Commander Keen: Keen Dreams (DOS)

Keen Dreams

Platform: DOS Year: 1991 Developer: id Software

For other games in the series see Commander Keen.

Commander Keen: Keen Dreams is sometimes referred to as the lost Keen, since Softdisk retained the rights, and never bothered to push it very hard. It exists between Commander Keen 3 and 4, but it uses the same engine as Commander Keen IV: Secret of the Oracle (DOS). Once again, you play Billy Blaze, but instead of saving the world, you have to save yourself from terrible nightmares brought on from not eating your vegetables. Even though there is a setup screen for music, Keen Dreams doesn't have any music. The game is included in the Wiki because there is a story behind the reason it lacks music.

Screenshots

Title screen. The main menu. The overworld map. Avoid the racing horseradishes. Jumping squash are no laughing matter. Big scary tomato monster in the rapids.

Music

id Software intended for Keen Dreams to have music. In fact, Bobby Prince composed the song You've Got to Eat Your Vegetables!! for the game's introduction. However, Softdisk Publishing wanted Keen Dreams to fit on a single 360K floppy disk, and in order to do this, id Software had to scrap the game's music at the last minute. They didn't even have time to remove the music setup menu. "You've Got to Eat Your Vegetables" would finally make its debut in Commander Keen IV: Secret of the Oracle (DOS).

The Nintendo Switch release of the game contains a full soundtrack.

Recording

This game did not have music.

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
01	You've Got to Eat Your Vegetables!! (Unreleased)	Bobby Prince	1:56		Download

Credits

(Game lacks credits)

Game Rip

This game did not have music.

Audio Devices

Music
Sound

(Source)

Releases

USA Title: Commander Keen: Keen Dreams Platform: DOS Released: 1991-??-?? Publisher: Softdisk Publishing

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/commander-keen-keen-dreams - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.com/pc/924944-commander-keen-keen-dreams - GameFAQs.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen_series - Wikipedia.
• shikadi.net/keenwiki/Keen_Dreams - Fan site.
• commander-keen.com - Fan site.

View Commander Keen
Commander Keen: Keen Dreams
Commander Keen IV: Secret of the Oracle
Commander Keen V: The Armageddon Machine
Commander Keen VI: Aliens Ate My Babysitter!
Commander Keen
Notable Songs	Too Hot to Handle • You've Got to Eat Your Vegetables!!
Notable Personnel	Bobby Prince
Notable Companies	id Software • 3D Realms