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Test Your Game Knowledge
June 22 July 5, 1999
Think you know your stuff? Let's see if you can get these three questions.
Question #1: There have been several games to do so over the years, but what was the first FPS game to ship with a playable female character? And what was the first id engine game to do so?
Question #2: References to the now infamous Dopefish have appeared in seven games over the years. Name them.
(NOTE: the only accepted answers will be games that SHIPPED with the reference in them. Patches and references that didn't make it into the game do NOT count)
Question #3: What was the first product developed by Monolith that was played from a first person perspective, and who published it?
Update 7/5/99: As there have been no right answers in the three weeks we've been running this contest, we're going to give two games away to the winner. Remember: you must get all three questions right in order to win. Send your answers to contest@bluesnews.com, and good frikkin' luck, dude.
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