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| Keen Dreams 1992 | |||||||||
| User rating: 5 | DOS Shareware (full version) | Platform | |||||||
| Developed by id Software | Compatibility guide | ||||||||
| Published by Softdisk Publishing | |||||||||
| Graphics: EGA 320×200×16c | |||||||||
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Under contract to make another game for Softdisk, id created a Commander Keen game called Keen Dreams. It was published between Invasion of the Vorticons and Goodbye Galaxy!, and is often referred to as Episode 3.5. The graphics will be instantly familiar, but Keen no longer has a pogo stick or ray gun. The story takes place in Commander Keen's dreams, which explains why he wears his pajamas. Keen finds himself in a vegetable kingdom ruled by Boobus Tuber, an evil potato king Boobus Tuber (Super Mario Bros. 2 anyone?). Keen can still jump really high, duck, drop from platforms, and climb fire poles, as he can in Goodbye Galaxy!, but he uses "Flower Power" seeds to temporarily turn enemies into flowers. The graphics and sound are very similar to Goodbye Galaxy!, minus the incredible backgrounds. I find the game to be more difficult than most others in the series, in no small part because Keen throws seeds in an arch, rather than firing a raygun charge in a straight line. The seeds will bounce around for a while before disappearing, so sometimes you hit an enemy on the rebound. Downloads
AvailabilitySoftdisk's new publisher, Flat Rock Software, still sells the registered version of this game for $9.95 by download.
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| Rescue Rover 1991 | |||||||||
| User rating: 6 | DOS Shareware (partial game) | Puzzle | |||||||
| Developed by id Software | |||||||||
| Published by Softdisk Publishing | |||||||||
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Robots have kidnapped your dog, Rover. Yes, really. In this simple puzzle game, you must guide Roger though levels that are full of robots, rescue your dog, and return to the exit. Roger can push, but not pull, items that he finds in the levels. Crates can block lasers or form a bridge across water. Mirror blocks can deflect lasers and destroy the robots. Star pearls are like crates except that they don't float and they don't stop until they hit something. Anti-grav carts are like star pearls, except that they can pass over water. At the beginning of each level, Rover is captured again, and Roger must rescue him again. There are 30 levels in this game, with only the first levels 10 playable in the shareware version. Rescue Rover v2.0 Shareware Episode (170k) Play online AvailabilityI have found no ordering information for this game, and it is not listed on Softdisk's website.
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