Is there a way for me to play Commander Keen on my mac?

If it’s an older DOS or Windows version (old enough that performance won’t be an issue), then yes, run DOS/Windows emulation software and run it on that.

Id prefer not to use a windows emulator are there any other options?

There are emulators that are not a full windows emulator. You can get them for Commodore 64/Amiga, Atari, PC etc. I have the old Commodore and Amiga games – Boulderdash etc., running on Macs.

Get DOSbox. Then get the abandonware image of the game. Voila, you’re done. I did the same with Out of This World.

Boxer is the Mac version of Dosbox.

What @andrew said – I’m running DOSbox so I can play Keen too, and it works beautifully.

And lurve for Commander Keen – it was my favorite game when I was growing up! I was so excited when I figured out how to play it on my Mac!

@sdeutsch That link to Boxer comes with Commander Keen! Amazing!

Windows > Mac for exactly this reason…. we have games and easy ways to play them.

Seconded on DosBOX. I use it to run one of the Elder Scrolls games that just went freeware on Bethesda’s site, and have been using it for years to run X-Com.

@kibaxcheza Mac > Windows because it’s better in every other way, plus you can run Windows programs including games at full speed with Boot Camp. Plus you can run all the same emulators right in OS X with no problem.

key word… emulator

id rather not waste sys resources…. is that ok with you? or are you all about high reeving second gear instead of shifting to 3rd?

DosBox is an emulator on Windows as well, as are all of the NES, SNES, etc emulators that I was referring to. And running Windows in Boot Camp is not emulation at all. It’s 100% Windows at 100% speed. I can play all the newest Windows games on my Mac with no problems at all.

so you have a program that did a dual os for you….. why didnt you just say that….

OMG! How did I miss a Commander Keen question?! I was just playing it a few weeks ago.