Keen 4 Composite CGA Edition
| Modded episode | Keen 4 |
|---|---|
| Protagonist | Commander Keen |
| Author(s) | VileR |
| Status | Complete |
| Release date | 2016-05-22 |
| Homepage | int10h.org |
| Discussion(s) | PCKF |
| Number of levels | 19 |
| Secret levels | 1 |
| New gameplay? | No |
| New graphics? | Yes |
| New levels? | No |
| New sounds? | No |
| New music? | No |
| Download | newest |
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| Other mods in this series | Keen 5 Composite CGA Edition |
Keen 4 Composite CGA Edition is a skin mod by VileR, made for CGA version 1.4 (the Apogee Software version) of Keen 4. The graphics are all redrawn to take advantage of how CGA looks with composite output. In other words, the colors are replaced by black and white patterns that, when displayed in a composite monitor, each turn into one out of 16 colors. In addition, fade-in-and-out transitions are patched back in (the original CGA versions lacked any sort of transitions).
To run this mod with the intended display on DOSBox, one should use a fork that supports emulation of CGA composite output. DOSBox-X, for instance, has two options for this type of output, called cga_composite and cga_composite2. These are accessed in Main → Configuration tool → Main → machine.
In-Game Screenshot
Gameplay
Technical Information
- Text: unchanged
- Graphics: entirely redone for CGA's composite output
- Levels: unchanged
- Tools used: cga2ntsc, CKPatch, ModId, Photoshop