Chex Quest Series Retrospective - Cereal, boogers, nostalgia

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Chex Quest is fondly remembered by 90's kids. A retro fps born from a cereal promotion that has managed to resonate with gamers for almost thirty years. Is Chex Quest a retro gaming classic or is Fred Chexter, the chex warrior, best forgotten?
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I remember Chex Quest fondly. Back in 1996 the thought of a video game being packaged for free in boxes of cereal was unheard of and yet Chex cereal did exactly that and the result was a retro gaming classic. What may surprise some people though is how the Chex Quest series has endured since its original promotion back in 1996. Not only was there a Chex Quest 2 and Chex Quest 3 there was also recently a Chex Quest HD to coincide with a brand new promotion for Chex Mix.
So why has this series endured? Was it the clever marketing? Or was it just because Chex Quest 1996 was basically a re-skinned version of Doom? And does it still hold up today? Find out in this Chex Quest review retrospective.
Why has this series endured?
Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - What is Chex Quest? History.
4:27 - Chex Quest
8:45 - Chex Quest 2
10:37 - Chex Quest 3
12:39 - Chex Quest HD
15:30 - Conclusion
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Written and edited by Kirk McLaughlin
Graphics by Steven Hilton - @stevenbydesign , stevenxdesign.com
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@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Come join the Kirk.Collects Discord: discord.gg/XqQC8HQEwt Please follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/kirkcollects Please follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/kirkcollects  Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - What is Chex Quest? History. 4:27 - Chex Quest 8:45 - Chex Quest 2 10:37 - Chex Quest 3 12:39 - Chex Quest HD 15:30 - Conclusion

@sirspegy1390 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for Tony the Tiger: vengeance day

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Captain Crunch: Crunch Eternal

@hawkevick9184 3 жыл бұрын

Now you got to do the Heretic series.

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

oooo yes, you are correct

@jeffreywaugh926 3 жыл бұрын

Man they really used to put actual stuff in cereal boxes

@GabrielaArakawa 3 жыл бұрын

did the youtube recomendations actually recomended me a good video for once?

@roguerifter9724 Жыл бұрын

I loved these games when I was a kid. They were among the few FPS games I could play at home while my parents were home before my parents started allowing me to play games with gore during the summer of 97. I got the HD collection and played through it because I had never played the third game due to not hearing about it until the HD release was out.

@uria3679 Жыл бұрын

The Chex Warrior is currently an A Tier cereal mascot

@melancholygeek 3 жыл бұрын

Finally Saturday, time to catch up on some YT, later play maybe some Viscerafest or Prodeus... but,no! Start with this video and now I'm spending my day zorchinging Femoids on Bazoik... Thanks Kirk!

@roccodimarcod3285 Жыл бұрын

Scuba Steve. Man I havent heard that name in a long time. Back in the early 2000's I loved the Ghostbusters Doom Mod and he was like the leading guy on all the forums

@Robocop_1987 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video , I'll gonna play it today .

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Good way to spend your Friday!

@jameshampton4772 3 жыл бұрын

The next game should be called Chex Quest Eternal lol

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

"Spoon Eternal"

@stevenhilton1 3 жыл бұрын

Yeeeessss!!!! So glad to wake up to this thumbnail!

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Just the comment I was hoping to see! Lol

@rebd00mer93 5 ай бұрын

I played the hell out of this game back in the 90s. Especially since my parents wouldnt let me play duke 3d at home. I still play both games to this very day at least once a year. Freakin love this time in games. God i miss the 90s...

@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her Жыл бұрын

What a nostalgia trip, plus extra info I wasn't aware of. It's seriously cool that the company allowed this franchise to, indeed, become one. Instead of stifling fan creations & going after Charles's unofficial threequel, they embraced & adopted them respectively, & built upon them from there (even into a pretty cool comic). True, the new game's not as good, but hopefully it'll inspire the new generation to find out its history (potentially by jogging the memories of their parents who grew up with the classic). And you made a great video to supplement that effort. I appreciate how you set up the historical period (with details of what a kid could usually expect back then) for context, & kept the game's time/budget & circumstances under consideration with your evaluations. Understanding how much it accomplished at the time, & how much that meant to so many young people, even as they grew older. But you also still gave honest opinions about each title, as games in & of themselves, the good & the bad. So we could appreciate Chex Quest with both the perspective of an 80s-90s kid at the time, as well as a modern adult.

@NaumRusomarov 2 жыл бұрын

whoah a cd-rom game. :-)

@minogamesfan9203 2 жыл бұрын

These flemoids are "snot" good. OK I get the joke.

@stephenrego6065 3 жыл бұрын

Wheres the Graven early access review Kirk?

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Coming, got the code the same day as release. I'm gonna give that one a pretty thorough look.

@stephenrego6065 3 жыл бұрын

@@KIRKCOLLECTS haha awesome! Cant wait

@tomsko863 3 жыл бұрын

Graven looks killer. Didn't know you were going to review it. Looking forward to it. As a suggestion, a monthly wrap-up/upcoming/news video should bring in some viewers. people really like those.

@biygas 3 жыл бұрын

I’m early! :D Talk about powerslave please!

@MetalJody1990 3 жыл бұрын

Chex Quest 2 = Grape Nuts Quest Still a better game than Duke Nukem Forever

@ayan8136 Жыл бұрын

Anything is better than duke nukem forever

@mullerandy Жыл бұрын

Fantastic review! 10/10 Loved it.

@colinclement2752 2 жыл бұрын

I remember A sci fi fps from the 90's and the enemies were different shaped smiley faces. It was pretty interesting but I can't remember the name of it?

@Channel9001 Жыл бұрын

You might be thinking of Faceball 2000

@smexehcougah3 2 жыл бұрын

We need a Brutal Chex Quest, and it needs to feature mutilated flemoids trying to crawl away from you as you march up to them and stomp their heads in, just to contrast the kiddiness of the originals XD

@KIRKCOLLECTS 2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her Жыл бұрын

Haha, well keep in mind, people've been making fan-mods of it in dedicated communities for over 2 decades now. I'm almost certain someone's done it, maybe even multiple approaches. 😎

@shiethegal 2 жыл бұрын

I played Chex Quest HD on Switch recently. It was pretty good, but definitely not the best fps on Switch. It doesn't even have gyro aim, which I'm pretty sure is a cardinal sin for Switch fps game.