Editing Chex Quest (section)

{{short description|1997 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Chex Quest
| image = Chex Quest-front cover.png
| alt = Cover art from the game's original CD sleeve as found in boxes of Chex cereal in 1997.
| developer = [[Digital Café]]
| publisher = [[General Mills]]
| producer = Virtual Communications<ref name=sicherman>Sicherman, Al. ''Taste: Tidbits''. [[Star Tribune]]. 13 August 1997.</ref>
| designer = 
| artist = Charles Jacobi
| composer = Andrew Benson
| director = {{unbulleted list|Mike Koenigs (technical director)|Dean Hyers (creative director)}}
| engine = [[Doom engine|id Tech 1]]
| released = {{Video game release|NA|1997}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[MS-DOS]]<br>[[Microsoft Windows]]
}}

'''''Chex Quest''''' is a [[non-violent first-person shooter]] video game created in 1996 and released in 1997 by [[Digital Café]], originally intended as a [[Chex]] cereal promotion aimed at children aged 6–9 and up.<ref name=thompson>Thompson, Stephanie. "WatersMolitor Promo Links Chex and AOL." ''[[Adweek|Adweek - Midwest Edition]]''. 10 February 1997.</ref><ref name=vindicator>Sloane, Martin. "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FSBKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eIUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5111,8173791&dq=chex-quest&hl=en Cereal offer provides good fun]." ''[[The Vindicator]]''. Wednesday August 13, 1997. C2.</ref> It is a [[total conversion modification|total conversion]] of the more explicitly violent video game ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'' (specifically ''[[The Ultimate Doom]]'' version of the game). ''Chex Quest'' won both a Golden EFFIE Award for Advertising Effectiveness<ref name=hyers/><ref>Vale, Heather; Comm, Joel. ''Closed Door Session #5 - EXPERT: Michael Koenigs''. Closed Door Session DVD Series. 2008.</ref> and Golden Reggie Award for Promotional Achievement in 1998,<ref name=hyers>Hyers, Dean. ''[http://www.deanhyers.com/dc-projects.html Digital Café Projects] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919140615/http://deanhyers.com/dc-projects.html |date=2008-09-19 }}''. DeanHyers.com.</ref><ref name=PMA>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20050427102350/http://www.pmalink.org/members/reggies/1998_reggie_winners2.asp Reggie Awards Case Studies: Reggie Gold Award Winners - Chex Quest]''. Promotional Marketing Association. 1998.</ref> and it is known today for having been the first video game ever to be included in [[Cereal box prize|cereal boxes as a prize]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/18/ask-joystiq-chex-quest-he-man-and-broken-360-gamepads/ | title = Ask Joystiq: Chex Quest, He-Man and broken 360 gamepads | publisher = Joystiq | author = Ross Miller | date = 2008-04-18 | accessdate = 2008-07-16 }}</ref><ref>Freeman, Laurie. "Special Report - Events & Promotions: Premium Giveaway Products Pass Cost-Benefit Analyses." ''[[Advertising Age]]''. Pg.S-4. 17 March 1997.</ref> The game's cult following<ref>Sharkey, Scott. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110307083704/http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/218347/the-37-best-free-pc-games The 37 Best Free PC Games: Chex Quest 3]''. [[GamePro]]. 2 March 2011.</ref> has been described by the press as being composed of unusually devoted fans of an advertising vehicle from a bygone age.<ref name=PCGamerAug09>Lahti, Evan. ''Backspace - Chex Quest: Never Forget''. [[PC Gamer]]. No.190. Pg.96. August 2009.</ref><ref name="hub">Molitor, Dori. ''[http://hubmagazine.com/html/2008/jul_aug/womanwise.html Return of the Flemoids] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024172653/http://hubmagazine.com/html/2008/jul_aug/womanwise.html|date=October 24, 2008}}''. Hub Magazine. July 2008.</ref><ref name=PAX2010>PC Gamer staff. ''[http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/09/08/the-five-wonders-of-pc-gaming-pax-panel PC Gamer Panel - PAX 2010: The Five Wonders of PC Gaming]''. ([http://dl.pcgamer.com/PCGamerPanelPAX2010.mp3 audio available]). PC Gamer. 8 September 2010.</ref>

In 2019, [[General Mills]] rereleased ''Chex Quest'' and its previously unofficial 2008 sequel, and presented a mini-documentary on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/news/chex-quest-3-video-game|title=Chex Just Rereleased 'Chex Quest'— Its Beloved CD-ROM Game From the 1990s|website=Food & Wine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610195513/https://www.foodandwine.com/news/chex-quest-3-video-game|archive-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>Apple News/Food & Wine Magazine May 24th 2019.</ref>