Date: 12-04-91 (18:50)              Number: 11225 of 14036
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From: JOHN ROMERO                     Read: (N/A)
Subj: KEEN4:"GOODBYE, GALAXY!"      Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Conf: MAIN BOARD (0)             Read Type: MAIL FOR YOU (+)

If anyone out there needs help with Commander Keen:"Secret of the
Oracle", I would be happy to answer any questions and give hints.  Also,
help for the original Keen trilogy is no problem and if you have ANY
problems with video card compatibility, I'd really like to know about
it.  There have been a couple problems with older non-standard EGA video
cards where the screen "jitters" and we are currently fixing the
problem.

One bug that was in "Secret of the Oracle" (the first episode of the
"Goodbye, Galaxy!" duo) was when you saved the game and loaded it later,
the gems you had didn't show up.  That has been fixed.  Scott Miller
should have a current version of it (I'm not sure if he uploaded it yet
or not...)

Anyway, hope you all like the game.  Just wait until February 1st.

Date: 12-05-91 (02:46)              Number: 11304 of 14036
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From: JIM NIELSEN                     Read: HAS REPLIES
Subj: COMMANDER KEEN...GALAXY       Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
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I was wondering if the commander keen game good bye galaxy is hampered
in any way?  I and a friend were trying it out and I've made it through
all the cities and stuff except the pyramid with the hand...Is there a
trick to getting in there?
Jim Nielsen

Date: 12-06-91 (22:50)              Number: 11420 of 14036
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From: CAMERON CHRISTENSEN             Read: (N/A)
Subj: CK- ISLE OF TAR               Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
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Hey Everybody,

             I  don't get all the big fuss about passing the Isle of
Tar, If all you want to do is get past it, got the the right for a bit
and take a BIG jump, you'll land on a little space in front of a tar
pool, then just go up to the exit. It's as simple as that <grin>.

                               ...Cameron Christensen

P.S. That's the only way that I've ever passed it, I tried and tried,
but couldn't get through the whole thing.

Date: 12-11-91 (18:04)              Number: 11927 of 14036
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From: DOUGLAS HOWELL                  Read: (N/A)
Subj: GOODBYE GALAXY--CMDR KEEN     Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
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If anyone does not want to know about the extra Keen lives in the Border
Village, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER!

To get the extra lives, you must be down in the underground passage over
on the left side of the far left green slime tub.  You must use your
pogo and jump up until Keen's head disappears in the rocks.  Right
before Keen's head touches the ceiling, you must turn off the pogo and
try to grab the ceiling by pushing your joystick forward.  It is a very
difficult move that may take many tries.  If you do it just right, Keen
will lift himself up into a room in the ceiling.  You must then pogo off
a stationary platform to get the extra life bottles.  The platform will
fall down if you try to do a normal jump.  That's all there is to it!
You then exit out a door at the top.

I found this by accident the second time I was playing the game.  I was
searching for anything hidden in the walls and ceiling and just kind of
lucked into finding it.

Now would someone tell me how to get Keen to pull his pants down?

Date: 12-15-91 (14:47)              Number: 12214 of 14036
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From: HANS CROSS                      Read: HAS REPLIES
Subj: KEEN4 GOODBYE GALAXY          Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Conf: MAIN BOARD (0)             Read Type: MAIL FOR YOU (+)

I think I have found a bug in Keen 4.  When I save a game with keys that
I have found and restore the game later, the keys are gone and I get
stuck in the area I'm in until I die.  Help would be appreciated.  HFC
}]

Date: 12-16-91 (12:36)              Number: 12284 of 14036
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From: DAVID JACOBSON                  Read: (N/A)
Subj: GOODBYE GALAXY/ORACLE         Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
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Well, I just finished the Well of Wishes.  I almost gave up; trying to
find a trick to the big fish.  Just found ways of outmanuevering them
but didn't score many points in that level.

Now, I have to wait until the next episodes arrive in the mail.  Scott,
any idea of shipping dates?

David Jacobson

Date: 12-16-91 (21:35)              Number: 12438 of 14036
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From: JOHN ROMERO                     Read: HAS REPLIES
Subj: KEEN/SECRET OF THE ORACLE     Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
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To Everybody that Loves Commander Keen: Secret of the Oracle:

You would like to know more about hidden areas and such?  Well
here is a lucrative list of hidden goodies you might enjoy
trying to find!

CAN YOU:

* find the secret doorway that takes you to the top of the
  Pyramid of the Moons?  I'm talkin' the OUTSIDE of the
  Pyramid?

* find the huge hidden area located at the TOP of the
  Cave of the Descendents?

* find the 2nd Princess Lindsey appearance?  The first one is
  simple: in Hillville.

* find the secret area in the Chasm of the Chills?  Slugs hold many
  secrets...

* find the free Keen in Miragia?  It's a long way down...

* find the 7 free Keens in the Pyramid of the Gnosticene Ancients?

* get to the free Keen on the Isle of Fire?

Those are even MORE reasons to replay Secret of the Oracle if you've
already finished it.  By the way, a new upload of this game will be
available soon -- it will have Sneak Preview shots from the other 2
new Commander Keen adventures:
Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine (the 2nd part of "Goodbye, Galaxy!")
Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!

Please support us in our endevours to create top-notch quality
shareware -- REGISTER KEEN4!  And if you haven't played the original
Keen series, you can get it here on Software Creations.

John Romero
Id Software, Inc.

Date: 12-18-91 (18:55)              Number: 12577 of 14036
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From: MICHAEL LEONARD                 Read: (N/A)
Subj: GOODBYE GALXY-ISLE OF TAR     Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
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Any help I could get in the Isle of Tar area in Good-bye Galaxy would be
greatly appreciated.  Specifically, where do I find my first gem.  I've
been everyhere except where it is..  I've found lots of tar but no gems.

Also, has anyone gotten to the.. hmm, what is the name of that area.  Oh
well I forget the name, but it is where CK swims underwater.  If anyone
hasd gotten that far, could you tell me how you got past those DopyFish?

thanx,  Mykyl
