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id Software: Commander Keen
Beginning in 1990, a series of “Commander Keen” games were created by id Software. Shareware version 1.1 of the first game, “Invasion of the Vorticons Episode One: Marooned on Mars”, was released in 1991 through Apogee Software, Ltd.
Help and directory listings are provided below.
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Help
Excerpt from the game’s “Help!” screen:
You can move Commander Keen with the joystick or keyboard.
When you first start Keen, you will be in keyboard mode.
Let's look at the keys you need to know to play the game.
Arrows Move Keen around
Ctrl Jump
Alt Use Pogo/Stop Pogo (if you have one)
Ctrl and Alt Fire raygun (if it has charges)
You can redefine these keys by pressing F3.
OTHER IMPORTANT KEYS
Spacebar Status screen
F1 Help!
F2 Sound on/off
F3 Keyboard mode
F4 Joystick mode
F5 Save Game
Esc Quit
When you are on the Mars map, you may be blocked by a city,
shrine, or other obstacle. You must enter the city (press Ctrl
or button 1) and finish it before proceeding.
When you enter a city, you can get things by simply running into them.
If you cannot pass through a door, there may be a "keycard" that the
door requires. This keycard will be the same color as the door.
Directory of Commander Keen: Episode One
Volume in drive A is KEEN1
Directory of A:\
EGAHEAD CK1 15568 1-01-91 1:00p
EGALATCH CK1 57065 1-01-91 1:00p
EGASPRIT CK1 17633 1-01-91 1:00p
ENDTEXT CK1 942 1-01-91 1:00p
FINALE CK1 8565 1-01-91 1:00p
HELPTEXT CK1 1859 1-01-91 1:00p
KEEN1 EXE 51226 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL01 CK1 1368 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL02 CK1 724 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL03 CK1 3474 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL04 CK1 1720 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL05 CK1 810 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL06 CK1 928 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL07 CK1 5650 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL08 CK1 3416 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL09 CK1 1638 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL10 CK1 2086 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL11 CK1 1636 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL12 CK1 2178 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL13 CK1 9908 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL14 CK1 7024 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL15 CK1 2234 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL16 CK1 5818 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL80 CK1 5638 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL81 CK1 758 1-01-91 1:00p
LEVEL90 CK1 1262 1-01-91 1:00p
PREVIEW2 CK1 27886 1-01-91 1:00p
PREVIEW3 CK1 25429 1-01-91 1:00p
PREVIEWS CK1 2160 1-01-91 1:00p
SOUNDS CK1 8898 1-01-91 1:00p
STORYTXT CK1 3504 1-01-91 1:00p
31 file(s) 279005 bytes
27648 bytes free