| CommanDS Keen | |
| File:Commandskeends.png | |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Alekmaul |
| Type | Platform |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | Mixed |
| Links | |
| [Media:Commandskeen10ds.zip Download] | |
| Website | |
| [Media:Commandskeendsscr.zip Source] | |
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CommanDS Keen is an adaptation of a PC platform game to the NDS. It is an adaptation of an open source software originally named CloneKeen Caitlin Shaw, which is a platform-based video game series produced by id Software and released by Apogee Software in the early 1990s.
7 official Commander Keen games have been released for PC under MS-DOS. They are grouped into mini-series, and are considered episodes of the complete series. Under the Apogee license, the first series was available as shareware. The 8th game in the series is only available on Game Boy Color.
This DS port allows you to play episodes 1, 2 and 3 (only episode 1 is available in shareware and integrated into this adaptation) .
User guide
The player embodies the character of Billy Blaze, an 8-year-old genius child with an IQ of 314; Billy Blaze has built a spaceship from various items he collected from his house, which he calls the Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket (literally the super bean bacon rocket); when his parents go out at night and his babysitter falls asleep, he dons his big brother's football helmet and becomes Commander Keen, the Defender of the Earth.
The episodes included are from the Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons series:
- Marooned on Mars (released in shareware on December 14, 1990).
- The Earth Explodes.
- Keen Must Die!
In this game, Keen has crashed his ship and has to recover the parts needed to make it work and go home. Advance through the enemies and obstacles to access the next area.
Controls
D-Pad - Move
A - Shoot
B - Jump
L - Menu exit
A - Menu save
