Commander Keen

Commander Keen is one of the most iconic retro gaming sprites of the 90s! I loved this little 8-year-old genius in an American football helmet, zooming through space at night while his parents were out… do you remember? 🚀😄

A perfect pixel art pattern for nostalgic parents who want to share their love of retro gaming with their kids — and for all fans of geek culture and vintage arcade games! 🕹️🎨

Materials needed to create this pattern:

This creation can be easily made using a standard square pegboard (#Ad #Amazon) and a set of Hama midi beads.

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Into retro gaming? Check out our 90s patterns in our special Millennial collab with Craft & Blabla !

💡 Did you know?
Commander Keen is Billy Blaze — an 8-year-old kid with an IQ of 314 who built a spaceship from stuff he found around the house. At night, when his parents go out and his babysitter falls asleep, he puts on his big brother's football helmet and becomes Commander Keen, Space Explorer. 🌌

The Commander Keen saga was the very first creation of id Software — the John Carmack and John Romero duo, before they invented Doom and Quake! A little platform game that came before the greatest FPS titles in video game history. Not bad for a kid in a football helmet! 😄

And the fun fact that blows everyone's mind: Commander Keen is Doom Guy's father — and the grandson of BJ Blazkowicz, the hero of Wolfenstein! A whole family of video game legends. 🎮