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Commander Keen Modded versions on OG hardware

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First post, by Major Jackyl

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I was wondering if anyone plays any of the Keen mods on their DOS/95/98 computers? I really feel like Ceilick's finale to the series is a REAL Keen game.

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I've played 7 and 8, but 9 "Battle of the Brains" of course has memory issues. In DOS 6.22, it crashes whether the music/sound is on or off. In Windows 98 (same PC) it simply says "not enough memory for background music", which, doesn't show up if the music is off. Playable, but trying to force the old PC(s) to run it seems like a challenge. ESPICALLY since while testing versions, I "ran out of memory" and came across this:

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Main Loadout (daily drivers):
Intel TE430VX, Pentium Sy022 (133), Cirrus Logic 5440, SB16 CT1740
ECS K7S5A, A-XP1600+, MSI R9550
ASUS M2N-E, A64X2-4600+, PNY GTX670, SB X-Fi Elite Pro
MSI Z690, Intel 12900K, MSI RTX3090, SB AE-7

Reply 1 of 2, by Major Jackyl

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Wanted to make a quick follow up on myself here. I've tried running "Keen9" on my Compaq now, since it has memory to spare and still no-go. I've never seen so much free conventional memory before AND all the drivers are loaded. 623K just to TRY to get something going here, 🤣 Normally it has 615k free and I was hoping to squeeze a few ks to make it work. Garg. Back to the emulator for now...

Main Loadout (daily drivers):
Intel TE430VX, Pentium Sy022 (133), Cirrus Logic 5440, SB16 CT1740
ECS K7S5A, A-XP1600+, MSI R9550
ASUS M2N-E, A64X2-4600+, PNY GTX670, SB X-Fi Elite Pro
MSI Z690, Intel 12900K, MSI RTX3090, SB AE-7

Reply 2 of 2, by eddman

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I don't have a PC like that but the game works under DOS 7.1 in 86box. I don't think that's a memory issue. Maybe some other parameters in config.sys need to be adjusted. I'm using a boot menu though, with separate win and dos options.

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Last edited by eddman on 2024-08-17, 22:44. Edited 3 times in total.
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