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Commander Keen in Keen Dreams Has Been Open Sourced

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Commander Keen in Keen Dreams a classic game from another era has been open sourced and is on github.

Find it here on github, and it's under the GPL too.

This comes as a result on an indiegogo campaign to purchase the rights to it, and to get it open. It's great to see another crowdfunding campaign deliver.

You still need to legally acquire the data (please don't be a pirate).

I never played the keen games as a younger man, so this has made me a little more interested in it. I hope it has stood up to the test of time, as not many do. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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9 comments

tuxisagamer Sep 23, 2014
Ah, memories of gaming on an IBM PS/2 386.
lave Sep 23, 2014
commander keen was pretty much the first game i ever played
and damn was i horrofied when i was underwater and suddenly a giant fish ate me. couldnt continue playing after that :D
Pit Sep 23, 2014
Quoting: liamdaweI never played the keen games as a younger man....
Wow, are you that young, or am I that old?? :O
Ah those wonderful times, Keen, Cosmo, Monster Bash....
micmon Sep 23, 2014
Quoting: liamdaweI hope it has stood up to the test of time, as not many do

I loved the Keen games in the early 90s but playing them today without the nostalgic background will probably not be very enjoyable :)

If you want to give the games a try there's http://clonekeenplus.sourceforge.net/ btw which works great.
Liam Dawe Sep 23, 2014
Quoting: Pit
Quoting: liamdaweI never played the keen games as a younger man....
Wow, are you that young, or am I that old?? :O
Ah those wonderful times, Keen, Cosmo, Monster Bash....

Well when it was released I was about..4? I'm only 26 ;)
sev Sep 23, 2014
Never heard of it. Cool that they open sourced it though!
Crazy Penguin Sep 23, 2014
Quoting: Pit
Quoting: liamdaweI never played the keen games as a younger man....
Wow, are you that young, or am I that old?? :O
Ah those wonderful times, Keen, Cosmo, Monster Bash....

Well, same goes for me. Problem was I had an Amiga at this time and no PC :D,
and these games haven't been ported :(
philip550c Sep 23, 2014
Quoting: Pit
Quoting: liamdaweI never played the keen games as a younger man....
Wow, are you that young, or am I that old?? :O
Ah those wonderful times, Keen, Cosmo, Monster Bash....
Oh man Cosmo.

I played all of these as shareware games on floppy disks, lol.
MightyTrollzor Sep 25, 2014
Always great when old stuff goes open source although keen dreams is the weakest of the keen games. It would be much more interesting if the other keen games would be open sourced.
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