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May 31, 2015 14:15
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No new help sheets for the enemies, we'll be seeing them in the final video. So, as we head into the hardest levels Keen 5 has to offer, I should probably remind you of the stakes. This, like Keen 2, is what happens when you run out of lives, though there's no way to activate it through normal play. Literally, Goodbye Galaxy.
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Jun 1, 2015 08:04
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Good thing our solar system would probably be completely fine, even if it was flung completely out of the galaxy. Just fewer stars to look at at night.
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Jun 1, 2015 10:02
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Carbon dioxide posted:Good thing our solar system would probably be completely fine, even if it was flung completely out of the galaxy. Just fewer stars to look at at night. Looking at the compression wave and general approximations of the density of interstellar gas before we could be completely flung free the entire solar system would likely be engulfed in the equivalent of a supernova event.
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Jun 1, 2015 16:56
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Part 4: Git Tae gently caress And there we go, another game done. It's very short, but really, really fun. Keen 5 is definitely one of my favorites, but unfortunately, I couldn't tell you much about it. All the levels (bar one, laddie) all play really well and are great fun. And we're even back on schedule, woo. So, we've got one more game to go. And it's a real interesting one. Good. But interesting.
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Jun 1, 2015 19:35
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Mars, the Bringer of War! I've always liked the Robo Reds, as they remind me of the characters from 4D Sports Boxing. 
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Jun 1, 2015 20:26
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  That's not all of them, laddie, but it's the ones I care about.
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Jun 2, 2015 13:14
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Confirmed Shikadi as nazis.
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Jun 2, 2015 16:43
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Slightly offensive perhaps. I quite like bagpipes but that was awful. Just like that level. Looking forward to Keen 6, it had some really cool enemies if I remember correctly. 
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Jun 2, 2015 17:12
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On the other hand, the bagpipe music did make all the edits where he cut out to save/load very, very obvious.
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Jun 3, 2015 03:46
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 Part 1: Appetizing Pizza 
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Jun 3, 2015 16:49
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Those... green things look just as I remember them.  I really like the find grappling hook mechanic. Sure the game is mostly linear but it gives you a reason to explore all levels to find the special things you need. Um, just like all other Keen games except 5 which forces you to do all of them.
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Jun 3, 2015 17:51
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Those moving platforms have a tiny guy sitting under them, controlling the platform.
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Jun 3, 2015 18:08
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Carbon dioxide posted:Those moving platforms have a tiny guy sitting under them, controlling the platform. I kept meaning to ask what those were.
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Jun 3, 2015 18:14
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I kept meaning to mention it, but don't until Part 3, sorry!
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Jun 3, 2015 18:18
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I'm pretty sure I still have that manual somewhere, and I know where all my Apogee cheat sheets are.
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Jun 3, 2015 20:00
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The purple background in the Dome actually reminds me of one of the weirder wall textures for Wolfenstein 3-D.  wolf65, row 5 line 5, but without the skulls.
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Jun 3, 2015 20:07
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   No enemy pages since there's 5 to a page and we haven't seen a full page yet. Maybe next video.
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Jun 4, 2015 09:44
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Now I would like to see the HOURS of challenge and enjoyment added by the hazard areas. Then again, if you're not very good at this game it could easily take you hours upon hours of deaths. And enjoyment. But mostly deaths.
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Jun 4, 2015 10:01
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The Keen games are all 320x200 16 color games (4-bpp for 16 total colors). By the way, you might want to try cycles max in DOSBox to see if you can smooth out the game a bit - Keen is pretty well programmed and should work. Plus it greatly reduces the load times. Crosspeice posted:No enemy pages since there's 5 to a page and we haven't seen a full page yet. Maybe next video. Well, and also the names of the enemies are used for copy protection to prevent people from just downloading the game. Although I'm not sure Xenoveritas fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Jun 4, 2015 |
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Jun 4, 2015 16:33
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It's sort of  that he can make and pilot an interstellar ship, yet can't acquire better protective headgear than a football helmet, when you think about it.
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Jun 4, 2015 16:41
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At least the point items are more appetizing this time.. I mean who wants to eat a bag of sugar anyway?
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Jun 4, 2015 17:56
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oldskool posted:It's sort of
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Jun 4, 2015 18:36
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oldskool posted:It's sort of It's his brother's, meaning it's for good luck and probably magical!
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Jun 4, 2015 19:39
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Shame it doesn't protect you from anything else. Would've been cool if it actually stopped projectiles, or let you hit your head on ceilings of spikes or whatnot. Maybe in the next Ke- oh. 
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Jun 4, 2015 19:57
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Does the game ever say anything about the brother? I've forgotten.
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Jun 4, 2015 21:23
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oldskool posted:It's sort of Totally a Blazkowicz family heirloom liberated from a nazi science lab.
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Jun 5, 2015 02:59
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Poil posted:It's a pretty good helmet considering he can pogo into the ceiling repeatably with no ill effects. It's a football helmet. Sadly poor Keen was so badly concussed after his adventures on Fribbulus Xax that he never was able to do Keen 7.
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Jun 5, 2015 05:23
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oldskool posted:It's sort of I was sort of thinking the adventures of Commander Keen are we the audience experiencing Billy Blaze's playtime fantasies. All this saving the galaxy stuff isn't really happening, but rather, we get to see Billy's imagination in action, which to me is rather more powerful. And so his big brother's football helmet is obviously some experimental hyper-armor or something. Steelpudding posted:At least the point items are more appetizing this time.. I mean who wants to eat a bag of sugar anyway? An eight year old boy with an overactive imagination.
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Jun 5, 2015 14:03
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Steelpudding posted:At least the point items are more appetizing this time.. I mean who wants to eat a bag of sugar anyway? People who are forced to eat MREs for one. Who actually holds the right to Keen 6 these days? I noticed a while ago steam is only selling the first 5 Commander Keens. Iretep fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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Jun 5, 2015 14:09
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As far as I can tell Atari sold the rights a couple of years back but no idea since then.
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Jun 5, 2015 14:41
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Probably into the big black hole that is EA's gluttonous limbo, as usual.  Fastest way to find out would probably be to announce you're going to sell it and see who sues you over it. 
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Jun 5, 2015 14:48
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Part 2: One Keen Enters
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Jun 5, 2015 15:55
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According to Masters of Doom, Adrian Carmack (ID's art guy - no relation to the famous other Carmack) grew bored with Keen's cutesy art style after a while and wanted to do something more  . That's why we got the infamous hanging Keens in that Doom 2 secret level. Keen 6's slightly creepier styling might have been an effort to experiment a little.
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Jun 5, 2015 20:41
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KieranWalker posted:I was sort of thinking the adventures of Commander Keen are we the audience experiencing Billy Blaze's playtime fantasies. All this saving the galaxy stuff isn't really happening, but rather, we get to see Billy's imagination in action, which to me is rather more powerful. And so his big brother's football helmet is obviously some experimental hyper-armor or something. Which is why I always draw parallels between Keen and Calvin & Hobbes, as they're both child geniuses with a space hero alter ego.
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Jun 6, 2015 01:32
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SO I got drunk again and recorded 2 levels of Bubsy 3D, guess I'm doing that now?
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Jun 6, 2015 04:05
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KieranWalker posted:I was sort of thinking the adventures of Commander Keen are we the audience experiencing Billy Blaze's playtime fantasies. All this saving the galaxy stuff isn't really happening, but rather, we get to see Billy's imagination in action, which to me is rather more powerful. And so his big brother's football helmet is obviously some experimental hyper-armor or something. Counterpoint: Keen canonically gets a pet alien and also leaves his parents paralyzed for so long they get stuck in a thunderstorm.
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Jun 6, 2015 04:51
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Hang on, Blooguards are three times as intelligent as regular Bloogs?
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Jun 6, 2015 07:35
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Poil posted:Hang on, Blooguards are three times as intelligent as regular Bloogs? Hey, they have harnessed the power of tools for themselves. That's pretty impressive for drooling idiots.
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Jun 6, 2015 10:22
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Steelpudding posted:Hey, they have harnessed the power of tools for themselves. That's pretty impressive for drooling idiots.  But I do wonder who built and is maintaining all the structures. And how in the world does that species posses interplanetary space travel? Those little yellow things piloting the moving platforms? A mysterious grand intellect? I doubt it's the Nospikes or those sniveling red boot things.
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Jun 6, 2015 10:55
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