Commander Keen 4 Goodbye Galaxy - Official Release?

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Commander Keen 4 Goodbye Galaxy - Official Release?

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My retro games collection does contain this game:

Front/Back scan:
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I'd like to have a little more info about this specific release/edition.
I can't check the inside of the jewel case cause I'd like to keep it sealed.

So, is there someone who can provide me with some info about this edition?
Is it a bootleg or an official release?
What's the relese date/year?
Is "Ramgang" a release company?
Is the "Colelctors Series" a serie by "Ramgang"?
Etc....

And: the game package looks like a mini jewel case, what is such case is officially called?

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Commander Keen 4 is shareware, as such it's perfectly legal to distribute, and also to charge a small fee for its distribution as long as certain conditions are followed. Thus, bootleg copies of shareware basically can't exist. Since it's not an Apogee disk, it's not an official release either. It's just a shareware distributor release.

Judging from its odd packaging, I would assume that it's late in the floppy disks' life cycle... ~1997. But it's impossible to tell.

Ramgang was a shareware distribution company. All of their releases were "Collector Series" games. What's most interesting is that all of these games came with custom made trading cards!

You can see some of the other releases in the series here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phreakinde ... 469631882/

And yeah, the packaging is a floppy disk jewel case.
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It looks like a condom. "Beans & Bacon" lol they almost got it :p .
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It looks like a condom. "Beans & Bacon" lol they almost got it
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I bet that's what your husband thought, but now look at him, babbys all over the place.
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He was cleverly decieved by my awesome Dangerous Dave hat.
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Post by jayo »

Whoa whoa, let's get back to the case! Sure it's plastic-wrapped, but I don't think it really looks anything like anything like that stuff! Honestly, the packaging is cool! And the trading card is a nice little pack-in! I wish they sold the full registered versions like that!
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Post by Bernie »

Flaose wrote: Ramgang was a shareware distribution company. All of their releases were "Collector Series" games. What's most interesting is that all of these games came with custom made trading cards!
holy crap i remember those. I think i still have a few of those cards in this box underneath my computer here. i dont think i had the commander keen one though.

also Ramgang sounds funny and rude.
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Post by spikey »

Love it, and this thread :)

I would love to see scans of those collector cards sometime, too.. :)
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spikey wrote: I would love to see scans of those collector cards sometime, too.. :)
Google motherfucler, do you speak it!?! ( :crazy )
just image google 'ramgang trading cards' and you get it.

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im not getting very good resolution results but i only checked two pages of it.
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Post by spikey »

Remind me to get you on MSN and give you Internet Etiquette 101.. :P

That still doesn't have a Keen collector card image, either.. Although I am interested there's multiple for multiple games. Want the Hocus one!
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spikey wrote:Remind me to get you on MSN
Isn't that thing dead already?

And I love that they included the cards! Does anyone know why? Was it so they could legally jack up the price or something or just because they're awesome?
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spikey wrote:Remind me to get you on MSN and give you Internet Etiquette 101.. :P
I regularly browse 4chan.org. i know nothing of any etiquette.

also does anyone know why they changed the name of Halloween Harry into Alien Carnage?
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Apogee suggested that they change the title. It probably had something to do with complaints similar to those leveled at the name of ParaLass's Valentine's Keen.

Also, this isn't 4chan, lack of etiquette will get you smacked down.
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