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source code found?

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 23:46
by Dynamo
Just got this on IRC:

01:14 <Dynamo> yo Lunick
01:14 <Lunick> yo yo yo
01:15 <Lunick> Tom Hall just found the Commander Keen source code \o/
01:15 <Lunick> Well not just \o/
01:15 <Dynamo> you gotta be fucl kidding me
01:15 <Dynamo> for WHICH commander keen
01:15 <Lunick> It's just a white book(?) with Commander Keen written on the side
01:15 <Lunick> Let me get the image :P
01:17 <Lunick> https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 9894_n.jpg Dynamo
01:17 <Lunick> Keen Sources so maybe 1-3

If anyone knows more...

EDIT: Updated first post with valuable info: namely that the source code is that of keen 4-5-6 (not vorticons or dreams), and it's gonna be released soon according to tom hall

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 23:54
by Lunick

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 23:55
by Dynamo
my apologies!!!

I hope it'll turn out to be the galaxy source code, hell we wouldn't even need sequels if that's the case, can just do everything ourselves...

time will tell

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:30
by lemm
:drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O

pls pls pls

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:32
by Roobar
OMG!

I can only :begging

Cmon Tom! Don't keep us holding our breath!

Image

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:27
by Levellass
Not getting excited until it reads.

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:51
by Lunick
The Keith person did post "Mission accomplished. " on his profile so who knows. Hopefully it works :begging

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:58
by tulip
Now this is what I call news.

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 14:33
by Bernie
now lets see tom hall put it up on ebay for thousands :(

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 14:57
by Nospike
I'm worried about the exact opposite happening, that he'll instead keep it to himself to avoid copyright infringement.
Let's hope that the source is "leaked" somehow and useful to us all. :)

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 15:25
by Multimania
Wow!

Given that it's on a SyQuest from ID's NeXT era, there's a decent chance it's got both Vorticons and Galaxy's code, too.

If it is readable, I hope Zanimax are okay with releasing it...

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 15:57
by StupidBunny
Maybe it's a bibliography for a paper he wrote.

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 16:30
by Roobar
Could contain the source for TUIT. Which, if compiled, will bring parallax scrolling.

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 18:28
by _mr_m_
Last thing I've heard from Tom was that the disk contained the source code for episodes 4-6.

In his comments he said, "Per id okay, will release soon...."

Here's to hoping id does the same thing they did for Wolfenstein and release the source!

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 18:51
by ckguy
Holy craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap

As you can tell, I'm avoiding getting excited until this actually happens.