

Slayer's Club describes them as hanging effigies of the previous id hero Commander Keen. He does not, however, pose any threat to the player as true monsters do, meaning he cannot attack the player. The horrified face Keen displays when killed is the one the player sees on Billy when he flies out of the level upon losing a life in the original Commander Keen games.Ĭommander Keen can be considered a monster in the technical sense as he counts towards the kills percentage, will respawn under the corresponding settings, and is not included when the -nomonsters parameter is used.

When killed, a Commander Keen emits an electronically-distorted death cry as he falls off his hanging rope to the ground, his eyes wide open facing the player with a horrified look, middle body torn apart showing bloodied organs and ribcages, but his head and blood-soaked tennis shoes are clearly left intact. The player must kill the four hanged Keens to trigger the door that hides the switch. In the final room of that level, four hanged Commander Keen bodies are suspended from ropes by their necks around a metal cube containing the exit switch. He took his name from one of his grandfather's buddies from WWII, who was named Commander Keen.Īn incarnation of the character can be found in the super-secret Doom II map, Level 32: Grosse, as an easter egg. He has also traveled to Mars using his own homemade spaceship and saved the universe from alien incursion, but has not fought demons from Hell like his descendent. Commander Keen usually wears a purple t-shirt, jeans, and an American football helmet painted in Green Bay Packers colors that he borrowed from his brother. Blazkowicz).Įven though Keen is only eight years old, he's highly intelligent for his age it's said that he has a IQ of 314. Blazkowicz II (Billy Blaze) is the grandson of the great W.W.II hero William J. We have not yet seen the Slayer's counterpart from MachineGames universe. was able to have any further children after his daughters due to the events in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Commander Keen is apparently the illegitimate son of one of his daughters (otherwise he would have his father's surname rather than his mother's). Since in the MachineGames universe, it is unlikely B.J. and different family tree, though Billy and the Blaze Twins exist in that universe as the son and grandchildren of one of B.J's daughters. This may not apply to the MachineGames reboot universe, however, which follows its own universe with an alternate history for B.J.
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Blazkowicz before him This is also mentioned in Doom RPG series as well. Doom Marine (in Doom/ Ultimate Doom) is a Blazkowicz descended from Commander Keen, and William J. Blazkowicz II and Billy Blaze) is a character from a series of eponymous platform games by id Software.Īccording to Tom Hall and John Romero several ID series are in fact connected. MAP32: Grosse * Commander Keen (real name: William J.
