Since when is Commander Keen available on Steam?
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Since when is Commander Keen available on Steam?
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The games have been on there for ages! Years, I think!
I don't understand why they haven't progressed from it being Windows only yet though - I assume the DOS emulator they use could easily be ported to Linux and Mac and be used for many older games.
I don't understand why they haven't progressed from it being Windows only yet though - I assume the DOS emulator they use could easily be ported to Linux and Mac and be used for many older games.
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I don't see how is this related. For instance, source code for Doom may be available under a free license, but the data (i.e., the graphics, maps and the like) is not. So you still have to obtain a copy of Doom in order to play it, even if it's done using, say, a source port.Pokota wrote:So that's why the Source Code won't get released.
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Totally missed this post, I don't think id have updated ANY of their older catalogue since putting it on Steam and I don't think they have any real interest of updating them which is really sad.Keening_Product wrote:The games have been on there for ages! Years, I think!
I don't understand why they haven't progressed from it being Windows only yet though - I assume the DOS emulator they use could easily be ported to Linux and Mac and be used for many older games.
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From 3D Realms:
Episodes 1-3 are collectively called "Invasion of the Vorticons," and are published by Apogee Software. This series of Commander Keen was released on December 14th, 1990, according to Tom Hall, then Creative Director for id Software.
Episodes 4-5 are collectively called "Goodbye Galaxy!" and are also published by Apogee Software. This series of Commander Keen was released somewhere around June of 1991. There was also a special CGA edition of Keens 4-5. The CGA version is functionally identical to the standard EGA version of the game, but with CGA graphics. Apogee discontinued the CGA version in November 1997.
In April 1998, episodes 1-5 were bundled together on a single CD and sold as a unit for $49.95. This is now the only way any of these Keen episodes may be purchased.
Episode 6 is a stand-alone game which uses the Keen 4-5 engine and is entitled "Aliens Ate My Babysitter." From its creation in 1991 until 1996, it was distributed by FormGen, and Apogee merely resold it, like any other retailer would. In 1996, FormGen was bought by GT Interactive and did not continue to distribute the game. Therefore, Apogee was left with what stock they had at the time. In August 1997, that stock ran out. As of now, the only way to get Keen 6 is as a part of "The id Anthology" package, but that CD, for some reason, only has the CGA version of the game. There was a playable demo of Keen 6 that FormGen distributed at one point. It was released to various online services as #6k-demo.zip and k6demo.zip; it may or may not still exist in some remote part of the Internet.
(Here: http://www.3drealms.com/tech/keen.html )
Episodes 1-3 are collectively called "Invasion of the Vorticons," and are published by Apogee Software. This series of Commander Keen was released on December 14th, 1990, according to Tom Hall, then Creative Director for id Software.
Episodes 4-5 are collectively called "Goodbye Galaxy!" and are also published by Apogee Software. This series of Commander Keen was released somewhere around June of 1991. There was also a special CGA edition of Keens 4-5. The CGA version is functionally identical to the standard EGA version of the game, but with CGA graphics. Apogee discontinued the CGA version in November 1997.
In April 1998, episodes 1-5 were bundled together on a single CD and sold as a unit for $49.95. This is now the only way any of these Keen episodes may be purchased.
Episode 6 is a stand-alone game which uses the Keen 4-5 engine and is entitled "Aliens Ate My Babysitter." From its creation in 1991 until 1996, it was distributed by FormGen, and Apogee merely resold it, like any other retailer would. In 1996, FormGen was bought by GT Interactive and did not continue to distribute the game. Therefore, Apogee was left with what stock they had at the time. In August 1997, that stock ran out. As of now, the only way to get Keen 6 is as a part of "The id Anthology" package, but that CD, for some reason, only has the CGA version of the game. There was a playable demo of Keen 6 that FormGen distributed at one point. It was released to various online services as #6k-demo.zip and k6demo.zip; it may or may not still exist in some remote part of the Internet.
(Here: http://www.3drealms.com/tech/keen.html )
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