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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

TitleCommander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
First release1990
Developerid Software
PublisherApogee Software, Ltd.
PlatformDOS
Genresaction game, platformer
Also known asCommander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons, Episode 2: The Earth Explodes
Players1 player
Co-opNo
Releases
DOS: 1990-12-14

In this episode a Vorticon Mothership is poised above Earth, preparing to destroy the planet with their deadly Tantalus Rays! Commander Keen's mission is to stop these evil Vorticons from blowing up the Earth. In order to do this you need to find and destroy each X-14 Tantalus Ray, powered by cells from the big purple Space Amoeba. The game begins with a top-down map of the mothership. This is the level select screen, where you can walk around and choose the next level you want to enter. On each level, you have to find the exit; if this is one of the levels with a Tantalus Ray, you've got to destroy the Ray before exiting. Once you reach the exit, you're back on the map of the mothership.

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Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Apogee Software, Ltd. · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots, Logos (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Apogee Software, Ltd. · internal use only.
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