When it comes to 90s FPS games, it seems like everyone wanted a piece of the DOOM pie. Games like Quake and Star Wars: Dark Forces sought to capture the dark, level-based adventures, as the genre came into its own during this era. Perhaps the strangest oddball was Chex Quest, a 1996 iteration that was packaged with boxes of the titular cereal box from General Mills to entice players to throw down a few dollars and get a game with their breakfast.

Inexplicably, the game received a fresh coat of paint this May in Chex Quest HD, a remake from the minds of Team Chex Quest HD and Flight School Studio. The game takes place on the strange planet of Bazoik as Fred Chexster looks to free his intergalactic pals of the Chex Mix Squadron from the terrifying Flemoids, which are green oozing monsters. You’ll do so with several iterations of “Zorch” weapons found throughout the five levels in the game.

While the game is five levels long, this is to be expected, as it was shareware back in ’96. You can’t expect a game that came with cereal to be a fully-fledged 10+ hour romp. That’s why this game comes at a cost of $0.00. For a game at this price point, it’s actually quite clear that a good deal of passion came into bringing it into the modern-day. The team behind this remaster is small and deserves some props for this level of devotion.

There’s a decent amount of “guns” to get throughout the levels. Some are automatic, others will wipe out multiple enemies in one shot. Unfortunately, I found myself sticking only to the aforementioned automatic zorch gun, as its damage-per-second was good enough to dispatch the majority of the enemy types I faced. A little more variety or balancing of the arsenal would make this a more memorable aspect of the game.

As far as your foes go, you are up against disgusting green masses of slime called Flemoids. Some slither around towards you, others are loaded with dual slime cannons to pepper you down. Compellingly, you don’t kill your enemies but teleport them away when they are defeated. Sadly, if you’ve played an FPS before, they won’t trouble you much. I never saw my health go below 60% in my entire playthrough. There just isn’t much challenge to be had in Chex Quest HD.

I was able to complete Chex Quest HD within an hour. As an avid DOOM fan, I was accustomed to how the game would play out, even though I never got my hands on the original back in the day. Regardless, it was fairly entertaining and I like that it’s suitable for the whole family to play, as opposed to the gorefest that FPS games usually bring to the table. It’s hard to fault a game that’s free, so Chex Quest HD is certainly worth the time for most players, as it won’t impede much on your day, but don’t expect it to blow you away.

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Chex Quest HD

Free

7

Score

7.0/10

Pros

• Nice Polish for a Free Game
• Good Immersion
• Decent Voice Acting

Cons

• 5 Levels, 1 Hour Long
• Sound Bugs