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First Five Commander Keen Games US $1.23 (AU $1.66) [STEAM]

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First Five Commander Keen Games US $1.23 (AU $1.66) [STEAM]
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75% off, down from $4.95 US.

Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons:

Episode 1: Marooned on Mars (Dec. 14th 1990)

Episode 2: The Earth Explodes (1991)

Episode 3: Keen Must Die! (1991)

Commander Keen's very first adventure, and the debut of id's groundbreaking side-scrolling technology. In the game you play the role of Commander Keen: the alter-ego of an eight year-old genius by the name of Billy Blaze. When Billy learns that the Earth is in danger, he dons his brother's football helmet and his homemade interstellar spaceship to become Commander Keen — Defender of the Earth!

Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy!:

Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle (1991)

Episode 5: The Armageddon Machine (1991)

You are eight-year-old Billy Blaze, boy genius to your neighborhood. Commander Keen to the rest of the universe. It's time to grab your trusty pogo stick and neural stunner, climb into the cockpit of your homemade Megarocket and blast off for the Shadowlands. To prevent the obliteration of life as we know it, you'll have to battle your way past deadly hazards and devious creatures, or end up as space toast.

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  • nstyle on 08/08/2018 - 11:55
    +6

    Wasn't there 7 Commander Keen games?

    • Joey Jo Jo on 08/08/2018 - 12:22
      +5

      I remember Episode 6: Aliens ate my babysitter

    • DiSTURBED-oNE on 08/08/2018 - 12:36
      +8

      "Keen Dreams" and "Aliens Ate my Babysitter" are missing. Yes there are 7 games.

      • Munki on 08/08/2018 - 12:45
        +17

        How dare they call this "complete".

        • whiteb on 10/08/2018 - 12:05

          "Keen Dreams" and "Commander Keen VI: Aliens Ate My Babysitter!" (6 and 7) were not ID/Apogee.

          This is for the complete ID Soft / Apogee collection.

      • racheleg on 08/08/2018 - 12:54
        +6

        yep I played keen dreams on dos and still remember the vegetables

      • damion on 08/08/2018 - 13:51
        +1

        I remember something a bit weird about those… weren't they put out by a different publisher or something?
        Pretty sure they weren't part of the official numbered titles.

        • SLY JD on 08/08/2018 - 14:02
          +1

          Different Publisher and the rights have turned hands numerous times. Pretty much abandonware at this point.

        • tkdbboy on 08/08/2018 - 14:49
          +1

          @SLY JD: Yup, these are the ones publihed by 3D Realms

          Bonus track for DOS lovers from the 3D Realms Anthology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRs0xFiEikI

    • Zenyatta on 10/08/2018 - 09:15

      *weren't

  • antonthenet on 08/08/2018 - 11:59
    +1

    This would be great as a mobile game.

    • Jamiea on 08/08/2018 - 12:04
      +2

      They're on the Google Play store.

    • sickburn on 08/08/2018 - 12:25
      +8

      There's a recent episode of LGR where he hooked up a floppy drive and IBM Model M keyboard to an Android phone via USB OTG and played Keen and Jill of the Jungle.

      • DiSTURBED-oNE on 08/08/2018 - 12:39
        +9

        yeah, and it confirmed to me why you wouldn't want to play these games on a mobile device.

    • c0balt on 08/08/2018 - 12:57
      +8

      For the authentic Keen mobile experience, it is best played directly off a 3.5" floppy drive and IBM Model M keyboard plugged into a mobile phone.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT1l8Dcjb1Y&

    • CountDuckula on 08/08/2018 - 13:27
      +1

      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforg…

      Add the datafiles from the steam version and enjoy :)

  • RubenM on 08/08/2018 - 12:02
    +1

    Where is number 6, "the alien ate my babysitter"?

    • R00D on 08/08/2018 - 20:28
      -4

      Probably banned by the progressives, politically incorrect?

      • RubenM on 08/08/2018 - 21:50

        I seem to sort of recall that it might not have been by the same makers or something. But I might be wrong, it's a quarter century ago after all.

  • dm01 on 08/08/2018 - 12:16
    +2

    (in)complete Commander Keen series.

    God this brings back some memories.

    • whiteb on 10/08/2018 - 12:06
      -1

      Wrong. It is complete, as authored and released by ID / Apogee.

      "Keen Dreams" and "Commander Keen VI: Aliens Ate My Babysitter!" (6 and 7) were made by a different company.

      • dm01 on 10/08/2018 - 20:09

        It might be all the ID / Apogee Keen games, but it is not the complete Commander Keen series of games, exactly as i stated.

  • muwu on 08/08/2018 - 12:19
    +7

    Nostalgia hit!

    From memory, episode 4 was what made this series iconic. One of the better PC platformers from the era. It's what came from the developer, id software, before Wolfenstein and Doom and Quake.

    • sauron256 on 08/08/2018 - 12:56
      +10

      I remember the process on a friend's DOS computer:

      <insert disk>

      a:
      keen4e

      Bliss!

  • Spam Service on 08/08/2018 - 12:22
    +1

    Good price, but it's not the entire series. Episode 3.5 (Keen Dreams) and episode 6 are missing. Strange that they have most but not all of them.

  • dust on 08/08/2018 - 12:24
    +1

    Love it!

    • [Deactivated] on 08/08/2018 - 23:50
      +1

      I agree!

  • guidedlight on 08/08/2018 - 12:31
    +9

    These are one of the first games that I remember playing.
    We had a PC running an Intel 8086 XT processor 4.77Mhz with 640Kb of memory and MS DOS 3.2.

    • muwu on 08/08/2018 - 12:39

      This just might be one of the first I remember playing too.

      How do you know your first comp. specs as a kid?

      • DiSTURBED-oNE on 08/08/2018 - 12:42
        +3

        my first comp specs was a:
        486 33 mhz with 4 megs of RAM
        MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1

        later i upgraded to a:
        486 DX2 66 mhz and 8 megs of RAM
        added a Sound Blaster Pro and a 2x CDROM DRIVE!
        MS-DOS 6
        Windows 95

        so many fun times had

        • Diji1 on 08/08/2018 - 21:12
          +1

          100% Turbo Mode amitire?

        • dm01 on 08/08/2018 - 21:42
          +1

          @Diji1: Idunnoareyoutire? Trymoresleep?

        • dsgfh on 09/08/2018 - 09:20

          DX?!? What the hell were you using that fancy math coprocessor for?

      • glenr on 08/08/2018 - 12:43
        -2

        386DX2/66… doesn't everyone remember their first computer? ;)

        • DiSTURBED-oNE on 08/08/2018 - 12:46
          +2

          the 386 processors never came as DX2.
          the fastest 386 released was clocked at 16 Mhz

        • HomeAlone on 08/08/2018 - 13:44
          +2

          @DiSTURBED-oNE:

          the fastest 386 released was clocked at 16 Mhz

          Intel: 33 Mhz

          AMD: 40 Mhz

        • glenr on 08/08/2018 - 14:11
          +1

          @DiSTURBED-oNE: Quite right! You know your stuff… Got my 2nd computer confused with my 1st.

          1st - 386DX 40 (AMD)
          2nd - 486DX2 66 (Intel)

        • GC67 on 08/08/2018 - 20:28

          My first Laptop was a 286SX-25 - 40mb hard drive from memory - 3.5" floppy.

          Weighed more than a small car

          Cost nearly $2.5k back then…

          I was rich (?!) from selling shareware back in those days - Commander Keen made me a small fortune…

          EDIT: actually my first computer was a VIC20, then a Commodore64, the Amiga500 - Then I hit the hard stuff… IBM Compatible PC - 286

          I bought one of the first CD-Rom drives in AU - Slot cartridge type - Those were the days…

        • jason101 on 08/08/2018 - 20:33

          @glenr:

          I can remember making a conscious choice to go for a 486DX40 AMD as the Intel version was a comparably slow 486DX33, you know like a whole 7Mhz slower.

        • DiSTURBED-oNE on 09/08/2018 - 09:41

          @kamoi: I stand corrected.

      • mr fox on 08/08/2018 - 12:50
        +4

        286! Which hosted one of the greatest games ever developed; Their Finest Hour - The Battle of Britain by Lucasfilm. Alley Cat wasn't bad either.

        • DiSTURBED-oNE on 08/08/2018 - 12:53

          The Battle of Britain the first computer game I ever played. So much Nostalgia.
          Do you remember F-15 Strike Eagle II ?

        • mr fox on 08/08/2018 - 12:56
          +1

          @DiSTURBED-oNE:

          Yesssss! I got it for Christmas in (I assume) 1989 or 1990, as an 8 year old WW2/aircraft enthusiast I sunk hundreds of hours into it. Memoriesssssss.

        • mr fox on 08/08/2018 - 13:01
          +2

          @DiSTURBED-oNE:

          Never played Strike Eagle. I did play F-117A Stealth Fighter but nothing compares to BoB.

          Check this out.

          https://imgur.com/a/wPZUcCG

        • dm01 on 08/08/2018 - 13:26
          +2

          @mr fox: F-117A was my fav for a few years.

        • stebie on 09/08/2018 - 00:02

          I had the Alley Cat theme song as my phone's ring tone, but it's since been relegated to an alarm tone.

      • guidedlight on 08/08/2018 - 12:57
        +5

        I was fascinated in that PC. I learnt everything about it.
        I loved the thick manuals it came with… I remember reading them cover to cover. Suffice to say I now work in IT.

    • [Deactivated] on 08/08/2018 - 23:53

      We bought a Pentium 166 machine with 16mb ram, 1.9gb Quantum Bigfood drive, 96x cd-rom for $2000. Unknowingly it was a fake Pentium 166! It performed pretty badly, but once we upgraded it to a Pentium 233 with MMX it rivaled the Pentium 2 performance. Dropped a 3dfx Monster Voodoo in there and I could play Unreal at 640x480! What a crisp resolution!

  • vitb1 on 08/08/2018 - 12:47
    +10

    Lol.. is it safe to say all commenters here are pre 1990?
    I remember pulling all nighters playing this on my 386 with 1mb of ram and 80mb HDD

    • BargainCowboy on 08/08/2018 - 12:51
      +10

      1mb of RAM? You probably lived on the rich part of town

      • howbazaar on 08/08/2018 - 13:30
        +6

        640K ought to be enough for anybody

      • dsgfh on 09/08/2018 - 09:22

        He comes from the city of HIMEM

    • ESEMCE on 08/08/2018 - 13:13
      +2

      Don't think there were too many pre-schoolers playing Commander Keen!
      Pre-1985 more like it

      • Spam Service on 08/08/2018 - 13:34

        I used to play it in the late 90's - our computer wasn't good enough to play doom, or even wolfenstein.

      • ONEMariachi on 08/08/2018 - 14:17
        +3

        I was born in 1988, and smashed this game as a kid, but it was more around the 93-95 mark when I got it.

      • ScruffTheJanitor on 08/08/2018 - 14:18

        They did release it on Game Boy Color

      • Zachary on 09/08/2018 - 08:48

        lol wasn't even born….

  • pin4e on 08/08/2018 - 12:48
    +2

    This, Clyde's adventure, and Duke Nukem were go to.

    • nix1016 on 08/08/2018 - 13:50
      +4

      Also Prince of Persia, Civ I, Tetris & DOTT…. the memories.

      • pin4e on 08/08/2018 - 14:49
        +1

        Just bought Crystal Caves too.

  • releasethekr4cken on 08/08/2018 - 12:51
    +1

    G+O+D

  • one man clan on 08/08/2018 - 12:57

    Never actually played a full version Keen before. Tons of shareware though. Can't remember the limitation - maybe just the first few levels?

  • CheeryCheapskate on 08/08/2018 - 13:09
    +1

    I'm KEEN to play this again

  • tkdbboy on 08/08/2018 - 13:09
    +10

    Fun trivia: B.J. Blazkowicz (Wolfenstein hero) is Commander Keen's grandfather and Keen is Doomguy's father

  • c0balt on 08/08/2018 - 13:17
    +4

    Massive 25MB download guys, hope you all have the NBN.

    • Munki on 08/08/2018 - 13:25
      +10

      Can someone download it and I'll bring over 18 floppy disks?

      • ESEMCE on 08/08/2018 - 14:55
        +5

        I'll zip it so we can squeeze it on to 15 disks.
        See you in 5 hours after it finishes compressing and writing!

        • Munki on 08/08/2018 - 15:47
          +1

          WinRar bro!

        • dsgfh on 09/08/2018 - 09:23

          Cut the notch out & use the other side of the disk man

    • Iggemo on 08/08/2018 - 20:46

      Of course we all have it! Malcolm personally sent me a letter JUST before the 2016 election PROMISING we would have it at the end of 2016! And you know Cayman Mal, he cannot tell a lie !

      (of course we still dont have it)

      • Diji1 on 08/08/2018 - 21:15
        +1

        Malcom's job is too enrich Telstra. I know that's not what his title says but if you watch what he does you see what he's about.

  • Danta on 08/08/2018 - 13:30

    I already have this! Haha

    Awesome games from my childhood

  • Clear on 08/08/2018 - 13:36

    Still have these boxed and sealed. They were awesome growing up.

  • iforgotmysocks on 08/08/2018 - 13:50

    Keen

  • dsp26 on 08/08/2018 - 13:52
    +8

    Awesome.

    Now have to find a copy of Jazz Jackrabbit!

  • lime111 on 08/08/2018 - 13:54
    +2

    Good memories playing the Commander Keen games hadn't thought of them for ages, cheers OP. Other games from that era that I played were Captain Comic, Alley Cats, Ancient Art of War at Sea, Battle of Britain, Leisure Suit Larry I, SimCity and Sim Ant.

    • dm01 on 08/08/2018 - 14:07

      Don't forget Jill of the Jungle!

    • zsuetam on 08/08/2018 - 20:17
      +1

      Raptor & Dig Dug

  • BadGiraffe on 08/08/2018 - 14:00
    +4

    This is neat.

    • c0balt on 08/08/2018 - 14:02
      +1

      This is neat.

      • BadGiraffe on 08/08/2018 - 14:22

        I don't think anyone is getting my Keen reference. :(

        • XyzzE on 08/08/2018 - 19:21

          I hope you put "Fluent in Standard Galactic Alphabet" on your resume.

        • BadGiraffe on 09/08/2018 - 08:51
          +2

          @XyzzE: I was. I could read all the signs, I could write notes to my friends… It was great. It's obscure enough now to write encrypted messages to friends again.

  • pull the lever on 08/08/2018 - 14:13

    There was also Keen 6 'Aliens ate my baby sister', and Keen's dreams (like version 3.5).

  • arnieb on 08/08/2018 - 14:42

    this game was the bomb as a kid lol

  • Trying2SaveABuck on 08/08/2018 - 14:43

    This game was legendary

  • robzila316 on 08/08/2018 - 15:23

    If you still have the original floppy disc, you can play on your phone using the tutorial below featuring Commander Keen ($1.66 saving).

    https://youtu.be/iT1l8Dcjb1Y

  • cantstanzya on 08/08/2018 - 15:28

    Aren't these free on abandonware sites? Why would I pay for them? How is this a deal?

    • ransworld on 08/08/2018 - 16:03

      If they are still being sold, how are they abandonware?

    • RocketSwitch on 08/08/2018 - 16:22

      That's what I was thinking. But Steam, install them anywhere, cloud save, probably trading cards and achievements.

      • whiteb on 10/08/2018 - 12:10

        No Steam cards or achievements.

        Steam loads Dosbox (PC Emulator).

  • OzBrogains on 08/08/2018 - 16:33

    I remember that red (profanity) robot gave me nightmares as a kid. Still kept playing though.

    • BadGiraffe on 08/08/2018 - 16:44

      The Dopefish of Keen 5. Just not as cute.

  • MessyG on 08/08/2018 - 17:17

    Oh gosh, thanks for posting this, such good memories of sneaking off to play it at school!

  • Psomaggi on 08/08/2018 - 18:30

    I seem to recall spending days playing Commander Keen, yet I just finished episode 1 in about 20 minutes. Was I that bad at games as a kid?!?

  • cleavy on 08/08/2018 - 19:19

    great memories!

  • pwrusr-com on 08/08/2018 - 19:38

    awesome memories :)

  • g12345567 on 08/08/2018 - 19:50
    +2

    I remember playing this when it first came out. Was able to download the first shareware episode for free from BBS services back in the days of dial up internet. The remaining paid episodes weren't supposed to be shared but they always ended up on BBS services and easy to find.

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