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websterhamster t1_is9ryjz wrote

Wow, I didn't know they made a keyboard for Doom 3. I loved that game as a kid, great memories.

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Exodus412 t1_is9uft8 wrote

I remember these keyboards! I used tonthinknthey were so cool

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justl00kingthrowaway t1_is9v4bj wrote

This is Steelers Z series. The entire front was replaceable and the 3 sections folded in a z shape. Hence the name z series. It came with a standard qwerty layout and a generic gaming layout. There were at least 3 specific games keyboard layoutst hat you could buy , Doom, age of empires and I can't recall the third I am want to say WOW or EverQuest. I had the aoe layout and that was a game changer. Every key was labeled with the game command. This increased my speed greatly. However, the keys were awful to type on any documents on. Imo it barely fits the definition of a mechanical keyboard as the keys on the faceplate were push buttons the hit the membrane underneath. I love that keyboard but I had to have a regular keyboard and switch to do work, which was annoying.

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CaveManta t1_isabmii wrote

Chyrosran22 reviewed one of these, and he had some friendly things to say about it. https://youtu.be/Fm-SsZy5qXA

All this thing really needs is a dedicated flashlight button for those people with really dim monitors who rag on about Doom 3 being too dark.

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idealape t1_isanedh wrote

you gotta add the doom switches on there :P

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thejevans t1_isanj0t wrote

What a throwback. I used to have one of these. It was soo cool.

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krowe0509 t1_isao5nc wrote

I used to have the battlefield zboard. These keyboards bring back memories!!

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dbaconjr t1_isapw9f wrote

I had this board when it was just zboards. Had multiple layouts, was great until a drink was spilled on the main layout. I was able to use the mmo board a decent replacement. I ended throwing it out because I couldnt get a replacement main layout. I still think about that mistake.

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Att1cus t1_isaqgvh wrote

Not mechanical, but had interchangeable faceplates for different games.

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cnw4747 t1_isas2md wrote

Those where the good ol days

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rainbrodash666 t1_isat8z1 wrote

Replying to Mirakool (#102,620)

back then my friend had one with the game pad on the left, and my upper classman had the logitech g15 with the screen, I had an old dell keybaord i took from the school garbage can lmao.

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Karrigan7 t1_isavk8y wrote

"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIDEOUS" - Chyrosran

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grimice18 t1_isaxeeh wrote

Replying to justl00kingthrowaway (#101,117)

It was WoW I got this keyboard for Christmas from my parents when Wow first launched, honestly as a young kid it was a great keyboard and having buttons for every function in the game freed up space for keybinds.

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le-battleaxe t1_isaztr0 wrote

I had one of these! And the second iteration as well.

Also had the WoW keys and the BF2 keys for the first one. At the time I thought it was the coolest thing ever. In hindsight, they were gimmicky garbage.

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Kokukenji t1_isb2v14 wrote

I remember these! They had different layouts for different games that you can buy!

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Opposite-Nebula842 t1_isb3a18 wrote

I remember having something similar to that years ago. Had a battlefield 2 style face iirc

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sail4sea t1_isb4d3l wrote

They had a Microsoft word faceplate.

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evil_noodles t1_isb4wbn wrote

I had the World of Warcraft version of this back in the day.

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Grantoid t1_isbq4zs wrote

I had a Zboard! It was pretty neat and honestly cool for more comfortable keyboard gameplay

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acelaya35 t1_isc3etl wrote

Damn, this makes me want to dust off my Saitek Eclipse.

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TheMeleeMan t1_iscmosb wrote

I'm pretty sure I still have mine somewhere...

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