I heard there was a special software out there for download that colud let you play DOS games in Windows XP. Does anyone know of this and if they do where I can find it?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/
It still works, so I ain't arguing. Prolly easier to use than DosBox, though you should have THAT around just in case this doesn't work.
ScummVM works wonders too. Google that.
...but only if you're into old LucasArts games or have young'uns who want to play, say, Putt-Putt.
Speaking of SCUMMVM, though, it really IS quite good. I can run Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise for my little bro for a while, then turn it off and play Secret of Monkey Island for another while. Good stuff.
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Commander Keen (1991)
Commander Keen "Keen Dreams" (1991)
Commander Keen 1-3 (1992)
Commander Keen IV: Goodbye Galaxy (1991)
Commander Keen V (1991)
Commander Keen VI (1991)
*weeps* ITS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Did they ever make the sequel to Commander Keen 6? Or was it deliberately left like that? Because if you read the letter from I believe number four at the end, after painstakingly translating all the alien letters into English (hint: look at the letters on the "exit" signs and start translating from there), I believe it implicates the villain from the end of #3 as the guy behind almost everything else that's happened since then.
Yes, played the games so very long ago, but still remember a lot of it. Commander Keen was pretty cool, and that was when cheat codes were fun.
I'm certainly not aware of any sequels to Keen 6. As far as I know, that was the end of the series.
As for the Intergalactic Alphabet, there's a secret location in Keen 3 (Hint: you need to ride Messie to reach it) where they have the complete Intergalactic Alphabet written out - and if I rememeber correctly, it has the English translation written above/below each letter. Probably the easiest way of finding the code...
Darn. Would've made it a ton easier than going through and translating each and every letter of all the different signs, like "danger" and such.
IIRC, there's a Game Boy Color Keen game. Which is highly disposable.
What about Keen Dreams? That was kinda a Keen 7.
Which was creepy as heck.
And about the Standard Galactic Alphabet:
Heh. Pitchers!
If I remember correctly, Keen Dreams was more a Keen 3.5 (not to mention, not particularly great) and wasn't properly finished before release, or something like that.
Yeah, now I remember, it was released inbetween the two Keen trilogies.
