Higround Basecamp 75+ was designed to look like a blurry keyboard from an old PC game

For those who grew up playing games in the 1990s, you'll no doubt have memories of seeing real-world objects like keyboards, displays, and other hardware rendered with limited polygons and textures that look blurry up close. So yeah, gaming on a keyboard that looks like it's been plucked from Valve's Half-Life or the original Deus Ex is a pretty fun concept.

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The new Higround Basecamp 75+ is a custom gaming keyboard featuring this distinctive design. The keycaps feature blurry text to give them a look reminiscent of old-school PC and console games from the 1990s. Higround's "unconventional design" is a "tribute to PS1-era motion and texture," which means the Blur keycaps are intended to look like textures that are still loading.

Priced at $159.95 USD, the keyboard's unique retro-gaming inspired look is complemented by the company's new responsive HG Blitz switches, which feature a "rail-guided stem" for a smoother and more stable response. It also features five dampening layers, including Polyfoam and Silicone as part of its 'Dampening Plus' design.

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The company also promises that it offers "rich thocky acoustics" thanks to the switch, which includes a spring and a 53g actuation force "bottom-out" that delivers a "crisp, satisfying pop."

Hardware-wise, it's impressive, but there's no denying that being able to barely make out keycap lettering will make it harder to use for the non-touch typers out there. The Higround Basecamp 75+ is also a fully customizable 75% form factor keyboard, with hot-swappable switches, macro support, and north-facing RGB lighting.

If the idea of a high-quality gaming keyboard with blurry 1990s textured keycaps sounds like a winner to you, the Higround Basecamp 75+ is now available to order.