Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Hold On to Your Balls – Razer Boomslang Retroview”.
Mm., Can you smell that brother Yeah? That’S right., We’ve got the Razer Boomslang wire gaming mouse. Top of the line cream of the crop.. Oh yeah., Or at least it was the top of the line back in 1999.. But gaming mice have changed a lot over the last couple of decades.. So I think the question on everyone’s mind is: can this candy ass, RGB lightweight, take on the Intercontinental champion of gaming mice? Now let me step into this sponsor segue Ridge, Wallet Ridge Wallet has redefined the traditional with its compact frame and R F. I D blocking plates., Keep your wallet bulge down and use our offer code LINUS to save 10 % and get free worldwide shipping Representing modern gaming. Mice.
We’ve got my daily driver, the G pro wireless.. It features 25,000 DPI sensitivity, one millisecond pulling and it weighs in it just 80 grams.. Let’S see how I do in aim: labs. Wait. There are people who do 200 of these in a minute. [ Nick ], Oh yeah..
This sensitivity is definitely not right for me.. It’S a little bit high and I’m just I’m, I’m ending up just past everything and I’m trying to compensate and then I’m ending up not going far enough.. Oh my gosh Okay.
Well score of 82. Accuracy, 63 %, Not bad, not bad.. Woo Is the Logitech gaming software installed on here, [ Nick ] No., Oh, I might be 500 and that doesn’t feel quite right.. I don’t know., Maybe I’m just making all this up and I just suck.. If I don’t break a hundred, I will be tres embarrassed.
96. [ Nick ] Aw, not nice. 71 % accuracy though. All right fine., That’s that’s as good a gamer as I’m ever gon na be., I’m number 52,000 in the world.
[ Nick ] Hell yeah.. Now the question is: how does something from 1999 stack up? Our Razer Boomslang is still packed away in its original tin and we got our hands on the collector’s edition.. So this is one of just 5,000 units., And this is pretty special for me because back when this was the king, I don’t think my whole gaming rig was worth a hundred dollars and gamer specific hardware was a relatively new concept. And so was Razer’s edgy green Marketing. Diabolical synergy, (, murmurs, ) scroll, wheel, 45, DPR more than twice as precise as a standard, mouse. Ambidextrous, ergo design levels, the playing field for right and left handed gamers.
Patented dust barrier; seven foot, cord., Wow., That’s a long chord. Bag, lunch unprecedented strikes, be venomous Accuracy, a revolutionary step in the evolution of game controllers., That’s right. Evolution, revolution., It’s both. And you know what Compared to its competitors. The Boomslang had a lot more going for it than just marketing.. It’S rated a whopping 2000 DPI, which was massive back then, especially for a ball mouse.
[ Nick ], Oh noooo, Right, Oh, I love this gray. Cable. Can I just say gray. We want you back., That is so classy..
Even now. It feels like alien technology.. We got number 1,671 and this is interesting. Powered by karna.
Precision, patent pending karna actually ceased operations due to financial issues in 2000., But in 2005 Razer was revived by former karna employees, Robert Krakoff and Min-liang Tan.. That’S a familiar name. Little fun fact for you. Want another one. The backpack and screwdriver are finally almost ready at lttstore.com, get signed up and be notified when they go live.. So for those of you who don’t know the way that this sensor works, is this little ball down here, actually rolls around as you move the mouse transferring that movement to inside rollers here at the back of the mouse and here on its left.
As these? Well also roll, they break a thin light beam.. So the more the beam breaks, the more the mouse has been moved.. Some of you might actually remember needing to clean your balls about once a month growing up. ( beep ), But I bet you forgot that you also had to clean out your rollers, because if either of them got caked up with dust or in my household with So many ladies living there hair you’d get terrible tracking, resulting in a very frustrating gaming experience..
My mom had hair down to probably the small of her back when I was growing up.. So there would be hairs wrapped around these rollers that were like … [ Nick ] Ewww. I pulled them out almost like this.
Anyway. Sorry. That story aside.. What else have we got in here? Nestled in the mouse foam is a USB to PS, 2 adapter, probably pretty handy 23 years ago. And then below the foam.
Whew. We’Ve got a first edition certificate of ownership.. We got our quick setup, guide. Install driver, shut down, plugin and reboot.. That’S right, friends.! It was the year 2000 after all.
We’ve got uh the latest and greatest on technique and technicalia.. This is not your mother’s mouse.. We know you’re chomping at the bit to put this baby through the paces.. You loaded the drivers tweaked your system settings plugged in your new Razer..
Oh my goodness.. This is amazing. To get the ultimate experience and movement and control.
We highly recommend the 3M precision mousing surface 3M used to make first party mouse pads. I did not know that.. We’Ve also got the master guide.
“ Genre, defining weapons that make for penetrating explosive gameplay” [ David ]. Excuse me Penetrating explosive gameplay.. You heard me. [ Nick ] Prepare to get penetrated, David. [ David ] Explosively.. Finally, our handy dandy, installation CD..
This was pretty crucial back then, when downloading software could take ages and cost you money., Not so much anymore, though. Get subscribed or you might miss our 100 % legal way to emulate games video. Back to our mouse.. The construction here is a mix of a black rubberized material that actually, for all its years, still feels really good and really grippy., And this semi-transparent green plastic that hasn’t aged quite as well in terms of its aesthetics.. You can see some of the internals though. And probably the coolest thing about them is that it looks like you could probably repair this mouse by hand..
Like the solder points are so big., It’s got what appeared to be PTFE feet and on a modern mouse pad like our Northern lights, LTT store It slides around just fine.. Can you hear the? Can you hear the wheel [ David ] Yeah that doesn’t sound good.? That does not sound that great.. Our right click is a little mushy, but still functional., And our left click sounds like it should.
One of the most interesting thing about the primary buttons is how long they are.. This was actually an ergonomic feature because it allowed you to rest your hand and click away, no matter what your grip type was., Oh wow., Those are that’s where the side buttons are. Huh.
Wow., That’s a stiff, scroll, wheel., [, Nick ] Yeah.. It feels like it’s kind of designed for ring finger right click and pinky and thumb. Well its ambidextrous right So …
Interesting.. I would say that when it comes to ergonomics, your mileage may no will vary on this one.. That’S a very it’s a very claw grip.! You kind of can’t spoon it cuz it just it doesn’t support you on the sides.
And I guess the reason for the widths. Is it’s not really designed for middle and index finger? That would put your wrist at like this unnatural angle. Okay..
I’M gon na try and use it as intended. [, Nick ] Okay.. We ready [ Nick ] Yeah.. Did the computer just restart [ Nick ] Yeah.? Did it just freaking crash my computer Wow. [ David ] Too much boom., I mean in fairness, the instructions did say: install driver, shut, down., Plug in., reboot.
RTFM, fair enough., Touche Razer.. I can feel the aches in here and here already.. I haven’t even done my small flex aim test yet. Whoa whoa.
Wow. That wasn’t good.. Oh my gosh.
Okay.. I swear to you., I’m not hamming this up.. This is really hard..
I feel my whole. I feel my whole forearm, like tensing up here. Okay.. Now I’m feeling I’m feeling it., I’m feeling it.
Watch me not actually be any worse.. Oh no. This is worse. [, Nick ] You’re, definitely getting worse..
I can’t look at the score right now. Cuz, I’m aiming. Okay. Come on..
Oh that’s a lot worse.. It didn’t feel that much worse. Like my intensity was high.. Oh wow., I did get more accurate over time. Okay., One more time., One more time. That was warm up., I’m going for it., I’m beating the G pro wireless..
There we go there. We go. Getting my rhythm getting my rhythm, here., Yeah., Yeah.
Rhythm rhythm. Feel the rhythm. Feel the rhyme.
Get on up.. It’S bobsled time. Cool runnings, …, 61, 60 % accuracy. Yeah..
It’S still not not as good as the g pro wireless.. The truth is that dragging around a heavy mass and it has to be heavy because otherwise it won’t stay down on the mouse pad. Just cannot provide the same experience as a proper, modern optical sensor.. I mean yeah., I no pro at the best of times, but the ball causes a lot of issues..
First of all, trying to make small adjustments well you’re running up against the friction between the ball and the little plastic retainer for it. And, second of all, when you try to do bigger flicks or sweeps it’s hard to control the ball fully.. So a quick flick shot could overshoot significantly because that ball has momentum. It’ll keep rolling for up to half a second..
As for the smaller issues, the mouse is overall, pretty heavy at 137 grams, the shape while being advertised as ergonomic and ambidextrous kind of resembles. A a ducks foot and me was incredibly uncomfortable., Like my arm – is really uncomfortable after using it for just a few moments.. But apparently after a week, you end up with Stockholm, syndrome.
Ploof, who wrote this video claims that he kind of likes it now. [, Nick ] Razer, was onto something What’s cool. Is that all five of the buttons, the two on the sides that and the three on the top, including clicking the scroll wheel, are programmable.? That’S right., I mean no gaming.
Mouse would truly be a gaming mouse without software and programmable buttons. And guys I got ta say. While the utility looks like it came straight: outta 1999, it does have some pretty interesting features.. You can change input on the X and Y axis independently.. You could alter your double click: speed your scroll wheel, speed. You’ve got these cute little test areas: ( vocalizes, explosion, noises ), [, Nick ], The links to work.
They still take you to Razer., Oh my God., It totally did.. It takes me to their Chinese site. Now, which is interesting. And shockingly this program is still on Razer’s website. With the last release coming in April 2011., We did manage to install it on Windows 10, in spite of the warning about it requiring Windows XP., But our sensitivity, adjustments did not appear to actually do anything., So I can’t really say that it works. With that said: If you’re looking for the shape and feel of the Boomslang, you can still use it on a modern gaming rig.. I just wouldn’t recommend it, because whether you like it or not, this is what peak performance looks like now. And we’re gon na have a handful of excellent, modern gaming mice, at various price points, in the video description that are not this.. If what you really care about is the nostalgia, though There was actually a sort of reissue or update back in 2007, with the Boomslang collector’s edition., It had an 1800 DPI 3G infrared sensor and 1000 Hertz pulling rate.. Unfortunately, it was limited to just 10,000 units., So we might have a hard time getting your hands on one..
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