Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons

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Score Breakdown Based on 507 ratings

1. 10 (91)
2. 9 (130)
3. 8 (169)
4. 7 (65)
5. 6 (29)
6. 5 (11)
7. 4 (3)
8. 3 (2)
9. 2 (1)
10. 1 (6)

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• Rating:6

  Decent effort

  By croromano | Review Date: Feb 08, 2021 | PC

  This is the retail version of the original Commander Keen trilogy. You play the role of Billy Blaze, an 8-year old superkid who dons his brother's football helmet and becomes Commander Keen - Defender of the Earth. This ... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7

  So many memories. A look back at one of the games that changed my life.

  By bettsy1987 | Review Date: Oct 16, 2006 | PC

  This game has so many memories for me. When i was a kid i never played computer games, the computer was really my dads and at 8 i didn't really know how to use MS DOS. But every so often my dad would let me play this and... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  Commander Keen, it's been a while..

  By Anarki983 | Review Date: Sep 30, 2006 | PC

  Commander Keen 1: Marrooned on Mars Whoa, Commander Keen, I forgot about this game. I was going through my old floppy Disks, when I passed my old commander Keen games. So I was like, "Holy hell!" This was on... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7

  A great game for its time.

  By Rysing_Furi | Review Date: Sep 25, 2006 | PC

  Having only played this in the last couple of years, its so easy to see why this game is such a classic. With great gameplay and graphics for its time, it certainly deserved all the sequels that it did because the storyl... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.5

  8 year old Billy Blaze saves the world

  By Stu_ponk | Review Date: Jan 13, 2006 | PC

  Marooned on Mars is the first of the Commander Keen trilogy: Invasion of the Vorticons. You play this 2D platform game as the eigth year old kid called Billy Blaze. He's a bright young kid and takes it upon him self t... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.6

  A good side scrolling adventure

  By UltraGhost82 | Review Date: Dec 06, 2004 | PC

  To start, I think this is the one I played when I was younger, I can't find the game so don't know. There were two I played, but one looked like it was made around this time, and the other a bit later. They were both ... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful