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Test Your Game Knowledge 9:
The Final Frontier
August 3, 1999

Allrighty, this weekend is QuakeCon '99, so in honor of this momentous occaision, we've got three id Software questions for you. Think you're up to it?

Question #1: What's the (full) name of the character you play in Wolfenstein 3D?

Question #2: In addition to his own games, Commander Keen makes a brief appearance in another id Software title. What game was it?

Question #3: What's the name of Commander Keen's alter ego?

Send your answers to contest@bluesnews.com, and a random entry from the correct entries will even win a prize that we haven't decided on just yet. We'll stop accepting entries at midnight EDT on Monday, August 9, 1999.

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