Yeah, I still play Keen sometimes. I had Keen Dreams when I was a child and I know almost each of its stages by heart But still it happens sometimes that I am keen on playing it again. Esp. playing "Spud City" level - the one which was unavailable for me for a long time because of an error in my computer or sth ;<
Only about a year ago have I found the rest of episodes and they are still a big attraction for me. I rarely play computer games but about once a month I have a mood for Keen games You know, when you're finished with all the episodes, you can always try to complete the most difficult levels in "hard" mode
Now I'm having some tiring examinations to get a degree and Keen appears to be a nice entertainment for a break
one of the first games i ever played was Keen 4. it was really funny cuz i remember thinking it was the only keen game out there, and then my older brother found keen 5 somewhere, and we simply called it keen 2 cuz we thought keen 4 was keen 1. then we found the original keen 1, and thus found out about keen 2, 3, dreams, and 6. it was like a dream come tru and we spent the next few years hunting the rest of the games down. now i have all of them and haven't stopped playing them since. im 16 for crying out loud!!!
glad you agree glad you agree! right now im attempting work on a commander keen film, but so far things are not going as planned. if all else fails ill make it into an animated film, which could actually be more fun than a live action one
I would make it an animated film, personally. The enemies are generally too cartoonish to be very well-rendered in live action, even if you do have access to super awesome CGI stuff and all that. But if you can make it live action and still have it work, then more power to you.
I've just started playing through all the games again (for 4-6, in Hard mode).
Up to Keen 4 now.
Note that until now, I had only ever completed 1 and 4 without using cheats.
Just beat Pyramid of the Forbidden earlier today... it's actually pretty easy once you get past the first room... :/
Found Isle of Fire harder... not to mention way more annoying...
It seems that Keen 4 is always either easy or annoying, rather than genuinely difficult... only level that was actually hard but still fun was Crystalus...
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失くしたものも夢見るものもその手を取って思い出すよ
いつも君の側で...
I play Keen occasionally, still. An animated movie sounds like an awesome idea, but a cast should be collected to do the work if we want to make it work.
I knew it! I'm one of those older Keeners, I'm over 3 years older than Spleen.... But just as him I think you never grow out of it if you like it.
When I ask my friends (sadly I know no Keener) they also play some of their old games like Super Mario or Monkey Island...
Most of it I owe to Dosbox, great program, brought me back all the games I used to play when I was a kid.
I first played Keen 1 in 1990 when my father bought a 386 25mhz with Colour! screen... and I'm still playing it.
There sure are phases when I don't, but I always come back to it. Lately I've mostly been playing mods, not so much the original episodes...
Tulip wrote:I knew it! I'm one of those older Keeners, I'm over 3 years older than Spleen.... But just as him I think you never grow out of it if you like it.
Hah, I wouldn't have guessed that you were that old. It still amazes me just how much of an effect this game can have on our lives. I don't know what the last five years would've been like if not for this community, and daren't guess what boring game I'd be obsessed with if not for the Keen games.
It's even more amazing that the game seems to fascinate younger people as well. I mean, we grew up with keen, so we kinda have to like it. But Vikingboybilly wrote he played it first last year!!
I'm happy to see that the Keen spirit is still working!
tulip wrote:It's even more amazing that the game seems to fascinate younger people as well. I mean, we grew up with keen, so we kinda have to like it. But Vikingboybilly wrote he played it first last year!!
I'm happy to see that the Keen spirit is still working!
Maybe not a great example, I believe VikingBoyBilly is 21. But there are definitely other people on here who were not born when Keen come out, and just started playing it recently.
But still it happens sometimes that I am keen on playing it again. Esp. playing "Spud City" level - the one which was unavailable for me for a long time because of an error in my computer or sth ;<
You know, when you're finished with all the episodes, you can always try to complete the most difficult levels in "hard" mode 
You crack me up little buddy!
