Work in a tech shop and this came across my desk and I must say it’s the most unique ones I’ve ever seen
Work in a tech shop and this came across my desk and I must say it’s the most unique ones I’ve ever seen
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That’s pretty cool. Though I would much prefer WASD over those type of arrow keys.
I remember these.
Ah yeah, the old Steelseries Zboard keyboards. I remember these. The key overlay is replaceable, they sold specific overlays for various games.
Wasn’t this whole keyboard modular
Pay to win keyboard.
Zboard. I had the wow one back in the days. Was pretty cool
I have one of these with a couple different game layouts, tried selling it at some point, didn’t get any offers on it 😅 so I just kept it for myself
I’ve never seen this keyboard before. Wouldn’t mind owning a keyboard like this though.
That is the father of the Merc Stealth. You show some damn respect!
It’s also the grandfather of [this.](https://shop.custommk.com/products/ergostrafer?srsltid=AfmBOoqrNlWlTP0ipEVRFs-mhEqxUvP0mn8iIOaAks_MVvLkxawR9FzX)
I have one of these in my basement. It was an interesting idea. Some of the overlays worked really really well. A couple were total garbage. I remember one game changed its in-game mappings and it was a total pain to make the overlay work again though. I’m fuzzy on the details now though.
Still got mine
I used to have this and also had the 2142 one. Brings back many memories.
I still have one. Works like charme.
When Steelseries made hardware for gamers 😍
I had one too. Although I don’t remember which overlay I had.
good way to unlearn how to use a keyboard when you touch another computer
Zboards were awsome the WOW one was amazing
Ah the Ideazon keyboard, these were awesome at the time, I remember having a WoW and Doom layout for mine. Probably wouldn’t work in 2024 but was fairly unique back in the early 2000’s
[https://ibb.co/rvW2nr4](https://ibb.co/rvW2nr4)
Would love to see more of keyboards made for specific games. Especially mil sim like Arma but also games like star citizen
Oh shit I had one of those about 20 years ago!
I see your okay it’s kind of different and raise you a Wolfking keyboard.
I still had them at the bottom of the keyboard drawer and they were gathering a bit of dust.
https://preview.redd.it/c9ooqk20f8kd1.jpeg?width=8160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7d84d823022e0adf7617d97997f25abb22ca426
Yeah, this was common back in the day with keyboard manufacturers. They provided no advantage and only took up more desk space. DPI switch on a mouse was more important to have. Game developers back then hard locked sensitivity in FPS’s that had turrets as a balance mechanic.
god i wish i knew this existed 16/17 and got fourth with our clan at the european clan wars
you used to be able to get modules for specific apps too, like Photoshop. It was weird. I think I still have mine kicking around somewhere.
Makes me think a modular keyboard design with a dedicated gamer and hot key section would be fantastic. Reprogramming for new games would be a bitch at first…or unplug that mod and have a normal keyboard section to use (until you figure out the bindings and re-mapped).
I had one with the World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade keymech. Pretty nice for the time. Mine came with the unbranded version of the key layout shown here but I never really liked it. The wow one I used all the time until it broke.
This is what I need for Squad
Its a bit similar to my Ideazon Merc Zboard, still working, but has no support for modern windows. It means there is no way to bind custom keys / macros.
Shit I had one of these about 20 years ago I think. Had the gaming and traditional keyboard. I remember they did ones for excel and other programmes with the shortcuts added.
In the future, scientists will prove that my Zboard made me 16.2% faster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKLCheLWZLU
Zboard, had for WoW (OG), WOTLK and Call of Duty 2
Really enjoyed it
I still own the keyboard, and it still works.
Still got my WoW one 😀
Man I wanted one of these SOOO bad in 2004.
