. The 8BitDo Retro 108 Mechanical Keyboard’s compatibility is inactive constricted to Windows and Android.

The keyboard carries implicit the original’s dedicated measurement dial located connected its apical near corner, arsenic good arsenic a three-way toggle for switching betwixt Bluetooth and 2.4GHz, oregon turning its wireless capabilities disconnected altogether portion utilizing a USB cablegram for reduced lag. 8BitDo is besides inactive including a acceptable of its over-sized programmable “Super Buttons” that link to the keyboard with a 3.5mm cable.

In September, 8BitDo released a acceptable of 165 keycaps featuring the aforesaid designs arsenic the NES mentation of its Retro Mechanical Keyboard, allowing those who similar larger layouts to customize their keyboard’s quality to match. The company’s latest offering achieves the aforesaid goal, but arsenic an all-in-one solution for those not funny successful doing immoderate keyboard customizations of their own.