Commander Keen: Marooned on Mars

An ice level

An ice level
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Late one night in 1990, when John Carmack and Tom Hall were working on a new EGA engine for a side-scrolling game Carmack finally accomplished what he had been working on for quite some time, smooth scrolling using EGA. Commander Keen is the first game that supported both horizontal and vertical scrolling on an IBM PC.

While Commander Keen is exploring Mars, the Vorticon steal four vital components of his ship and hide them in Martian cities, each guarded by a Vorticon soldier. In this episode, Keen acquires his trademark pogo stick and meets a variety of Martian aliens and robots.

You can download this game for free here: keen1.zip

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thumbnail The opening screen
Commander Keen: Marooned...
The opening screen
thumbnail A Yorp statue inside a Martian shrine
Commander Keen: Marooned...
A Yorp statue inside a Martian shrine
thumbnail An outside level with a couple of friendly Yorps
Commander Keen: Marooned...
An outside level with a couple of friendly Yorps
thumbnail Commander Keen finds the legendary pogo stick
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Commander Keen finds the legendary pogo stick
thumbnail Look at that cute Yorp snowman!
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Look at that cute Yorp snowman!
thumbnail A dark situation inside a shrine
Commander Keen: Marooned...
A dark situation inside a shrine
thumbnail Somewhere inside a maze
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Somewhere inside a maze
thumbnail Underneath the maze near the transporter that brings Keen to the secret city
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Underneath the maze near the transporter that brings Ke...
thumbnail Inside the secret city
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Inside the secret city
thumbnail Looks like an easy level!
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Looks like an easy level!
thumbnail Vorticon Commander's Castle
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Vorticon Commander's Castle
thumbnail Lot's of locked up Gargs here
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Lot's of locked up Gargs here
thumbnail Keen discovers the Vorticon Mothership on his way home
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Keen discovers the Vorticon Mothership on his way home
thumbnail WHAT IS THIS ONE-EYED GREEN THING IN YOUR ROOM!!!!???
Commander Keen: Marooned...
WHAT IS THIS ONE-EYED GREEN THING IN YOUR ROOM!!!!???


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