More on Commander Keen

In September of 1990, a group of game developers from Softdisk Publishing moonlighted by working on a project utilizing an engine that Softdisk didn't want used in their own games. Why? Because the engine didn't work in CGA, like the rest of the company's games. That turned out to be a big mistake. The game the group had developed was released as shareware in December, and in January the group left Softdisk based on the game's success to start their own company. The rest, as they say, is history.

That's the start of a news story by Classing Gaming.com where they give Commander Keen their "Game of the Week" award. They talk a lot about the original Commander Keen series, as well as the second series, and the "Quake Premonition" that was in the original Keen game. Some of the stories in this article are not new, but it's a nice refreshing look at Commander Keen. Thanks Jay Gianotti.

If you want to read some more about Commander Keen, check out the Apogee FAQ in the FAQ area of our web site - it has a lot of Keen info in it.

Posted by Joe Siegler on December 17, 1998 at 1:00 PM | Permalink
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