Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons:
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!:
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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Posted on: August 16, 2022
Jolanxbl2
Games: 104 Reviews: 1
Great if you never bought it on 3.5"
Keen Dreams was done or acquired by another company, and Aliens Ate My Babysitter is stand-alone, so Complete meants all from the main Keen series. It's not 'false advertising' because the missing ones are separate.
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Posted on: January 20, 2024
ekj7
Games: 1115 Reviews: 4
Everything kills you
I have to admit, I don't have much nostalgia for these games. When they came out, I was already spoiled by the much better console platformers, so I played them for a few minutes at a friend's and then moved on to other games. The first few episodes are almost unplayable. Really poor level design with treats just seemingly thrown everywhere, like someone just randomly clicked all over the place in a level editor. The later games are much better with clearly more thought put into the layout and your character having additional abilities like grabbing onto platform edges to pull himself up. The large, animated enemies look great too. The problem I find with even these later episodes (and many of these early DOS platformers) is how unforgiving they can be. Touch anything and you die, even if you came crashing down on its head with a pogo stick. To make matters worse, the collision detection is spotty and, of course, not in your favour. Die and you have to start from the beginning of the level again. I find using DOSBox-X or DOSBox Pure with the snapshot or rewind feature really helps reduce the frustration in these cases and makes the game a lot more enjoyable.
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Posted on: February 13, 2021
bigsilverhotdog
Games: Reviews: 23
Not close to complete, and this isn't even the PC art!
You can't possibly consider the 3 shareware "sections" of the two parted out Keen games as the complete series. That's ridiculous. It's like saying you watched Goodfellas but it was some weird "special" GOG cut missing all of the scenes with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. Yes, I am well aware that is like 1/3 of the movie, maybe even the best 1/3 of the movie. Maybe you miss the point a lot?
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Posted on: March 20, 2022
ColeyAnna
Games: 1 Reviews: 1
Best Games Ever
Loved these Commander Keen Games growing up! They will forever be my favorites!
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Posted on: June 22, 2023
yikazunot
Verified ownerGames: 17 Reviews: 1
Buy the id Anthology instead
I wish GOG sold the id Anthology with all the games, the book and extras. Keen 6 is included in the id Anthology. It's cheaper to buy the book of id instead of the complete set. There are patches to upgrade Keen 6 to v1.5 EGA.
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