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Is there a real-life computer mouse that looks like the ones in "Portal"?

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LOTA:
I want to find a computer mouse that looks like the model in Valve's 2007 game Portal, to which I can add an Aperture logo as part of recreating the Aperture Laboratories PC setup shown in the game.

The in-game mice have an off-white upper shell with sweeping grooves/gaps separating the main body from the left and right mouse buttons. Between the two main buttons is a slightly-recessed medium-grey section that appears to contain three dark-grey buttons for (presumably) scroll-up, middle-mouse-button, and scroll-down (though it's possible this is intended to be a grooved scroll-wheel and only appears flat because the model is so low-poly). The bottom is medium-grey with a slightly-off-center red light and optical sensor, plus three dark-grey circular-arc feet/skates. The in-game model is approximately 2 inches left-to-right by 3.5 inches front-to-back by 1 inch top-to-bottom, which may or may not be accurate to real life.



Does anyone know of a real mouse I can buy that looks like this (minus the logo, of course)?

Findecanor:
If you interpret the edges as being a jagged approximation of a mouse with round edges, then I think there must be a matching mouse out there somewhere.
The area in-between the buttons may not be grey, but that is a part that could be painted.

LOTA:

--- Quote from: Findecanor on Tue, 24 September 2024, 18:05:11 ---If you interpret the edges as being a jagged approximation of a mouse with round edges, then I think there must be a matching mouse out there somewhere.
The area in-between the buttons may not be grey, but that is a part that could be painted.

--- End quote ---

Yes, I'm assuming the angularity is just an artifact of the low polygon count of the 3D model. I'm hoping the game developers based the model on a real mouse design, but I haven't been able to find one.

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