Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons

Smooth EGA scrolling on PC hardware plus shareware distribution launched id Software.

Released 1990 Developer id Software Publisher Apogee Software Platform DOS Genre Platformer Era 8- and 16-bit

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Numeric Score ~~1972~~Lives and Continues ~~1978~~Continuous Scrolling Playfield ~~1980~~Momentum-Based Platform Control ~~1985~~

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