Razer’s twentieth Anniversary Boomslang mouse is full of retro attraction (and faux leather-based)

Retro tech is all the fashion in the intervening time — take a look at 8BitDo’s glorious choices, or these splendidly clear new Analogue N64 clones. Razer’s no stranger to retro attraction, however the brand new twentieth Anniversary Version of the Boomslang mouse would possibly simply be a masterpiece. The retro indulgence mirrors the unique form, however provides new guts, wi-fi charging, and even fake leather-based accents.

The brand new model of the Boomslang mouse actually does look odd twenty years later. It’s very low, very huge on the bulbous high the place the first buttons unfold out, and the ambidextrous aspect buttons (one on the left and one on the appropriate) aren’t precisely in vogue. However possibly that’s what you’d like, if you wish to relive reminiscences of Battlefield II.

However regardless of the dated seems to be, it is a fashionable mouse. You get full wi-fi, plus wi-fi charging (form of, it has Qi coils however it seems to be prefer it wants a stand), a frankly ridiculous 45,000 DPI sensor, and the most recent Razer optical switches for the first buttons. The RGB lighting strip on the underside is virtually reserved by Razer’s 2025 requirements, which is greater than I can say for the “PU leather-based” (polyurethane is Latin for pretend) on the first and aspect buttons and wrapped across the rear. Although I have to admit, I’m curious to see how that feels within the hand.

When are you able to get one? How a lot will it value? The solutions are “I don’t know” and “in all probability so much.” Razer says it’s solely making 1337 of those (sure, I did in reality see what you probably did there) for the whole world, with particular person serial numbers. There’s no date for when it drops, and no worth is talked about.

I wouldn’t be shocked to see a much less bombastic model of this Boomslang be made accessible, maybe minus the PU leather-based accents — new toolings and components for only a thousand mice and alter wouldn’t make sense. However if you happen to don’t wish to roll these specific cube, Razer is completely happy to take down your e-mail and allow you to know when pre-orders go dwell.