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- COMMANDER KEEN DEMO
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- Playing the Game
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- Now we'll cover all the actions you can do in the game (the keys mentioned
- are the defaults). Commander Keen can:
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- RUN LEFT/RIGHT Use the [left] and [right] arrow keys to move.
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- JUMP Press [Ctrl] to make Keen jump. (This is Button 1 in joystick
- control.)
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- POGO Press [Alt] to use your pogo stick. You can jump higher with it,
- but it is harder to control. Press [Alt] again to stop using it. (This
- is button 2 in joystick control.)
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- SHOOT Press [space] (or [Ctrl] and [Alt] if you chose Two-Button Firing)
- to fire your Neural Stunner. It will fire in the direction you are facing.
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- ENTER If you are standing in front of a doorway, pressing the up arrow
- will enter the door.
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- CLIMB POLE Press [up] or [down] when in front of a pole to get on it and
- shinny up or slide down the pole. If you press [right] or [left], you
- will swing around to face that side. You can get off the pole quickly by
- pressing [Ctrl].
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- GRAB ONTO EDGE You can jump and grab onto the edge of a surface. Press
- [up] or the direction toward the surface you want to be upon ([left] or
- [right]) to pull yourself up. If you push [down] or the arrow away from
- that surface, you'll fall down.
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- FLIP SWITCH The switches on Fribbulus Xax are rather large, so you must
- jump up into them, or down on top of them.
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- LOOK UP/LOOK DOWN Press and hold [up] or [down] to see more of the level
- in that direction. This is very helpful when you don't think there is
- anything to jump onto. Some hidden things might be revealed by looking up
- or down.
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- DROP DOWN If you are on a platform or narrow floor, you can drop down by
- holding [down] and pressing the jump key [Ctrl].
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- OPEN DOOR Doors need gem-shaped crystals to be placed in their gem
- holders. To place the gem in the holder, just get the gem and walk up to
- it.
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- To finish a level, you will need to either leave the level by the Exit sign
- (if there is one), or find the important object in the level. For
- instance, the First Dome of Darkness contains something that you need to
- climb the cliff.
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- BOSS KEY You can make the game screen disappear instantly by pressing
- [F9]. Press [Esc] to get back to the game.
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- Tons of bonus items and secret rooms are hidden in the game. Explore the
- levels thoroughly!
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- Advanced Moves
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- There are some moves that can get you to those ``impossible-to-get-to''
- places. Here they are:
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- IMPOSSIBLE POGO TRICK If you run left or right, then quickly press Pogo
- [Alt] and Jump [Ctrl] in succession, you blast off at an angle. This move
- may be nearly impossible if you use two-button firing.
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- MID-AIR POGO You can pull out your pogo stick in the middle of a normal
- jump, giving you good control for that first jump.
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- SHOOT DOWN You can jump over a monster and shoot it from above by
- pressing [down] and fire [space]. You can also shoot upward or while
- climbing poles.
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- FAST POLE CLIMBING You can climb poles faster by holding [up], and
- pressing jump [Ctrl] repeatedly. It may take some practice, but it's
- worth it.
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- COOL JUMPS In many places you will see a big arc of candy. These are
- usually set up so you can get them in one jump. There is one on the first
- hill of the first level: try to pogo through all the ice cream bars there,
- while simultaneously jumping over the Bloog.
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- HAVE FUN!
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