![]() Taken by itself, and by modern standards, it's not that extraordinary a game - there's dozens of free Doom-based games now - but Chex Quest is a nostalgic artifact. ![]() Let's be honest the disc was probably the tastiest thing in the box anyway. All kid-friendly yet still unmistakably Doom, and it's where a lot of American kids got their first taste of the FPS genre. ![]() You're not using medkits to heal, but just cleaning up for a balanced meal. Demons are replaced by alien goo-monsters, and shooting is replaced by teleporting them back to their slimy home dimension. Guns are replaced with weird techno-devices that look like TV remotes. Below, a surprisingly good mini-documentary on the game's history, including some fun facts on its unpredecented mass manufacturing process.įor those who never got to play it in the 90s, Chex Quest is Doom with all the hard edges sanded down. Today's release via an adorably '90s themed page isn't entirely new, but the previously-unofficial work of original Chex Quest developer Charles Jacobi, who has been carrying a torch for the series for decades. It's just slightly delayed compared to the first two episodic releases in 19 respectively. Today, General Mills cereal (owners of all things Chex) officially released Doom-alike advergame FPS Chex Quest 3, free and Windows-friendly.
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