Found Some Crap-looking Mystery Gamer Keycaps

Presto · 02 Jun 2020, 21:18

Found some keycaps (images below) in storage at my work and have no idea what kind they are. They're rather shallow and cheap feeling as one would expect for these sorts of pack-in gamer accessories, but I'm curious as to what they're for. My guess is a proprietary format for a gaming laptop keyboard.

Kudos to anyone who knows what these are

Weezer · 02 Jun 2020, 22:35

Weird mount...maybe some kind of rubber dome? Who would want to take away real keys from their keyboard and replace them with dedicated gun and fist keys?

Presto · 02 Jun 2020, 22:44

Weezer wrote: 02 Jun 2020, 22:35 Who would want to take away real keys from their keyboard and replace them with dedicated gun and fist keys?

I have no idea, it seems incredibly tacky. I could certainly see these getting stuck over a rigid rubber dome.

davkol · 02 Jun 2020, 22:48

Weezer · 02 Jun 2020, 23:11

lmao I can definitely see some little kid getting a dell PC in 2006 thinking he's hot stuff after slapping these on his crapola board.

ddrfraser1 · 03 Jun 2020, 03:17

Weezer wrote: 02 Jun 2020, 23:11 lmao I can definitely see some little kid getting a dell PC in 2006 thinking he's hot stuff after slapping these on his crapola board.

Hey, he was probably the one killing us all

Findecanor · 03 Jun 2020, 04:34

I think I've seen that slider before but I can't remember where...

A laptop keyboard wouldn't have such tall sliders, even if it was older and not using scissor-switches.

Presto · 03 Jun 2020, 15:26

Findecanor wrote: 03 Jun 2020, 04:34 A laptop keyboard wouldn't have such tall sliders, even if it was older and not using scissor-switches.

Yea, good point. I should also point out that theses things are oily and cheap-feeling to the touch, so whatever they were on it wasn't anything anyone on this site would use.

Presto · 11 Jun 2020, 19:55

https://www.cnet.com/reviews/razer-tarantula-review/

Found the culprit for those interested

Weezer · 11 Jun 2020, 20:03

Presto wrote: 11 Jun 2020, 19:55 https://www.cnet.com/reviews/razer-tarantula-review/

Found the culprit for those interested

Wow and it came out in 2006 too lmao. Looks like your caps are from the Voodoo version. A rare collector find indeed!

Presto · 11 Jun 2020, 21:03

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktops- ... -p/1140173

Pics of the specific Voodoo model