8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard, Bluetooth/2.4G/USB-C Hot Swappable Gaming Keyboard with 87 Keys, Dual Super Buttons and Super Stick for Windows and Android – C64 Edition
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Customers praise this mechanical keyboard’s well-built construction, noting it feels like it’s built like a tank, and appreciate its low-key retro design. The keyboard features a satisfying click sound, and customers particularly like the joystick and buttons, with one mentioning they can be programmed for specific functions like copy and paste. Customers find the keyboard worth the price, with one noting it’s fairly cheap considering its specifications.
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Kyle D –
Great Buy if you need a new gaming input setup
8-bit do retro keyboard review:I own the 8BitDo NES theme retro keyboard with B/A super buttons, as well as the similarlt-themed Retro Numpad. I’ve had them for a couple months now. I also own the Super Stick, which I just got today. Base score: 5 STARS. Here’s my breakdown:Responsiveness: I love clicky keyboards. I understand not everyone does, but keeping that in mind, this is one of the most fluid keyboards I’ve ever used, and one of the nicest-sounding (*click click click!*)Ease of use: The USB Dongles are plug and play, but the keyboard and numpad both come with usb wires to charge/ use wired. The buttons to turn on and off the 2.4GHz wireless is seamless with no noticeable drop in regular use. Note that I didn’t play a game with trigger controls and swap the connection style though, so I can’t comment on that.Aesthetic: This thing is beautiful. It looks like a classic NES peripheral with its theme and it looks like it’s straight out of the 80s. I love it. It’s a little pricey (my setup all told was around $175 for the keyboard, numpad, and joystick), but that’s roughly on par with other gaming keyboards, so its not so bad.The Good: Great sound, great aesthetic, great response time and connection type switching (a known benefit of 8BitDo). It’s also solidly built and looks premium. The numpad doubles as an adding machine; niche, but neat. The keyboard also has two dedicated programmable buttons aside from the super buttons, which is good for those of you who like macros set up.The Bad: Sometimes the clackyness of the super buttons can cause simultaneous inputs to not fire just right, but this is manageable. It also has no backlight, which is a shame. For the price of the keyboard and numpad, I wish they would have made the button labels translucent and installed a stock backlight. makes gaming or computing in the dark impossible. The super stick is nice feeling, but if you’re a heavy masher of buttons, the actual joystick (which is meant to disconnect for ease of shipping) falls off a lot.The mildly annoying: The numpad is set up as an adding machine, so if you’re used to the computer numpad, you have to re-train yourself. This is offset by the fact that the numpad can be used as a stand-alone adding machine, so IO understand why this was done. Also, my whole setup, aside from the super stick uses the NES theme, but I couldn’t get the super stick in that same color theme. 8BitDo, fix this; your stick is only $15, if I need t0 pay an extra couple $ for a license to use the NES color scheme, I would have done it. Lastly, it’s a little pricey, so unless you’re an 8BitDo diehard, have a retro itch you need to scratch, or are looking for a new gaming keyboard, this is a luxury buy you don’t need to get to replace a working gaming keyboard. I don’t regret my purchase by any means, but I didn’t *need* it.The Awesome:8mm jacks for button input? Genius. This makes those inputs usable for ANY switch-based button. To prove a point, I used an old X-Arcade coin-op setup (which is a coin receptacle connected to a switch), connected an off-the-shelf 8mm plug, and plugged it into one of the 4 connectors that comes with the retro keyboard and boom, instant coin op! Also, the components will connect to each other via magnets! I just found this out. It never occurred to me why my keyboard and numpad always stood together despite me dragging the setup all over my desk. It works with the super buttons too! Also, the batteries in these things are downright epic. I use my computer 3-4 days a week and the numpad (the keyboard was plugged in most of the time out of habit) went from 100% to 95% after 3 weeks. 3 WEEKS! This is another staple of 8BitDo- insane battery life.Overall: Worth the price of admission, if not for the aesthetic alone, for the versatility, wireless capabilities, and battery life. Are you looking for a signature look for your keyboard setup? do you want to have arcade buttons on your desktop, do you want the best wireless options and battery life you’ve ever experienced in a peripheral? Get this.
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Foster –
Reject Silence, Embrace R E S O N A N C E
I have a good amount of keyboards I have in rotation for my computer, and this is one of my favorites whenever I bust it out. Nice clicky tactile feedback from the Kailh Box White V2 switches, ability to use 2.4ghz dongle or bluetooth for other devices that aren’t wired, SPECTACULAR SOUND, lovely vintage appearance and feel, on-board macro keys, n-key rollover, doubleshot-ABS keys (I had it for around a year and see no signs of fading), desk space saving (while having all keys in familiar places) TKL layout… this one is a straight up winner.I have the impression that a lot of the custom keyboard market is dominated by linear ‘thocky’ smaller size keyboards, and any that aren’t pre-built that way, users would go out of their way to spend money and time on making them that way. You probably could do that with 8bitdo keyboards, but that would be missing the point of how and why these are built the way they are. To paraphrase Chyrosan22 on YouTube, these 8bitdo keyboards with their roomy plastic housing, metal plate, and lack of dampening make this a VERY good resonance chamber for clicky switches, amplifying and enriching the sounds. This is the same reason why the IBM Model M is such a beloved keyboard. And then again, if I were to want an actually quiet keyboard, I would go get one of those $10 compact keyboards that Walmart or Target would have. Otherwise, 8bitdo keyboards are a very easy recommendation, assuming its resonant sounds don’t bother you or any nearby people.
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Michael N –
Sturdy robust keyboard
Keyboard is thick and very high quality matching the designs in the keyboards of the past. Prefer this over my other 250$ mechanical gaming keyboard. The wireless last very long. The volume switch is handy. Honestly didnt even need to mod it.
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David Marquez –
Favorite keyboard ever
I consider this keyboard a perfect piece of tech. Everything just works amazing. The battery life, bluetooth and wireless connection are second to none. The look, the feel, the sound and the layout (tkl) is perfect for me. I’ve tried quite a few mechanical keyboards the last few years and this is by far my favorite. I’d like to buy the Commodore 64 and the PC style too, but i just can’t justify it yet, although i’ve been tempted to.
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pedromario –
Muy buen teclado, muy comodo, los botones programables son lo mejorLo unico es que el software para configurarlo es lento y confuso, pero es algo opcional,Sus distintas formas de conectarse me permiten cambiarme de computadoras o dispositivos rápidamente
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Barry Watson –
It’s not a proper keyboard if you couldn’t kill a man with it. Decent build quality. Nice clickty-clack sound. Reminds me of the old school keyboards you found attached to green screens and chunky workstations in the 80s and early 90s.
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Antonin Jacob –
Bruyant mais très agréable à utiliser. Un air old school qui a son charme
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JakeElite –
Coool
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RetroDec –
I simply adore it, the style, the build quality, the convinienxe of the wireless connectivity (can be used as a pseudo kvm switch but for keyboard only)
8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard, Bluetooth/2.4G/USB-C Hot Swappable Gaming Keyboard with 87 Keys, Dual Super Buttons and Super Stick for Windows and Android – C64 Edition
Kyle D –
Great Buy if you need a new gaming input setup
8-bit do retro keyboard review:I own the 8BitDo NES theme retro keyboard with B/A super buttons, as well as the similarlt-themed Retro Numpad. I’ve had them for a couple months now. I also own the Super Stick, which I just got today. Base score: 5 STARS. Here’s my breakdown:Responsiveness: I love clicky keyboards. I understand not everyone does, but keeping that in mind, this is one of the most fluid keyboards I’ve ever used, and one of the nicest-sounding (*click click click!*)Ease of use: The USB Dongles are plug and play, but the keyboard and numpad both come with usb wires to charge/ use wired. The buttons to turn on and off the 2.4GHz wireless is seamless with no noticeable drop in regular use. Note that I didn’t play a game with trigger controls and swap the connection style though, so I can’t comment on that.Aesthetic: This thing is beautiful. It looks like a classic NES peripheral with its theme and it looks like it’s straight out of the 80s. I love it. It’s a little pricey (my setup all told was around $175 for the keyboard, numpad, and joystick), but that’s roughly on par with other gaming keyboards, so its not so bad.The Good: Great sound, great aesthetic, great response time and connection type switching (a known benefit of 8BitDo). It’s also solidly built and looks premium. The numpad doubles as an adding machine; niche, but neat. The keyboard also has two dedicated programmable buttons aside from the super buttons, which is good for those of you who like macros set up.The Bad: Sometimes the clackyness of the super buttons can cause simultaneous inputs to not fire just right, but this is manageable. It also has no backlight, which is a shame. For the price of the keyboard and numpad, I wish they would have made the button labels translucent and installed a stock backlight. makes gaming or computing in the dark impossible. The super stick is nice feeling, but if you’re a heavy masher of buttons, the actual joystick (which is meant to disconnect for ease of shipping) falls off a lot.The mildly annoying: The numpad is set up as an adding machine, so if you’re used to the computer numpad, you have to re-train yourself. This is offset by the fact that the numpad can be used as a stand-alone adding machine, so IO understand why this was done. Also, my whole setup, aside from the super stick uses the NES theme, but I couldn’t get the super stick in that same color theme. 8BitDo, fix this; your stick is only $15, if I need t0 pay an extra couple $ for a license to use the NES color scheme, I would have done it. Lastly, it’s a little pricey, so unless you’re an 8BitDo diehard, have a retro itch you need to scratch, or are looking for a new gaming keyboard, this is a luxury buy you don’t need to get to replace a working gaming keyboard. I don’t regret my purchase by any means, but I didn’t *need* it.The Awesome:8mm jacks for button input? Genius. This makes those inputs usable for ANY switch-based button. To prove a point, I used an old X-Arcade coin-op setup (which is a coin receptacle connected to a switch), connected an off-the-shelf 8mm plug, and plugged it into one of the 4 connectors that comes with the retro keyboard and boom, instant coin op! Also, the components will connect to each other via magnets! I just found this out. It never occurred to me why my keyboard and numpad always stood together despite me dragging the setup all over my desk. It works with the super buttons too! Also, the batteries in these things are downright epic. I use my computer 3-4 days a week and the numpad (the keyboard was plugged in most of the time out of habit) went from 100% to 95% after 3 weeks. 3 WEEKS! This is another staple of 8BitDo- insane battery life.Overall: Worth the price of admission, if not for the aesthetic alone, for the versatility, wireless capabilities, and battery life. Are you looking for a signature look for your keyboard setup? do you want to have arcade buttons on your desktop, do you want the best wireless options and battery life you’ve ever experienced in a peripheral? Get this.
Foster –
Reject Silence, Embrace R E S O N A N C E
I have a good amount of keyboards I have in rotation for my computer, and this is one of my favorites whenever I bust it out. Nice clicky tactile feedback from the Kailh Box White V2 switches, ability to use 2.4ghz dongle or bluetooth for other devices that aren’t wired, SPECTACULAR SOUND, lovely vintage appearance and feel, on-board macro keys, n-key rollover, doubleshot-ABS keys (I had it for around a year and see no signs of fading), desk space saving (while having all keys in familiar places) TKL layout… this one is a straight up winner.I have the impression that a lot of the custom keyboard market is dominated by linear ‘thocky’ smaller size keyboards, and any that aren’t pre-built that way, users would go out of their way to spend money and time on making them that way. You probably could do that with 8bitdo keyboards, but that would be missing the point of how and why these are built the way they are. To paraphrase Chyrosan22 on YouTube, these 8bitdo keyboards with their roomy plastic housing, metal plate, and lack of dampening make this a VERY good resonance chamber for clicky switches, amplifying and enriching the sounds. This is the same reason why the IBM Model M is such a beloved keyboard. And then again, if I were to want an actually quiet keyboard, I would go get one of those $10 compact keyboards that Walmart or Target would have. Otherwise, 8bitdo keyboards are a very easy recommendation, assuming its resonant sounds don’t bother you or any nearby people.
Michael N –
Sturdy robust keyboard
Keyboard is thick and very high quality matching the designs in the keyboards of the past. Prefer this over my other 250$ mechanical gaming keyboard. The wireless last very long. The volume switch is handy. Honestly didnt even need to mod it.
David Marquez –
Favorite keyboard ever
I consider this keyboard a perfect piece of tech. Everything just works amazing. The battery life, bluetooth and wireless connection are second to none. The look, the feel, the sound and the layout (tkl) is perfect for me. I’ve tried quite a few mechanical keyboards the last few years and this is by far my favorite. I’d like to buy the Commodore 64 and the PC style too, but i just can’t justify it yet, although i’ve been tempted to.
pedromario –
Muy buen teclado, muy comodo, los botones programables son lo mejorLo unico es que el software para configurarlo es lento y confuso, pero es algo opcional,Sus distintas formas de conectarse me permiten cambiarme de computadoras o dispositivos rápidamente
Barry Watson –
It’s not a proper keyboard if you couldn’t kill a man with it. Decent build quality. Nice clickty-clack sound. Reminds me of the old school keyboards you found attached to green screens and chunky workstations in the 80s and early 90s.
Antonin Jacob –
Bruyant mais très agréable à utiliser. Un air old school qui a son charme
JakeElite –
Coool
RetroDec –
I simply adore it, the style, the build quality, the convinienxe of the wireless connectivity (can be used as a pseudo kvm switch but for keyboard only)