Episode X

Episode X

Modded episode	Keen 1
Protagonist	Commander Keen
Author(s)	Xkylyr Rauh
Status	Complete
Release date	2002-06-30
Discussion(s)	PCKF: development, release Keen: Modding
Number of levels	18
Secret levels	0
New gameplay?	No
New graphics?	Yes
New levels?	Yes
New sounds?	No
New music?	No
Download	newest
Vote	4.00 (5 votes)
Other mods in this series	Episode Y, Episode Z, Episode Null, Episode Dash

Commander Keen Episode X aka. XkyKeen1 is a Keen 1 mod by Xkylyr Rauh. It's the second mod ever created for an original Commander Keen game. It won the 2002 Keen Awards.

It takes place aboard a spaceship. The story takes place after all the official Keen games, and is an interpretation of a possible storyline for Commander Keen: The Universe is Toast.

Story

In this episode, having stopped the Shikadi Armageddon Machine and saved his babysitter Molly from being devoured by the Bloogs of Fribbulus Xax, Commander Keen finally sits down to decypher the mysterious message he found in the command room of the Q.E.D.

Upon translating, Keen was shocked to discover that Mortimer's plans extended far beyond the destruction of Earth--or even the Galaxy! No, Mortimer's plan is to destroy the Universe!

Checking in on his still-groggy parents, (whom he had recently nursed back to conciousness via ice cream,) young Billy once again donned his brother's football helmet and blasted off into space, destination: McMire's ship.

After a considerable trip, Keen's ship slowed out of hyperspace and crept up to the underside of Mortimer's stealthy mothership. A simple frequency scan granted him access through some bay doors, and without a second's hesitation, Keen set out to dismantle key structures in this Universe-threatening ship!

Actors

• 
  Android Dummy

  Vorticon Guard replacement.
  
• 
  Basic Service Droid

  Yorp replacement.
  
• 
  Commander Keen

  Commander Keen replacement.
  
• 
  Roving Protoplasm

  Butler Robot replacement.
  
• 
  Sparky Mark II

  Garg replacement.
  
• 
  Tank Bot

  Tank Robot replacement.
  

Items

• 
  Little Candies

  100 points.
  
• 
  Yummy Cookie

  200 points.
  
• 
  Juicy Hot Dog

  500 points.
  
• 
  Fruit Snacks

  1,000 points.
  
• 
  Bowl of Nachos

  5,000 points.
  

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  Hyprician Link

  Part required to finish the game.
• 
  Keygems

  Keygems used to open doors.
• 
  Kirimpul Piston

  Part required to finish the game.
• 
  Neuclidium Core

  Part required to finish the game.
• 
  Neural Stunner

  Five extra shots.
• 
  Pogo Stick

  Pogoing allows reaching otherwise inaccessible places (obtained upon entering the first level).
• 
  Ponart Sensoscope

  Part required to finish the game.

Levels

• 

  1: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 8,600

  Ammo 1

• 

  2: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points 6,400

  Ammo 2

• 

  3: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points 18,400

  Ammo 1

• 

  4: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points 23,500

  Ammo 1

• 

  5: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 3,400

  Ammo 0

• 

  6: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points 0

  Ammo 1

• 

  7: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 8,700

  Ammo 0

• 

  8: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points 20,200

  Ammo 1

• 

  9: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points 1,000

  Ammo 0

• 

  10: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 8,500

  Ammo 0

• 

  11: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points 13,300

  Ammo 1

• 

  12: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 7,300

  Ammo 1

• 

  13: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 14,200

  Ammo 2

• 

  14: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 5,800

  Ammo 2

• 

  15: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 11,200

  Ammo 1

• 

  16: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points 54,600

  Ammo 1

• 

  22: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 11,900

  Ammo 1

• 

  29: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points 7,600

  Ammo 1

• 

  80: Mortimer's Ship (world map)

  Required? Yes

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

• 

  81: Ending

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

• 

  90: Title screen

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

Levelpacks

There are three levelpacks made for this mod.

• KeenRush has made a levelpack called xky1tuned. The 16 new levels of the level pack are considerably more difficult than the original levels of the mod.

• A Keen Community Levelpack for Keen X has been started by Fleexy. Release 2 of 2010-03-14 features 10 levels.

• Years later after his first one, KeenRush released another levelpack called xky1rooms. It's a remake of 14 of the levels from the original mod as one-room levels.

Technical Information

• Graphics: custom graphics by Xkylyr Rauh
• Levels: 18 levels
• Tools used (incomplete list): ModKeen 1.0, CKPatch