Commander Keen: Marooned on Mars

Poor Vorticon

Poor Vorticon
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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

All screenshots for Commander Keen: Marooned on Mars:

thumbnail The title screen
Commander Keen: Marooned...
The title screen
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 An ice level
Commander Keen: Marooned...
An ice level
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 Poor Vorticon
Commander Keen: Marooned...
Poor Vorticon
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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Thumbnail A seemingly habitable planet
Thumbnail The sierra headquarters
Thumbnail Say... Uh...Mr. Williams. Do you need a janitor?
Thumbnail The end
Thumbnail Cheerleader cats!
Thumbnail Poor Vorticon
Thumbnail Keen discovers the Vorticon Mothership on his way home
Thumbnail WHAT IS THIS ONE-EYED GREEN THING IN YOUR ROOM!!!!???
Thumbnail Jill escapes the underground
Thumbnail You are free
Thumbnail Jill escaped Montezuma's castle!
Thumbnail 'Now i ask you only one more favor, Jill...'
Thumbnail Jill answers: 'Okay.'
Thumbnail After disabling the weaponry of the Vorticon Mothership, Billy heads for earth.
Thumbnail Ok, mom... (The end)
Thumbnail 'Most impressive,' sais Terexin. 'But you are not a Council Wizard yet.'
Thumbnail Camelot is healed!
Thumbnail But though your land is healed, your heart is not. Perhaps it never shall be. (The end)
Thumbnail Yup.. that's the ending. Gone through all that trouble for this.
Thumbnail The end boss, The King
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Thumbnail No longer a stranger, he shall from this day forth be known as... PRINCE OF PERSIA.
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Thumbnail Who doesn't love the cartoon at the end of Rabbits Revenge!
Thumbnail The endboss of episode 'The Final Clash'
Thumbnail Jazz tries to save Eva Earlong in the ending cartoon for episode 'The Final Clash'
Thumbnail Jazz saved the Carrotus princess Eva Earlong!
Thumbnail Level 99: ??? Your quest ends here... but watch for more Jetpack!
Thumbnail I love this screen, Nobody looks happy, but at least there's champagne.
Thumbnail Congratulations! You made it through all the perilous areas in Clyde's hideout!
Thumbnail Mission successful. (End of part 1)
Thumbnail You've beaten the king of the county.
Thumbnail I knew you could do it! You're my hero!
Thumbnail The final level: More Levels. Does Compuserve still work? Anyway, go to elastomania.com and buy this great game!
Thumbnail Congradulations!! You have escaped!! (sic)
Thumbnail Jake finally arived at the spotlight to play the gig! Although i wonder where Elwood went. (The end)
Thumbnail And so it ends..
Thumbnail You finally found it. Breathing ease for the first time in weeks you sit down and relax against the wall.
Thumbnail The end. I hope you enjoyed the series.
Thumbnail The finale. Your friends have found you and it's time to go home. You captured all the remaining Ixupi!
Thumbnail There you are! Finish the final level and you'll be rewarded by blinking boxes. Pretty cool!
Thumbnail The final level: The Pharaoh's tomb.
Thumbnail And there he goes, escaping from the island with his jetpack! (The end)
Thumbnail Keen travels back with the Council Members to the Oracle.
Thumbnail The Oracle tells Keen where the Shikadi live and that they are building an Armageddon Machine to destroy the galaxy!
Thumbnail To be continued...
Thumbnail So many unanswered questions. The future will be most interesting for Roger! (The end)
Thumbnail This game ends with the most satisfying end boss explosion any game has ever had!
Thumbnail The final stage, which begins with lots of powerups. Check how cool my spaceship looks with al the extra guns!
Thumbnail Coolest QuickBASIC end boss EVER!
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Thumbnail Roger finally gets to meet his son, after he saved him from Vohaul.
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Thumbnail After destroying Xargon's reactor, the ending sequence begins.
Thumbnail He transfers into a bee again and flies through the Forest of Enchanted Trees.
Thumbnail Just because you have destroyed one reactor you think you have won. Such arrogant stupidity usually gets people killed very quickly!
Thumbnail Well.. I guess nobody expected this to happen! Jazz Jackrabbit kisses Devan Shell in the ending animation.
Thumbnail Devan Shell rides his rocket to search for Jazz.
Thumbnail That's all, folks! Watch for more Jazz fun in the future!
Thumbnail Mylo relaxes and counts his cash until his next great adventure takes him into the vast unknown of space.. (The end)
Thumbnail Vinyl is able to see the green wondrous planet she has just escaped from shrink bit by bit and then vanish in the distance.. (the end)
Thumbnail With the sorceror's death, the spell was shattered. The Princess looked upon the Prince, and saw once again the man she loved.
Thumbnail The Prince ordered Jaffar's ashes scattered to the windows. The people rejoiced. The Prince and Princess dwelt together in joy and serenity, and lived happily ever after.
Thumbnail ZAP!
Thumbnail Completely save, as long as no one turns on the lights!
Thumbnail Sam found the secret blueprints!
Thumbnail Mylo barely escapes with his life as the star he just bought erupts into a fiery supernova.

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Random screenshots

I captured the final Ixupi and the generator blows up. thumbnail
The Xargon: Beyond Reality opening screen thumbnail
We join our hero mowing the lawn of Eve, his sexual encounter from the previous game. thumbnail
Part three of this game features cute kamikaze hedgehogs. thumbnail
Who doesn't love explosions! thumbnail
Those crazy hedgehogs can be quite helpful! thumbnail
This is level 04. Actually, all levels from 02 up are pretty much impossible to finish! thumbnail
Great. His mirror image just stole the health potion. thumbnail
Jake finally arived at the spotlight to play the gig! Although i wonder where Elwood went. (The end) thumbnail
Finally escaping that garbage freighter! thumbnail
Blechton Town's entrance. thumbnail