The Keen games aren't even really worth getting on Steam anyways. Because they're just a glorified DOSbox shortcut to the original DOS executables. You're better off buying some kind of DRM-free verison of them, unless you want them to make your Steam library look cooler or just want to say you legally own the games.
They did the same thing with most of the classic Sonic and Genesis games on Steam, because they're basically legal ROMs in an emulator. Sonic CD is the only exception to that, which was actually recoded for the mobile and PC port.
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I agree, of course, that this is true, but even so, it's sort of shady to call something the "Apogee Anthology" and have a picture of Commander Keen on the front, but have no Keen games. I do think it's a bit of a BS move on their part, because someone might buy it thinking that they're actually selling the games that they have shown on the graphic image. It'd kind of be like saying, "Hey, look, an EpicMegaGames Anthology! Please buy here!" with Jazz Jackrabbit on the front cover, but then there aren't any Jazz games sold in the anthology. I'm not angry over it, I just think that it's shady advertizing. But anyways, point taken: I would buy this on 3-D Realms/Apogee and activate the keys on Steam. It's a simple fix.Lava89 wrote:The Keen games aren't even really worth getting on Steam anyways. Because they're just a glorified DOSbox shortcut to the original DOS executables. You're better off buying some kind of DRM-free verison of them, unless you want them to make your Steam library look cooler or just want to say you legally own the games.
They did the same thing with most of the classic Sonic and Genesis games on Steam, because they're basically legal ROMs in an emulator. Sonic CD is the only exception to that, which was actually recoded for the mobile and PC port.
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Yeah, that's a good point. I guess they didn't feel like paying for another poster? hahaGoldenRishi wrote: I agree, of course, that this is true, but even so, it's sort of shady to call something the "Apogee Anthology" and have a picture of Commander Keen on the front, but have no Keen games.
I also wish this anthology was on GOG. Because a good chunk of 3DR games are on there already (i.e. Crystal Caves, Cosmo, ROTT, etc) and I'd rather support a company that gives you DRM-free stuff (even though they too run everything through DOSbox).
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