Mopsy

Post by **tulip** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:04

Has anyone ever heard of "Mopsy"?

It was basically Keen 1 reprogramed with a different protagonist.

I was just remembering that and searched the internet.

Apparently there's no info about it around except the following:

1992 gelang sogar eine kleine Sensation mit "Mopsy" - einem an "Commander Keen" angelehntes Jump n' Run, welche damals sogar Shareware des Monats wurde.

from: http://www.developia.de/developia/viewc ... ?cid=29777

I know it's german: it means that the programer succeeded in making a platformer similar to Keen, which got the title "Shareware of the Month" back in 1992.

Does anyone still have it?

Post by **KeenRush** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 13:01

Never even heard of it. Have you actually played it yourself?

Maybe I should move this to Classics, as this doesn't have much to do with Keen other than that the game was just mentioned having been Keen-like.

Post by **tulip** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 13:43

Well I have played it, and next time I visit my dad I shall dig through my old shareware CDs, and see if I can find it.

It is actually using the graphics from Keen, there are pat pats and such, that's why I didn't post it in Classics.

Commander Spleen · Post by **Commander Spleen** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 14:28

Do post it if you find it! Sounds quite nifty.

ZidaneA · Post by **ZidaneA** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 20:10

I'll quote Commander Spleen: "Do post it if you find it! Sounds quite nifty."

Post by **KeenRush** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 20:29

tulip wrote:It is actually using the graphics from Keen, there are pat pats and such, that's why I didn't post it in Classics.

Ah, alright.

It'd be interesting to see this one, hopefully you can find it.

Genius314 · Post by **Genius314** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 20:40

And I'll quote ZidaneA (but using tags):

ZidaneA wrote:I'll quote Commander Spleen: "Do post it if you find it! Sounds quite nifty."

ZidaneA · Post by **ZidaneA** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 20:43

Tags are overrated.

Post by **Fleexy** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 22:23

MortimerInBlack · Post by **MortimerInBlack** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 23:01

I never heard of it, but i'm immediately interested!

Since i don't have custom emoticons, i'll settle for this one:

Grandy02 · Post by **Grandy02** » Sat May 09, 2009 11:03

I've never played it, but read about it an old German shareware magazine. There was also a screenshot, I immediately had to think of Keen 1. Glad to read that I'm not so only one who knows about, I hope you will find it so that we can play Mopsy, good luck!

Post by **tulip** » Sat May 09, 2009 17:26

Turns out to be harder than I thought to find it. I already dug through my shareware CDs, tomorrow I'll visit my uncle. He has it for sure, because he has everything, but I'm not sure if we'll find it.

Post by **tulip** » Sun May 10, 2009 16:34

OK, I've finally found it and uploaded it to my mediafire account.

http://www.mediafire.com/tulip

It looks actually quite different from what I remembered.

For those who don't read german here's an outline of the story:

Mopsy is Billy's cuddly toy, but as soon as he leaves for his space adventures as Keen, Mopsy becomes alive. The game starts in Billy's room from where you try to get Mopsy to the BwB in order to help Keen on his adventures.

This is shareware, so you might not be able to get to all the levels.

Have fun.

Post by **KeenRush** » Sun May 10, 2009 20:44

Wow, so it even has Keen in its storyline?!

*tries*

Now that was weird! The first level even had parts of Keen 1's first level! I didn't play far as I honestly didn't like it that much, but some strange stuff -- never seen a platformer where health is reduced if you fall and hit the ground, so you can die if you drop from a high platform. Anyway, thanks for finding it tulip...

Bonevelous · Post by **Bonevelous** » Sun May 10, 2009 21:50

KeenRush wrote:Wow, so it even has Keen in its storyline?!

That's pretty cool!

I think it's pretty good. It would be nice if there were a translation, though. I also don't really like the whole "you lose health when you fall" thing. And as far as I've played... NO POGO?! NO WEAPONS?!?!

It didn't keep me interested very long, but I wouldn't mind playing it again later. I like the crazy sound effects quite a bit as well.