Keen 6 on id Site

Post by **Levellass** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:03

I...I....

there is no word for how awesome that is.

IMA3HDDMNKY · Post by **IMA3HDDMNKY** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 20:14

Galaxieretter wrote:
Levellass wrote:Keen 5 is available? Since when?
Since about 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_ ... lled_games

Actually, more like since about 1991. I don't think Apogee/3D Realms ever stopped selling it - they stopped selling hard copies at some point, but you could still buy the games through their webstore. I bought a Commander Keen 1-5 CD-rom from Apogee/3DR as recent as 2006.

Calvero · Post by **Calvero** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 21:49

Apogee did stop selling the CGA version in November 1997 according to the Apogee faq.

Dynamo · Post by **Dynamo** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 23:32

DHeadshot wrote:If you go to the id site and view the images for Keen 6 (http://www.idsoftware.com/games/vintage/commanderkeen/), you'll find they've used the wrong images! There are 5 images:

The Box

The Title

Keen 1 ingame!

Keen 1 ingame again!

And Keen 5!

Have they forgotten their roots so much that they forget which game is which?

This always happens. I got Command & Conquer Retalation and it has images of Tiberian Dawn even though it is set in the red alert universe. So no surprises here.

Post by **Levellass** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:32

I was actually talking about Keen 5 being freeware, like Keen 1 or Keen 6.

VikingBoyBilly · Post by **VikingBoyBilly** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:15

Levellass wrote:I was actually talking about Keen 5 being freeware, like Keen 1 or Keen 6.

Since when is keen 6 freeware?

Post by **Levellass** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:24

You haven't got the freeware version?

Galaxieretter · Post by **Galaxieretter** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:19

It's not freeware...

The publishing right has been lost to a dead company so no one can really sell it anymore. So technically it counts more as "abandonware" than "freeware."

Needless to say I have my copy.
I still say ID Software should say "screw it" and sell it anyway since there is no one to sue them about it.

VikingBoyBilly · Post by **VikingBoyBilly** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:20

Oh... I think she meant the demo is free. The full game is still in legal limbo

Post by **Levellass** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:50

Indeed. Point being you can easily get yourself *a* copy of Keen 4or Keen 6 for things like screenshots and such. Whereas Keen 5 is a bit harder to grasp.

DHeadshot · Post by **DHeadshot** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 17:53

You can buy it on Steam, buy a boxed vbersion on eBay, pirate it from practically anywhere or, since they're id, just look in their archive!

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 19:03

6 isn't on Steam because of the whole legal limbo thing, though. Not even the demo, I think?

Post by **Levellass** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 0:01

True, but website designers aren't going to buy a game just to put images up. For the bulk of people, Keen is just too much effort.

Galaxieretter · Post by **Galaxieretter** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 6:23

ID Software should sue the dead company who currently owns the rights to sell Commander Keen 6 for the rights back.

When no one shows up at the court hearing, the judge will rull in favor of ID Software and, boom, they can sell Commander Keen 6 again.

You know, because that's totally their highest priority.

Commander Spleen · Post by **Commander Spleen** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 6:26

Galaxieretter wrote:The PCKF should sue the dead company who currently owns the rights to sell Commander Keen 6 for said rights.

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