How do you store/display your keen games?
I lost my original floppy copies a long time ago. And I haven't had a computer that could even use a floppy disk drive in a decade anyway. But I still have all the games my parents bought back in 92 in one folder on my hard drive. They've migrated from computer to computer. I'd separate them but I don't know what goes with what so...
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Well, here's how John Romero keeps his games. He just posted the photo on Facebook. I assume it's just copies of the game and not source or anything like that for everything but Alfredo.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater
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Since they are from a subscription based disk-magazine, whether they're legal to distribute is a little questionable. I haven't found an easy download to all of the episodes (since they're spread across many Big Blue Disks), but I did find some YouTube videos.
Apple Originals: https://www.youtube.com/user/iamthekingramses/videos
IBM 'talkies': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zeEkR ... 036984D65F
Apple Originals: https://www.youtube.com/user/iamthekingramses/videos
IBM 'talkies': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zeEkR ... 036984D65F
I only recall ever having the floppy disks of 4 and 5 for a long time, as well as 1 copied to a back-up disk. I borrowed the disk and manual to 6 from a friend for a brief period. Unfortunately, that meant when my computer went, so did Keen 6! In 2001 I got the combo CD 3Drealms sold that contained Keen 1-5. I keep that stored in a CD case, but nowadays I just keep the games backed up on Google Drive. But I digress...
Here's how I look at it:
Well, actually, I typically display them like this:
I use boxshots whenever possible! I set up a KEENVRT directory containing 1-3, KEENGBYE for 4 and 5, and KEENUNIV for 7-9. And when you select, say, Invasion of the Vorticons, it loads a menu where you select the episode you want to play, which is a modified version of the one Bio Menace comes with. Data folders have pdf's of manuals, etc.
That lone Keen 1 entry is the Gravis shareware verson, which I use as a test-bed for the level packs I download.
Here's how I look at it:
Well, actually, I typically display them like this:
I use boxshots whenever possible! I set up a KEENVRT directory containing 1-3, KEENGBYE for 4 and 5, and KEENUNIV for 7-9. And when you select, say, Invasion of the Vorticons, it loads a menu where you select the episode you want to play, which is a modified version of the one Bio Menace comes with. Data folders have pdf's of manuals, etc.
That lone Keen 1 entry is the Gravis shareware verson, which I use as a test-bed for the level packs I download.