Das DOS : Commander Keen (Pilot Episode)
Channel: Jukebox Zeroes Podcast
Date: 2020-05-04

A brand new entry in the Pandemicasts limited series, we are proud to bring you the pilot episode for a new future regular series on the Zero Science network: Lilz Martin (Jukebox Zeroes) and her brother Glenn Martin are gamers at heart, who came up during a time when the IBM PC computer was home to some of the most fascinating and entertaining PC games of all time, but were frequently overlooked by the history books in favor of the massive console boom that occurred in tandem.

On Das DOS, the two hope to tell their stories along with many of their friends, shine a light on an often unsung family of video games, and generally nerd out embarrassingly.

On this, the pilot episode, Lilz & Glenn tell the story of one of their first PC gaming loves, the side-scrolling platforming franchise Commander Keen, and subsequently the story of the founding of id Software, one of the most important PC game developers of all time.

Sources for this episode include:

Legacy.3DRealms – “A Look Back At Commander Keen” – https://legacy.3drealms.com/keenhistory/
PC World – “Celebrating Commander Keen’s 20th Anniversary” – https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/slideshow/371251/celebrating-commander-keen-20th-anniversary/
Wikipedia – Commander Keen – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen

Theme song composed by Sawtooth – https://djsawtooth.bandcamp.com

Songs featured are by Robert Prince from the soundtracks to Commander Keen 4, 5, and 6
Except for “BGM001” by Mark Cooksey from Commander Keen (GBA)

Contains a sample from “Commander Keen – Official E3 Announce Trailer” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtQjGPfkEe8