commander keen anyone?

[Freelance Superhero]

this is totally random, but i was posting and my eyes happened to quickly skim over my rank of "commander," which then led my brain to recall this old computer game called Commander Keen...

anybody else play this back in the day? it was sorta mario-esque, and i think it was one of the only games that would run on my old computer... anyway, it was loads of fun... just thought i'd share a bit of personal nostalgia with yall... :)

[gear02]

Oh yeah...commander keen! and it's millions of sequels.

That was a great game back in the day =)

[Jihforce]

That and Jill of the Jungle :)

[Jeffbx]

I remember that - that was one of the first successes of id software & was one of the earlier games from John Romero & John Carmack, soon followed by Duke Nukem & Doom. (Why, yes I am a big computer geek. Why do you ask?)

http://www.3drealms.com/keenhistory/


http://www.3drealms.com/keenhistory/keenthumb.gif

[Freelance Superhero]

Originally posted by Jeffbx
I remember that - that was one of the first successes of id software & was one of the earlier games from John Romero & John Carmack, soon followed by Duke Nukem & Doom. (Why, yes I am a big computer geek. Why do you ask?)

http://www.3drealms.com/keenhistory/


http://www.3drealms.com/keenhistory/keenthumb.gif ohhh no kidding... i didn't know that... but now that i think about it, i DO remember the little ID software logo appearing on the games...

[kimchicowboy]

yeah man. i'm definitely more of a fan of these old games.

[Jeffbx]

Duke Nukem was the best multiplayer game of its time... you could connect two machines over a regular 28.8 modem and play with no lag whatsoever. I remember being really disappointed with the multiplayer performance of Quake after playing DN.

[Freelance Superhero]

Originally posted by Yossarian
OOOHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEEEENNNNN!!!!!!!!!!


anyone have any rom's or anything that run CK on XP? actually, it's funny you should mention that, cuz after i posted this thread, i was able to download #1-6 in a zip file... plays just like the original! it's great!

PM me if you want it... :D

[Tommy Boomfiger]

commander keen 1 (http://abandonrom.tagalaxy.net/game.php?gid=113)
commander keen 4 (http://abandonrom.tagalaxy.net/game.php?gid=114)

btw, if you like old games check out the home of the underdogs (http://www.the-underdogs.org/). great site with lots of games and they keep it legit (legit by abandonware principals) so you dont have to worry about being unethical

[Chinpoko_Mon]

Btw, Commander Keen was the first game John Carmack every worked on.....