I really think

[t3hfr3ak]

that there should be a post about Commander Keen, I would gladly write it too! that game is EPIC! I love it, infact I have been playing it! since i was 4!

[Andrew Armstrong]

Out of interest, what would you write about? Just...a description of the game or...?

[t3hfr3ak]

a complete review of its shear awesome-ness and how it revolutionized PC gaming

[Andrew Armstrong]

Revolutionised is a strong word, how did it do that? It's not exactly the first side scrolling shooter, hehe.

I'm honestly intrigued, since I've not played any of them.

[Konata]

The only way it revolutionized PC gaming was that it created id software.

[t3hfr3ak]

actually andrew, it was the first side crolling adventure game for PC.  also was the first solo project of the 3 co-founders of iD software. theres a whole story behind it and i would gladly take over writing it, RW you reading? lol

In 1990, DOS PC gaming made a breakthrough in the genre. Commander Keen, released by id Software, became the first IBM-compatible PC platformer to feature smooth scrolling graphics thanks to a technique programmer John Carmack had pioneered for EGA graphics displays.

[Konata]

actually andrew, it was the first side crolling adventure game for PC.  also was the first solo project of the 3 co-founders of iD software. theres a whole story behind it and i would gladly take over writing it, RW you reading? lol

In 1990, DOS PC gaming made a breakthrough in the genre. Commander Keen, released by id Software, became the first IBM-compatible PC platformer to feature smooth scrolling graphics thanks to a technique programmer John Carmack had pioneered for EGA graphics displays.

Oh yeah that's right! The EGA thing is important, because if id would have been able to make it work in CGA, they would have never left Softdisk.

[RedWolf]

actually andrew, it was the first side crolling adventure game for PC.

Actually, Captain Comic was the first Mario-style side-scroller on the PC that I know of, although there might have been something more obscure.  I loved that game back in the day and used to beg my dad to let me play it on his PC at work in the late 1980s.

also was the first solo project of the 3 co-founders of iD software. theres a whole story behind it and i would gladly take over writing it, RW you reading? lol

In 1990, DOS PC gaming made a breakthrough in the genre. Commander Keen, released by id Software, became the first IBM-compatible PC platformer to feature smooth scrolling graphics thanks to a technique programmer John Carmack had pioneered for EGA graphics displays.

I know these things, but there are only so many hours in the day and a million things I could write about.  Please feel free to write an article about Commander Keen and send it to me.  I can use it as the latest in the "Great Moments in Shareware" series.