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Commander Keen Episode 5: The Armageddon Machine

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The second episode of the Goodbye, Galaxy! duology, notable for being series director Tom Hall's personal favorite Commander Keen game.

Debug Mode#

It is the same as the one featured in the previous game, only major difference being that the "Free Items!" key combo gives you the current level's Security Keycard instead of Keen 4's Wetsuit.

Unused Music#

Rock Me, But Don't Stone Me!#

According to one of the composers of this game, Robert Prince, this song was titled "Rock Me, But Don't Stone Me!". It was likely cut because there weren't enough levels in the game.

Unused Text#

Keen unexplainedly
 finds himself by
  theHigh Scores

Using the F10 + W debug keys to warp to level 15 (the high score screen) shows this otherwise-unseen level intro text, complete with the grammatically dubious "unexplainedly" and a missing space. Likewise the level's name on the pause screen, "High Scores", also goes unused in normal gameplay.