Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy is one of the first computer games I remember playing, at about 4 years old, so it was a pleasant and very unexpected surprise to browse the Nintendo eShop’s new releases and find that one of the Commander Keen games was rereleased for Nintendo Switch. Though Commander Keen in Keen Dreams isn’t the game in the series I have the fondest memories of, it was still an instant-purchase for me.

The original MS-DOS Commander Keen games were first released in 1990-1991, with a final stand-alone title released for Gameboy Color in 2001, so most younger gamers are likely unaware of this classic series and its history. Here is a recap of the series and its history thus far.

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In a surprise move, one game from the classic Commander Keen series was just rereleased on the Nintendo Switch as a downloadable eShop title on February 7^th, 2019 by Lone Wolf Technology. Commander Keen in Keen Dreams is the second game in the Commander Keen series, which was originally released as a single episode in 1991 (sometimes called episode 3.5 in the series, as it was released between the first Commander Keen title featuring episodes 1-3 in the series, and the second main-series title featuring episode 4 and 5). The original four Commander Keen games were published for MS-DOS in the early 90s, with a 5^th stand-alone Commander Keen title for Gameboy Color being released in 2001.

The downloadable Nintendo Switch port of Commander Keen in Keen Dreams is available in the Nintendo Switch eShop for $9.99.

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