Well, mainly because I was asked to I will now put up a post about one of my favorite childhood computer games.
Almost everyone I have ever asked about this game does not know of it or about it. I find this a rather shame because of he fact that I had played this game all through out my childhood (when I say childhood I am referring to ages between 5 and 10).
The game was actually more like a series of games but the one I played the most was known as "Commander Keen Episode 4: The Secret of The Oracle". There wasn't anything really special about it. It was also probably the first computer game that I ever played seeing as I can not remember playing any before that.
The main plot line is about a kid called Billy Blaze, who just so happens to have an IQ of 314. He also managed to build a rocket ship out of soup cans and other household junk. He is constantly donning his big brothers football helmet and becoming "Commander Keen, The Defender of Earth", saver of the world/galaxy when ever his parents and babysitter are asleep. The back story of this particular game is more or less as follows (I'm going to quote the game here):
"Billy has been working on a new invention in this episode. His latest
invention is the Photachyon Tranceiver, a radio that can reviece signals
from anywhere in the galaxy. After playing around with his new
invention, he suddenly hears a strange message: "brrzzz ... giggg ...
oment of great triumph ... frzzt ... ast the Milky Way will be ...
huzzzzz ... terly destroyed ... pyuneeeeeeg ... can stop us now. We will
remake the galaxy in the name of the Gannalech. Power to our race!
power to the Shikadi!" After zapping his parents, Billy heads to The
Oracle of Gnosticus IV, who will help Billy with his mission."
Unfortunately, because this is an old game it is a lot harder to get running on a new computer. It still works with Windows XP but Windows 7 has compatibility issues.
Even so, if you can get it to work I think it is still a great game to play when there is nothing else to do.
If you are interested in playing this game, it and this image shown above, can be found
here under the link titled: "Secret of The Oracle".
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Luna's blessings upon you