12 Facts About Chex Quest

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Chex Quest won both the Golden EFFIE Award for Advertising Effectiveness in 1996 and the Golden Reggie Award for Promotional Achievement in 1998, and it is known today for having been the first video game ever to be included in cereal boxes as a prize.

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Development of Chex Quest differed from traditional video game development in that the basic game engine had already been created and the bulk of the creation process consisted of aesthetic changes made to the music and artwork from The Ultimate Doom.

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Chex Quest was the first foray into professional game development for lead artist Charles Jacobi and programmer Scott Holman, though both had previously modded Doom levels in the past.

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4.

Early designs for the Chex Quest Warrior had his head and body all as one giant Chex Quest piece.

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5.

Whereas Doom is rated M for Mature, Chex Quest was made to be a child-friendly game for all audiences.

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6.

Chex Quest has only the first five levels from The Ultimate Doom converted for the game.

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Comparisons of the game to its forerunner and to other similar games of the day were often unfavorable to Chex Quest, which was pejoratively labeled a "Doom clone", and the game was regarded as an imitation with little to no innovation.

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8.

In modern times, Chex Quest is often considered to have been highly innovative and to have pioneered the use of licensed modding to insert product placement into established titles.

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9.

In 2008, Chex Quest 3 was developed and released as a service to fans by former Digital Cafe members Charles Jacobi and Scott Holman .

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10.

Chex Quest 3 employs the ZDoom source port, and is considerably larger in size than the previous two games.

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11.

In 2016, Jacobi revealed that a high definition remake of the original game called Chex Quest HD was in development using Unreal Engine 4 with the permission of General Mills.

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12.

Chex Quest has gained a devoted fanbase since its cereal-box release in 1996.

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