Key points
- Also known as Commander Keen: Episode 1
- Use F5 to save in-game
- Available for free as shareware
General information
- Commander Keen Fan Site
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
|
Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons |
|
|
Steam |
|
Commander Keen Complete Pack. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[1] |
|
|
- A free shareware version is available.
Version differences
Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
The retail release of the game, which includes the first 3 episodes of the series: Commander Keen in Marooned on Mars, Commander Keen in The Earth Explodes, and Commander Keen in Keen Must Die!.
Commander Keen Complete Pack
A compilation pack containing the entire Commander Keen series (excluding the final episode Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! and the "lost" episode Commander Keen in Keen Dreams).
All games in the pack are pre-configured to run with DOSBox.
Essential improvements
Episode launcher
- A launcher for the entire Keen series can be found here (runs in DOSBox). For a modified version of this same launcher that also supports Keen Dreams (for people whom don't have the native Steam version), try the following:
- Episode launcher
@ECHO OFF
:MENU
CLS
REM All episodes must be in the same folder contrary
REM to the original launcher this one was based on.
ECHO.
ECHO ===========================================================================
ECHO ======================= COMMANDER KEEN COLLECTION =========================
ECHO ===========================================================================
ECHO.
ECHO Invasion of the Vortices (1-3):
ECHO.
ECHO 1 - Commander Keen 1 Marooned On Mars (1990)(Apogee Software)
ECHO 2 - Commander Keen 2 The Earth Explodes (1990)(Apogee Software)
ECHO 3 - Commander Keen 3 Keen Must Die (1990)(Apogee Software)
ECHO.
ECHO Goodbye, Galaxy! (4-6):
ECHO.
ECHO 4 - Commander Keen 4 Secret Of The Oracle (1991)(Apogee Software Ltd)
ECHO 5 - Commander Keen 5 The Armageddon Machine (1991)(Apogee Software Ltd)
ECHO 6 - Commander Keen 6 Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter (1991)(Formgen)
ECHO.
ECHO Other (The Lost Episode):
ECHO.
ECHO 7 - Commander Keen Dreams (1991)(Softdisk Publishing)
ECHO.
CHOICE /c1234567q/n Choose a number (Press Q to Quit):
IF ERRORLEVEL 8 GOTO EXIT
IF ERRORLEVEL 7 GOTO KEEN7
IF ERRORLEVEL 6 GOTO KEEN6
IF ERRORLEVEL 5 GOTO KEEN5
IF ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO KEEN4
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO KEEN3
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO KEEN2
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO KEEN1
:KEEN1
CLS
ECHO Starting Commander Keen 1...
call keen1.exe
GOTO MENU
:KEEN2
CLS
ECHO Starting Commander Keen 2...
call keen2.exe
GOTO MENU
:KEEN3
CLS
ECHO Starting Commander Keen 3...
call keen3.exe
GOTO MENU
:KEEN4
CLS
ECHO Starting Commander Keen 4...
call keen4e.exe
GOTO MENU
:KEEN5
CLS
ECHO Starting Commander Keen 5...
call keen5e.exe
GOTO MENU
:KEEN6
CLS
ECHO Starting Commander Keen 6...
call keen6c.exe
GOTO MENU
:KEEN7
CLS
ECHO Starting Commander Keen Dreams…
call kdreams.exe
GOTO MENU
:EXIT
CLS
exit
Source Ports
Two reversed engineered source ports are available.
- CloneKeen
- Commander Genius
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
|
|
|
|
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DOS video modes |
EGA |
|
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
|
|
|
System requirements
DOS |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
1.0 |
2.11 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel 286 | |
System memory (RAM) |
640 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1 MB (Shareware) |
3 MB (full release) |
Video card (GPU) |
EGA | |
Windows |
|
Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista |
Processor (CPU) |
|
System memory (RAM) |
|
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
|
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References