Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars id Software, Inc. / Apogee Software, Ltd. 1990

In game you play the role of Commander Keen: an eight year-old genius by the name of Billy Blaze, who builds an interstellar spaceship from his mom's vacuum cleaner. When Billy learns that the Earth is in danger, he dons his brother's football helmet to become Commander Keen - Defender of the Earth! In this episode, aliens from the planet Vorticon VI find out about the eight year-old genius and plan his destruction. While Keen is out exploring the mountains of Mars, the Vorticons steal vital parts of his ship and take them to distant Martian cities! Can Keen recover all the pieces of his ship and repel the Vorticon invasion? Will he make it back before his parents get home? This is one of the most successful shareware games ever, and spawned no less than 6 games in the series. Marooned on Mars is the first of three episodes of the series Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons. The cartoon-style platformers are notable for their pioneering use of EGA graphics and shareware distribution, and because they were the first games by id Software (which went on to develop blockbusters like Doom and Quake). The games were also exciting to the PC gaming community of the time because of John Carmack's revolutionary smooth-scrolling graphics engine. The first three trilogy of games was released in retail as Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons.
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Commander Genius v2.4.3 - Fan-Made Updated Engine + High Quality Pack v26 11+52MB (uploaded by SourceForge)
Videos
Full Demo (@ Fajnegry)
Full Demo (@ DOSGames.ru)
The id Anthology 4CD ISO Demo 669MB (uploaded by Scaryfun) included in CD1 : plus Commander Keen 1-7, Dangerous Dave, Catacomb 3D, Hovertank 3D, Spear of Destiny, Wolfenstein 3D plus other old games by id Software
Browser-Playable Java Shareware Demo v1.31 & Restored Beta (uploaded by RGB Classic Games)
Commander Keen 1-9 + Keen Dreams SDL runs on win7 with working sound+music with hq pack 2.6 installed + fangames (provided by 3Spot & upped by Scaryfun) 65MB
contained in Commander Keen: Invasion of Vorticons + Goodbye Galaxy! - ISO Demo (provided by basetta & upped by Scaryfun) 8.6MB
contained in Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons - Floppy Image ISO Demo (provided by basetta & upped by Scaryfun) 472kb
Commander Keen 1-6 + Keen Dreams 2.1MB + 330kb (uploaded by hgdagon)
Full Demo included in iD Software: The 90's Collection 653MB (uploaded by yamibito)
Floppy Image ISO Demo 150kb (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)
Browser-Playable Free Flash Game (uploaded by Play.vg)
Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons included in 3D Realms Anthology - Full Demo 494MB (uploaded by Internet Archive Software Collection)


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