Short Circuit Oracle

Short Circuit Oracle

Modded episode	Keen 4
Protagonist	Commander Keen
Author(s)	55Aavenue
Status	Complete
Release date	2018-05-26
Latest update	2019-12-22
Discussion(s)	PCKF Release Thread
Number of levels	19
Secret levels	1
New gameplay?	No
New graphics?	Some
New levels?	Yes
New sounds?	No
New music?	Yes
Download	newest (v.1.5) v.1.4 v.1.3
Vote	3.50 (2 votes)
Other mods in this series	The Armageddon App

Short Circuit Oracle is a Keen 4 levelpack by 55Aavenue. It is a reboot of the Keen 4 story that takes place on the 21st century, with modern inventions like smart phones and social media utilized in the plot, with some twists.

Story

Keen used the Galactic Router to connect to the Galaxy Wide Web in order to check out his social media feed, when he came across a post by the Shikadi, stating that they are going to destroy the galaxy, so he went out to Gnosticus IV to get info from the inhabitants. However though, the Oracle, which was in the process of getting powered up so it could collect info about the Shikadi, was broken down by those aliens. The only ones that can fix it, the Gnosticene I.T. Technitions (sic), were kidnapped and dropped off at the Shadowlands, so Keen went to there to go to the rescue.

Actors

Besides the Council Members, all of the Keen 4 actors remained unchanged.

• 
  I.T. Technician

  Council Member replacement.
  

Items

• 
  Shikadi Soda

  100 points.
  
• 
  Diet Gnosticene Soda

  200 points.
  
• 
  Shovel

  500 points.
  
• 
  Shikkers Candy Bar

  500 points.
  
• 
  Candle

  1,000 points.
  
• 
  Cherries

  1,000 points.
  
• 
  Cocktail

  1,000 points.
  
• 
  Mushroom

  1,000 points.
  
• 
  Doughnut

  2,000 points.
  
• 
  Ice Cream Cone

  5,000 points.
  
• 
  Pickax

  5,000 points.
  

• 
  Lifewater Flask

  Extra life.
• 
  Raindrop

  Collect 100 to get an extra life.

Levels

• 

  0: Shadowlands

  Keen enters the Shadowlands

  Required? Yes

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

• 

  1: Shadow Village

  Keen arrives at Shadow Village

  Required? Yes

  Points 93,300

  Ammo 3

• 

  2: Mountain Bypass

  Keen crosses Mountain Bypass

  Required? Yes

  Points 75,100

  Ammo 4

• 

  3: Well of Secrets

  Keen clumsily falls down a well

  Required? No

  Points 55,500

  Ammo 4

• 

  4: Coco Caverns

  Keen goes cuckoo for Coco Caverns

  Required? No

  Points 130,500

  Ammo 4

• 

  5: Lindseys Castle

  Keen visits Lindsey's Castle

  Required? Yes

  Points 118,800

  Ammo 5

• 

  6: Apex Mountain

  Keen hikes up Apex Mountain

  Required? Yes

  Points 67,200

  Ammo 5

• 

  7: Cherryville

  Keen pops into Cherryville

  Required? No

  Points 67,000

  Ammo 8

• 

  8: Altairian Mines

  Keen nostalgically enters Altairian Mines

  Required? Yes

  Points 38,800

  Ammo 4

• 

  9: Sunset Club

  Keen sneaks in Sunset Nightclub

  Required? Yes

  Points 94,200

  Ammo 5

• 

  10: Hidden Palms

  Keen slips into Hidden Palms

  Required? Yes

  Points 85,400

  Ammo 4

• 

  11: Dark Pyramid

  Keen lights up the Dark Pyramid

  Required? Yes

  Points 101,200

  Ammo 4

• 

  12: Pyramid of Mines

  Keen minds his way into the Pyramid of Mines

  Required? Yes

  Points 81,500

  Ammo 0

• 

  13: Temple of Terror

  Keen trembles in the Temple of Terror

  Required? Yes

  Points 67,200

  Ammo 5

• 

  14: Secret Castle

  Keen doesn't know what this place is...

  Required? No

  Points 151,200

  Ammo 3

• 

  15: Toxic Trestle

  Keen takes on Toxic Trestle

  Required? Yes

  Points 19,900

  Ammo 8

• 

  16: Hot Hot Island

  Ironically not featuring 'Too Hot'

  Required? Yes

  Points 84,600

  Ammo 5

• 

  17: Shadowlands Dam

  Keen walks along the Shadowlands Dam

  Required? Yes

  Points 20,000

  Ammo 0

• 

  18: Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket

  Keen launches into the Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

• 

  19: High Scores

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

Technical Information

• Reboot of the Keen 4 story on the 21st century
• Graphics: Keen 4 graphics with some new tileset graphics, story images, and title screen by 55Aavenue
• Music: Mostly new songs with a few of the originals
• Levels: 19 levels, 1 secret level, 1 unreachable level (High Scores screen), 1 worldmap (Shadowlands)
• Tools used: Abiathar, KeenGraph