Weird, ancient platformer?

Help locating old / Pre year 2000 games you used to play.
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arclanam
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Weird, ancient platformer?

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All right! I'm looking for a very old game for MS-DOS. It was a platformer, or at least side-view.

It was very low-res, possibly to the point where they were more Commodore 64 than DOS, but I know it definitely wasn't any non-Microsoft computer. I don't think it had any music or sound (if it did, it was just computer speaker beeps).

I can recall a little about the plot - I believe it might have been about aliens invading Earth; you played as a teenager or young boy fighting against them. (I want to say he was nerdy and had red hair, but that might just be Another World memories :D) I am almost certain the game had a level editor (although I could never figure it out...). The only part I remember is an underground cave area, with very fiddly and detailed geometry. I think the game had collectables that were either soda cans or pieces of gold. My only other memory is that the screen seemed pretty thin; it's possible that there was a large HUD on either side of the screen taking up space.

This was in a period where I was downloading everything from sites like DOSgames, so it was probably either a game that was available in demo forms or abandonware. Thanks in advance! :D
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Post by creativebunch »

This isn't by any chance one of the very famous Commander Keen games?
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Post by Streaks »

Captain Comic? Nah, probably not. You collected Blastola Cola collectibles, it had a side-bar. Cannot remember an underground cave with fiddely geometry, but memories mix up, like you say. ;/
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