Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderNote that "Keen Dreams" is the game sometimes called "Commander Keen 3.5" or "The Lost Episode"; unlike episodes 1-3 and 4-6 which were made by ID for sale by Apogee, Keen Dreams was (I think) the last game ID made to fulfill their contractual obligations with SoftDisk. It's interesting in a number of ways - the engine and art is very clearly halfway between the first and second Keen trilogies, it's the only game where Keen doesn't have his iconic…
I used to play "Goodbye Galaxy" and "Invasion of the Vorticons" as a kid. I knew almost every secret way in "Goodbye Galaxy" back then and still remember many levels and secrets. I remember there was a secret way, where you could get 2 "1UP"s, but in the process you die, because you cannot get out of the secret location. Played many hours of that level to get a highscore "record" and thought of myself as so clever ... Oh…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 772
- Total comments
- 193
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-16 | Commander Keen source code releasedFirst breakout · Best thread | vs2 | 545 | 138 |
| 2021-12-06 | Commander Keen in Keen Dreams | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-07-12 | Commander Keen in Keen DreamsLatest 20+ point return | Tomte | 225 | 55 |