8BitDo now sells its retro mechanical keyboards with built-in quantity pads

8BitDo has launched a brand new model of the Retro Mechanical Keyboard it debuted final July with its unique tenkeyless structure now expanded to incorporate an built-in quantity pad. The brand new 8BitDo Retro 108 Mechanical Keyboard is available for preorder now through Amazon for $119.99 — $20 costlier than the unique — with the identical NES or Famicom theming. Availability is anticipated to start out on December twelfth, 2024.

The brand new 108-key model of the keyboard makes use of the identical hot-swappable Kailh Field White V2 switches because the tenkeyless model, paired with dye-sub PBT keycaps. The built-in numpad consists of extra Home windows shortcut keys, a calculator lock button, and a display screen lock button. The 8BitDo Retro 108 Mechanical Keyboard’s compatibility continues to be restricted to Home windows and Android.

The keyboard carries over the unique’s devoted quantity dial situated on its high left nook, in addition to a three-way toggle for switching between Bluetooth and a pair of.4GHz, or turning its wi-fi capabilities off altogether whereas utilizing a USB cable for decreased lag. 8BitDo can also be nonetheless together with a set of its over-sized programmable “Tremendous Buttons” that connect with the keyboard with a 3.5mm cable.

In September, 8BitDo launched a set of 165 keycaps that includes the identical designs because the NES model of its Retro Mechanical Keyboard, permitting those that choose bigger layouts to customise their keyboard’s look to match. The corporate’s newest providing achieves the identical aim, however as an all-in-one resolution for these not thinking about doing any keyboard customizations of their very own.