Game Quickie - Commander Keen 4

A brief look at a legendary PC game!

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• quickie
• commander
• keen
• secret
• oracle
• goodbye
• galaxy
• pogo
• bounder
• poison slug

[notoddenby]

This is the most awesome game ever!! :D

[asswik]

child memory :´) <3

[Happytreefriendsfan3]

@Gmod1001 yeah,lets

[Gmod1001]

@Happytreefriendsfan3 Im done, Comparing Mario and Keen is like comparing Elder Scrolls with Zelda, it just doesn't work.

Lets just go ahead and agree, they are both great games.

[Happytreefriendsfan3]

@Gmod1001 yeah that's great,but mario's winning anyways

[Gmod1001]

@Happytreefriendsfan3 Wow, someone has problems.

Mario is a great game, but these two games, although they may both be platformers, are different games, with different style, and different developers, for a different console, aimed for different markets, with different challenges that needed to be overcome during development, with a different aim, a different goal, a different feel. This is actually the first time I have ever compared these games, I never related Mario and Keen.

[Happytreefriendsfan3]

@Gmod1001 suprise butthurt? super mario world owns this,get over it,no platforming game can beat mario,he's a fucking classic

[Gmod1001]

@Happytreefriendsfan3 Facepalm, have you ever even played Commander Keen? First off, you dont jump on enemies, you stun them with a fucking stungun, the 2D environment thing is ridiculous, thats like saying Mario is better then Contra because Contra is also a 2D Sidescroller.

The games both feel different, different consoles, different control schemes, different story, and not the mention the enemies actually have AI instead of just "Walk, turn, walk"

[Happytreefriendsfan3]

@Gmod1001 completely different games? yeah right,in both you jump on enemies,and go trough a 2d environment,the only difference is the level select screen

[Gmod1001]

@Happytreefriendsfan3 Wow, wow, completely different games on completely different consoles and designed for completely different markets.

Not to mention, Commander Keen was a big jump in PC gaming. The first game was the first true example of side scrolling on the PC, due to the limitations of not being able to redraw the whole screen. Not to mention, ID Software, maker of Commander Keen went on to create Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and later Quake and Rage.

[Happytreefriendsfan3]

super mario world pwns this