Commander Keen

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platform game series side-scrolling video game series video game video game series

Commander Keen is a classic early-1990s side-scrolling platform video game series that helped establish id Software’s reputation and popularize PC shareware gaming.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons 4
Commander Keen canonical 3
Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy! 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf platform game series ⓘ
side-scrolling video game series ⓘ
video game ⓘ
video game ⓘ
video game ⓘ
video game ⓘ
video game series ⓘ
artStyle 2D pixel art ⓘ
coCreator Adrian Carmack ⓘ
John Carmack ⓘ
John Romero ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Tom Hall ⓘ
developer id Software ⓘ
id Software ⓘ
distributionModel shareware ⓘ
firstRelease Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
firstReleaseYear 1990 ⓘ
gameEngineInnovation smooth side-scrolling on IBM PC compatibles ⓘ
gameplayFeature collecting items ⓘ
jumping and shooting ⓘ
pogo stick jumping ⓘ
genre platform game ⓘ
hasEpisode Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter!

Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy!

Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons

Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commander Keen: Keen Dreams
influenced later PC platform games ⓘ
mainCharacter Billy Blaze ⓘ
notableCharacter Mortimer McMire ⓘ
Vorticons ⓘ
notableFor helping establish id Software’s reputation ⓘ
popularizing PC shareware gaming ⓘ
originalPlatform MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form: PC DOS
perspective side view ⓘ
platform MS-DOS ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
protagonistAge 8 ⓘ
protagonistAlias Commander Keen self-link ⓘ
publisher Apogee Software ⓘ
Apogee Software ⓘ
releaseYear 1990 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
1992 ⓘ
setting science fiction universe ⓘ
targetPlatform IBM PC compatible ⓘ
timePeriod early 1990s ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

id Software → notableWork → Commander Keen ⓘ
id Software → developedGame → Commander Keen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen series
Commander Keen → protagonistAlias → Commander Keen self-link ⓘ
Commander Keen → firstRelease → Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
Commander Keen → hasEpisode → Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
Commander Keen → hasEpisode → Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy!
Commander Keen → hasEpisode → Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen: Keen Dreams
Commander Keen → hasEpisode → Commander Keen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter!
John Carmack → developed → Commander Keen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen series (technology)
John Romero → notableWork → Commander Keen ⓘ
Adrian Carmack → notableWork → Commander Keen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
Adrian Carmack → associatedWithFranchise → Commander Keen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen franchise
Tom Hall → notableWork → Commander Keen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
Tom Hall → notableWork → Commander Keen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy!