Commander Keen

Commander Keen is the main character in a series of computer games developed by id Software in the early 1990s, which were successful at replicating the side-scrolling action of the NES Super Mario Bros. games in DOS. The cartoon-style platformers are notable for their pioneering use of EGA graphics and shareware distribution, and because they were the first games by id Software, who went on to develop blockbusters like Doom and Quake. The games were also exciting to the PC gaming community of the time because of John Carmack's revolutionary smooth-scrolling graphics engine. Although developed by id, most of the Commander Keen games were published by Apogee Software, an already established PC shareware game publisher.

External links

• Commander Keen Demo download
• MobyGames' entry on the Commander Keen series
• Public Commander Keen Forum - Central forum of the Keen community.
• Keen:Modding - Forum dedicated to making Keen mods.
• Beyond the Pogo - Large Commander Keen site containing most of the content created by the Keen community (fanart, fangames, programs, mods etc). Also hosts the Keencyclopedia and Commander Keen Newsletter.
• Cerebral Cortex 314 - Popular Commander Keen website. No longer regularly updated.
• Keencyclopedia - An A through Z interpretation of all eight Commander Keen games, including the Game Boy Color edition.
• Commander Keen Fan Site - Contains reviews and downloads of the games.
• Commander Keen Newsletter - (Usually) monthly e-publication featuring news from the Keen community (e.g. new mods, fanart).
• A Look Back at Commander Keen - "This article tells the story of Commander Keen - how it was made, what the people behind it felt, and some things you may never have known before about the game."
• Keen Galaxy - Keen Fansite. Mods, play Keen online, level maps, fan games, SGA generator, installation guide and other Keen stuff.
• The Garg's Mod Maze - An exhaustive list of Keen mods.
• The Standard Galactic Alphabet - A substitution cipher used to hide text such as hints and warnings in the games.
• Gnosticus VII - A review site for Commander Keen modifications.
• NicksSoft's Keen Fan Games - A site which includes many CK fan games including Commander Keen 2004