I Ported Commander Keen to the Web Browser

I used WebAssembly to port id software classic Commander Keen to the web browser.
Play it here!
www.jamesfmack....
No emulators, no tricks, this is a web native version of Keen that runs on both desktop and mobile browsers.
Enjoy!

[@BernieVtuber]

Thank you for this, it's nice to have Commander Keen playable in other ways than just dosbox

[@jamesfmackenzie]

Glad you enjoyed it! It was a fun project 😎

[@JimLeonard]

What exactly was dissatisfying about Keen's performance on dosbox?

[@jamesfmackenzie]

Hi Jim - it’s mostly the PC Speaker sound, especially the jumping and falling noises. They don’t seem to be emulated well on DOSBox 😢

[@lethal_guitar]

Have you tried DosBox Staging? They have vastly improved PC speaker emulation compared to OG DosBox.

[@JimLeonard]

@@jamesfmackenzie I agree, although as @lethal_guitar noted, other versions have improved them (I only use dosbox-x personally -- but only when I have to, as I have a collection of real old hardware that I keep maintained).

[@jamesfmackenzie]

@@lethal_guitar thanks for the tip! I will certainly give it a try 😎

[@jamesfmackenzie]

@@JimLeonard I mostly play on real hardware too. My go to is a T5710 thin client + Voodoo 2 😎
Thanks for the DOSBox-X tip! Will give it a try.

[@GameBacardi]

Works nicely on mobile. Firefox.
But problem is holding button, mobile give options to copy picture, open new tab etc. etc. :P

[@jamesfmackenzie]

Thanks for the feedback! What mobile browser are you using? Perhaps I can disable those copy/paste menus

[@GameBacardi]

Android version of Firefox

[@jamesfmackenzie]

Thanks! Will see what I can do.

[@HalNeinThousand]

Doesn't seem to be Firefox specific, I'm getting the same issue on Chrome for Android.

[@FOIL_FRESH]

this is awesome. YOU are awesome. i never played the original keens. how do i shoot the ray gun? :D

[@jamesfmackenzie]

Glad you enjoyed! It was a fun project!
It’s Ctrl+Alt to shoot the raygun 😎

[@jamesfmackenzie]

Good question! I don’t have a Mac keyboard, but it should be Control + Option
Please let me know if that works! If not I will try to fix it in the code 😎

[@jamesfmackenzie]

@@MDMvision it’s using the key scanning code that was reverse engineered from the original Keen (which used Ctrl + Alt keys).
That said, I might be able to do something hacky 😎 Will reply back here.