This was a nostalgia play for me. Traversing they grey-backed levels composed of purple bricks and coloured cans reminds me of when I first played it at my cousin's house. I couldn't tell you if this was before or after my family computer had acquired Secret of the Oracles but alas. It was so early in my video game career that watching CK1 astounded me.

Eventually I would get the game myself and I played through a few times in my youth. Don't know how long its been since I checked this one out since it's been a decade and change since I really got into DOSBox emulation. This is a lot of preamble for a game that I don't think is really good.

It's definitely playable, especially with how short it is, but the controls and movement don't feel very good. I can excuse the very tanky jumping physics but the thing that bugs me is the fact that your velocity determines which way Keen is facing so if you are running left and you need to turn to the right to shoot an alien, you have to wait to Keen's velocity slows down and switches the other way before you can take the shot.

As for everything else, it's very bog-standard. The charms of this game would be improved in the Goodbye Galaxy duology. I enjoyed revisiting this for the nostalgia but I could not play this one again and be fine.