id and Activision Bring 'Commander Keen' to Game Boy Color

id and Activision Bring 'Commander Keen' to Game Boy Color; id's Original Hero Blazes a New Adventure
March 1 id Software and Activision,Inc. are teaming up this spring to release "Commander Keen," an action-packed, comedic quest to save the cosmos for the Game Boy Color. "Commander Keen" is rated "E," for "Everyone," by the ESRB.

"Commander Keen" marks a return to id Software's roots -- developing over-the-top, comic book-style adventure games for kids. Based on id's original "Commander Keen" series on the PC, "Commander Keen" finds precocious 8-year-old superhero Billy Blaze on an all-new quest to save the world from his alien adversaries, the Droidiccus, Shikadia and Bloogs of Fribbulus Xax.

"'Commander Keen' shows a kinder, gentler side of id Software," Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software said. "Like the original 'Commander Keen' adventures, this is a game that appeals to the spunky 8-year-old hero in all of us -- putting the 'id' back in 'kid.'" But no one said saving the world before bedtime would be easy. A side scrolling platform game, "Commander Keen" challenges players to save the world by finding super-powerful plasma crystals hidden on three separate alien worlds. Each world contains several multi-level maps rife with progressively precarious puzzles. Throughout the adventure, Keen will encounter more than 35 different aliens as well as puzzles, slime pits, magical platforms, secret rooms and teleporters.

"An undisputed classic, the original 'Commander Keen' games combined excellent level design and platform action for an unforgettable gameplay experience," said Larry Goldberg, executive vice president, Activision Worldwide Studios. "Our goal with 'Commander Keen' for the Game Boy Color is to bring this incredibly satisfying and addictive experience to a whole new generation of console gamers."

"Commander Keen" for the Game Boy Color is being developed by David A. Palmer Productions for Activision and id Software.

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