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【IC?】 Basic Fun HVC7: A Nintendo Tribute

类型: IC
作者: romevi
发布时间: 2015-07-15 00:39:18
更新时间: 2016-02-25 15:46:37
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73591.0


02/24/16 update: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73591.msg2070928/#msg2070928
Original post:
Hi everyone.
I’m very much new to the keyboard community, though I’ve used a Unicomp since 2009. I don’t own any Cherry boards, but I’m always lusting after all the cap designs I’ve seen on here and now I’m pretty set to buy my own soon.
Although I’m new to keyboards, I’ve had other lifetime hobbies. Video gaming is one of them. So, with recent events, I’ve decided to try my hand at making a very crude draft.
Story:
I grew up a Sony kid, having primarily PlayStations and Sega consoles in the ‘90s and ‘00s. I’ve always coveted my cousins’ SNESes and N64s, but never got around to acquiring my own Nintendo console until I finally bought a Wii and downloaded tons of Virtual Console titles. After that Nintendo quickly became one of my favorite gaming companies, and many of those retro titles became some of my all-time favorite games.
Following that experience, I’ve become a retro enthusiast over the years and have joyfully hunted down old consoles to give them a new home.
Thus the inspiration for my first keyset design: Basic Fun HVC7.
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If you don’t know, it’s based off Famicom’s BASIC keyboard. I’ve never owned or fiddled with the keyboard or the BASIC family, but I’ve always loved the color scheme of the Famicom.
I’ve tried to stick to the exact color scheme of the keyboard, though I’ve updated some of the alphanumerics to give them more functional capabilities for today’s usage. I think I’ve got the red down, though I’d like to lighten the gray a bit. I’m still working on replicating the typeface.
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http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com//#/layouts/f9e061a8abe23e8dc7be1c139af45b17
As for the “Esc,” I’ve decided to give it a creamy white in accordance with the keyboard case. All of these colors are based off SP’s ABS color swatches.
As you can tell, the Win keys are blank. I’m not sure what to do with those. It’s still a work in progress, but I thought of throwing it out to you experts for feedback and criticism. Everything and anything is welcome.
If this has been done, or attempted, before, please let me know and I won’t bother with any more work.
In light of recent events, I was thinking of giving the Win keys a balloon logo in remembrance of Satoru Iwata. Not sure yet.

I’ve chosen the name from BASIC, obviously, and used what I feel most Nintendo games are about: fun. Basic fun.
Anyway, let me know what you think!

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