Commander Keen

Commander Keen is a series of travel games developed by id Software in the early 90's. The series focuses on the adventures of little superhero Billy Blaze, an 8-year-old boy who has traveled through space and fake identity of Commander Keen. The game has successfully replicated side-scrolling action of Super Mario game of Nintendo Entertainment System.

Although developed by Id Software, most of the Commner Keen games are published by Apogee Software.

The game's animation platform is notable for its use of EGA graphics and shareware distribution, and there were some of the first games developed by Id Software (developing later games such as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake). .

Tom Hall is the designer and creator of the universe in Commander Keen.

Here are the Commander Keen game sections

(Of which parts 7 and 8 are made by fans)

Part 1: Vorticons invasion - Marooned on Mars.

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This section includes 3 games:

• Marooned on Mars: first released on December 14, 1990. While Commander Keen was exploring Mars, the Vorticons stole four important components of the ship and hid them in cities on Mars, Each was guarded by a Vorticon soldier.In this installment, Keen acquires his brand of pogo stick and meets a host of Martians and robots.
• The Earth Explodes: Keen returns to Earth to find the mother ship Vorticon hovering above with its deadly X-14 Tantalus Ray cannons placed on 8 of the Earth's largest lands: Big Ben (London) ), the Sphinx (Cairo), the Sydney Opera House (Sydney), the Statue of Liberty (New York), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), St Basil's Cathedral (Moscow), and the White House ( Washington DC).Keen must find and disable these cannons to save the earth.Unlike the first game with a fun and friendly atmosphere, almost everything in this game is hostile to Keen, from floating machine gun robots to electric floors.The tools have more features than the first game, such as light switches and moving platforms.
• Keen Must Die !: Keen arrives in his hometown of Vorticon in search of the mysterious Grand Intellect, who directs the Vorticon toward Earth.The game has cities, parks and suburbs of Vorticons, women, children, pets, their mechanical toys that make up the enemy.The Vorticons alphabet is also decoded in a school, allowing players to move to other locations in the game and read Vorticon signs.

Part 3.5: Keen Dreams

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After refusing to eat his vegetables, Billy was taken to bed by his parents. The boy fell asleep, and was awakened in a strange plant kingdom led by the evil potato king Boobus Tuber. Boobus Tuber holds the children sleeping in their kingdom. In the dream world, Keen does not have his raygun and pogo stick brand, but must protect himself with Flower Power seeds, which temporarily turn enemies into flowers.

Part 4: Goodbye Galaxy - Oracle's secret

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This section includes two games:

• Secret of the Oracle: first released as shareware on December 15, 1991. Keen's homemade radio faster than Keen's newly completed light captured Shikadi's plot to destroy the galaxy.The boy runs to Planet Gnosticus IV to consult with Oracle watchmen, but finds out that they have been taken captive.Therefore, the game focuses on finding and rescuing eight elders.This game has many levels with a variety of enemies and weapon modification mode.
• The Armageddon Machine: After receiving information from Oracle, Keen landed at a massive Shikadi space station, Omegamatic, the name of the Armageddon Machine, and searched for the mysterious Gannalech.

Part 6: Aliens Ate my Babysitter

Photos of the final game in the original Commander Keen series

When Keen's babysitter Molly is taken away by Bloog - the inhabitants of the planet Fribbulus Xax, Keen must travel through the planets, despite the dangers during the trip to find Molly. This is the last game of the original Keen series.

Part 7: The Universe is Toast - Keys of Krodacia

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Upon completion of game 6, players will be taken to the Keen story for Gameboy Color. Keen flies to Krodacia to find and prevent the Universal Toaster Cannon from being baked. Keen wanders the planet in search of the key to Mortimy's base and fights aliens along the way.

Part 8: The Universe is Toast - Dead in the Desert

This is also a game built by Commander Keen's fans.

You can click on the download section to see enough links of these games.

Today, with the rapid development of game graphics, games like these do not seem to be very attractive, but at that time, these games marked a big step forward in the industry. game industry. With the 'adaptive tile refresh' technique, Commander Keen created a smooth transition effect when the character moved. If you are a game enthusiast, you should try and experience the first-generation platform games.

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