Review: Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Babysitter (15 hours)

This is the first Keen game I owned, and possibly the first platformer I owned. It’s a special game for … More

Review: Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine (~15 hours)

This is a great game, although it’s stylistically very different from its predecessor. While in Keen 4, you explore a … More

Review: Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle (~10 hours)

This is the first full-length Commander Keen game on the new game engine. This engine would last through to Keen … More

Review: Commander Keen Episode 3: Keen Must Die (6 hours)

In all Keen games thus far, iD Software begs for you to send $30 to their office in Texas to … More

Review: Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes (~7 hours)

This is a faithful sequel to the original Commander Keen. Gameplay is very similar to the original, but Keen 2 … More

Review: Commander Keen: Episode 1 (~3 hours)

The six PC Commander Keen games don’t get enough credit. In the 90’s, talk about platformers was limited to Mario … More

Brief Game Reviews: Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Babysitter

In my mind, this is the greatest 2D platforming game ever made. The team at iD really honed there level-design … More

Brief Game Reviews: Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

This is, in my opinion, the best Keen game in the original trilogy. The level design is top notch. The … More

Brief Game Reviews: Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die

Despite raving over what great games Commander Keen 4 and 5 are, this isn’t such a great game. You can … More

Brief Game Reviews: Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle

This is another classic. I feel the level design in this is better than in 5. Also, there’s more variety … More