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Geek Culture / Commander Keen

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Algae Man
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Posted: 6th Jul 2003 00:41
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Who here loves the classic computer game Commander Keen?
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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 6th Jul 2003 01:31
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i've still got 1 & 2 on my HDD

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Kentaree
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I havent played it for a while, but I have it somewhere here on a disk. Remember playing Keen 2, then pressing the wrong switch and accidentally blowing up the earth? Direct quote: "Oops!"

Whatever I did I didn't do it!
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Falelorn
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Love Commander Keen, 3D Realms should re release it as a FPS, or even a platform game. Those games were the best.
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MikeS
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Posted: 6th Jul 2003 04:06
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Use to play it all the time, it was the third game I ever remember playing.

1.)wolfenstein
2.)duke nukem 3d
3.) commander keen



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SpellSword
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Yes, an excellent series!

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When I dream, I carry a sword in one hand,
and a gun in the other...
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Falelorn
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I found this on the 3D Realms site http://www.apogee1.com/keenhistory/index.html. They really need to do a remake.
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CrayZemon
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Posted: 6th Jul 2003 06:11
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I only played episode 4 a long time ago - cool game especially for it's time.

While we're here, does anyone remember a 1994 DOS game entitled Shattered Steel? Yes, 1994 was a good year for games, wasn't it...

"I need gopher-chucks!!"
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Joeyjoejoe Shabadoo
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Dream Web if we are remembering good games.

Yes commander keen was good but i think that if it were turned into a FPS it would loose it.
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Falelorn
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Shattered Steel was done by Bioware originally, I remember the game. From way long time ago.

Bioware certainly has come along way since then. Balders Gate 1, 2, NWN, KotOR.
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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 6th Jul 2003 15:23
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'94 eh... year of Doom2, Zool & Cool Spot

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jeffmosesuk
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Didnt have a pc back in those days, started with and Atari 800 (Which i still have in loft mint with loads of games and accessories inc. a mint boxed cart version of Donkey Kong x-d )

Just downloaded Keen 1-6 to see what there like and quite playable, first thing that struck me is the fact i got sound from the pc (not speakers), where all games like that, guess there were not sound cards in the early days ?
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Algae Man
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Posted: 6th Jul 2003 21:55 Edited at: 6th Jul 2003 21:58
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YES THEY SHOULD MAKE ANOTHER KEEN GAME, but not an fps. I'm thinking 3rd person.

jeffmosesuk, yes the early games all had sound coming from the PC speaker. But from Commander Keen 4 on, you could get sound coming from your soundcard.

All of those 1994 games... Unfortunately, I was only five at the time and had not a computer. I guess I didn't miss out on much, for although those were the pioneering days of PC games, now the games are much better, and I can still get old DOS games.

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jeffmosesuk
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how come you more clued up if you were born in 1989, i was born in th e70's ? lol x-d
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Algae Man
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Posted: 9th Jul 2003 23:12
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I'm "more clued up"?

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jeffmosesuk
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Posted: 10th Jul 2003 11:15
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well on the sound in commander keens games, slightly anyway
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