Hi guys, I've been a fan of Chex Quest for a while now but I haven't been able to fully experience it's complete Chexxy goodness. I've tried the Ultimate Chex Quest which only has 2 out of 4 episodes done and only works half of the time and I've tried Chex Quest 95 which I'm pretty sure works but I haven't figured out how to access anything past episode 1. Basically I just need to know where I can get a complete and working version of Chex Quest (best game after Shaq Fu and Big Rigs Over The Road Racing etc). I'm not really sure what source port for Doom is the best but I use zDaemon so I'd prefer if it worked with that but I'd be willing to change if it means I can experience the most accurate version of Chex Quest. Also I suppose it'd be important to ask for the links to Chex Quest 2 and 3 for future reference. And by the way I'm using Vista in case that matters. Thanks in advance fellow Chexxers!
EDIT BY MANNY: I'm commandeering this here first post to post links to where Chex Quest in it's various forms can be downloaded.
Chex Quest 3 *RECOMMENDED VERSION FOR REGULAR PLAY--INCLUDES ALL THREE GAMES, UPDATED WITH A ZDOOM-BASED ENGINE*
- Chex Quest Gallery (http://www.chexquest.org/chexquestgallery/downloads/#Chex_Quest_3)
- Chucktropolis, Online Residence of Charles Jacobi (ChexQuest3.zip) (http://www.chucktropolis.com/gamers.htm)
Chex Quest (compact)
- Chex Quest Gallery (http://www.chexquest.org/chexquestgallery/downloads/#Chex_Quest_Compact)
- Chex Quest Mania (Chexquest.zip) (http://chexmania.tripod.com/downloads.htm)
- Mob720's Chex Quest Site (Chexquest1.zip) (http://www.freewebs.com/mob720/downloads.htm)
Chex Quest (full CD)
- 4shared.com - free file sharing and storage (ChexQuest.part1.rar/ChexQuest.part2.rar/ChexQuest.part3.rar/ChexQuest.part4.rar/ChexQuest.part5.rar/ChexQuest.sfv) (http://www.4shared.com/account/dir/7323119/565e79ff/CQE.html)
- Chex Quest Gallery (http://www.chexquest.org/chexquestgallery/downloads/#Chex_Quest_Full_CD)
Chex Quest 2
- Chex Quest Alliance (game.zip) (http://cqalliance.tripod.com/id9.html)
- Chex Quest Gallery (http://www.chexquest.org/chexquestgallery/downloads/#Chex_Quest_2)
Vista doesn't matter. The thing with the Ultimate Chex Quest is that it currently only run with Doom Legacy. It is supposed to be ported to GZDooM sometime soon, but it only really works right in Legacy for now. As for not being able to access other episode, the original Chex Quest only had 5 levels in one episode. There aren't really any other levels. As for Chex Quest 2 and 3, Chex Quest 2 is the second episode of TUCQ. Chex Quest 3 is new, but it contains all three Chex Quests. It is mot likely the best thing to get, as it also features many improvements over the originals. For CQ3, it actually comes with it's own engine, so no need to run it through anything. Here the link to the topic where you can download it: http://chexquest.org/index.php?topic=918.0
Chex Quest 3 is the best for a nostalgic Chex Quest experience. ^^
By the way whats with the...
Quote from: Shaq Fu on October 19, 2008, 06:09:30 PM
(best game after Shaq Fu and Big Rigs Over The Road Racing etc)
From what I heard those games are not good. :P
You should try them, they're quite WINNER! ^
I didn't think Chex Quest and Chex Quest 2 would be so short. I'll try getting CQ3 since I've had a few significant problems in TUCQ, most notably that I can't get past the Arboretum and the common crashing on startup.
Forgot to ask, but how is the multiplayer, is the coop easy to set up? Is the zorchmatch decent or would it be more fun to play with CQ weapons on Doom DM maps if that's even possible.
OFF: Shaq Fu...brings silent facepalm. But anyway, Welcome to the CQFF!
ON:
CQ3 uses a custom built ZDooM engine, and contains all 3 episodes of CQ (Charles Jacobi, the game artist, came back with his finale on the trilogy), and makes it playable in modern PCs.
Multiplayer...upon the release, we tried a Co-op server...it doesn't work very well in Skulltag (our main multiplayer port), and has a few Doom glitches. I think the latest version is compatible, tho. ZDaemon isn't all that great, anymore...I tried it for awhile, its not that good. Skulltag keeps GZDooM AND ZDooM compatible, so if it works on GZDooM, it'll work online. its hard to setup, tho, but a LAN server is pretty easy...go to the Multiplayer Subforum if you have questions.
And to keep it straight...CQ in DooM, or DooM in CQ is NO GOOD. Keep to one or the other, works better XD
Quote from: arch129 on October 19, 2008, 06:41:31 PM
From what I heard those games are not good. :P
I heard that they're in the 'so bad, it's good' category.
(http://ui30.gamespot.com/637/winner_2.png)
I mean, who can't love winnering?
I finished Chex Quest 1 and 2 on the Chex Quest 3 and I must say this is probably the ideal version for me. Thanks guys.
Ideal...its the most complete version yet! XD
Quote from: Atariangamer on October 20, 2008, 12:39:02 AM
(Charles Jacobi, the game artist, came back with his finale on the trilogy)
Quote from: Atariangamer on October 17, 2008, 09:48:51 AM
Replica's right, Chuck never said this was the end...plus, with all the fan projects people have made, it'll NEVER be the end...
WUT? ;D
Also, Chex Quest 3 is definitely the best version. It contains the original games, spiced up some, and a whole 'nother game in itself, wrapped in an engine
that actually works on Vista with customizable controls and a whole bunch of other do-dads. The original games really only exist for nostalgia and technical reasons at this point, not for serious play. I would be surprised if I learned that chex.exe even worked on Vista. DOS programs like that haven't worked on Vista from my experience. TUCQ is another good option, but it isn't quite complete, and it had a few bruises in it that aren't quite healed yet.
Hmmm... CQ 3? I haven't played it all and it was partially stolen... I tought it was very stupid... Had no story...
Or you mean Chukkers?
If you don then I have not beaten it yet... It's cool, just hard as I am not a good doom player... I keep getting killed...
CQ3, released a good few years ago, was stolen...Manny Cav has a list compiled of the WAD's contents and sources all neat and tidy for ya in the CQ3: Revolution forum. We're talking the OFFICIAL CQ3.
Chex Quest 3 with no other title should now be understood to mean the official Chex Quest 3 by Chukker. The other one can be called "the stolen Chex Quest 3," "Chex Quest 3 stolen," or some other title to differentiate it from Chex Quest 3.
Shaq Fu, eh? NEver heard of it.
And for multiplayer, read my forum!
I think this topic is worthy of a pin! It contains a lot of helpful information! :)
Manny Cav's website, the Chex Quest Gallery, has everything you might need and more. I'm surprised he hasn't mentioned it yet! :D
OFF TOPIC:ah, shaq fu.... fun game, I still have the Sega Genesis cartridge...
ON TOPIC:check back in to the chex quest 3 topic regularly, as it is still occasionally updated to fix bugs and graphical errors ;)
Ok, I used to play Chex Quest all the time. However, its been quite a few years now and I'd like to start again. I have the disk to install the game and everything runs fine except for the sound effects. What is wrong? I'm running Windows XP, the movies run fine, but when I get into the game, nothing seems to sound right or work at all. Is there a driver I should download or something. Is it because its such an old game or what? Please help.
Well, on XP the original Chex Quest was pretty buggy, such as whenever doors opened on my computer the game seriously lagged. The noise was funky too. I would recommend using a modern sourceport that has Chex Quest Support, called GZdoom. http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/ Go into your Chex Quest folder, copy chex.wad, and paste it into an unzipped archive of GZdoom. Then double-click the GZdoom.exe.
Welcome, by the way.
If you're on XP, then there's a high chance that you will not be able to use sound effects without serious lag, and even then, it will run slower than normal. Honestly, just download and play the Chex Quest 3 (http://chexquest.org/index.php?topic=1162.0) compilation. ;)
Hey...didn't see this or I wouldn't have gone through the trouble of making that guide! (and forgetting the CQ3 thing ><)
Quote from: The Slimeinator on January 21, 2009, 01:55:32 AM
Well, on XP the original Chex Quest was pretty buggy, such as whenever doors opened on my computer the game seriously lagged. The noise was funky too. I would recommend using a modern sourceport that has Chex Quest Support, called GZdoom. http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/ Go into your Chex Quest folder, copy chex.wad, and paste it into an unzipped archive of GZdoom. Then double-click the GZdoom.exe.
Welcome, by the way.
I think it's a little easier if you just use CQ3. ;)
Yes, CQ3 is the easiest way.
Quote from: ChexCommander on January 22, 2009, 08:40:15 PM
Quote from: The Slimeinator on January 21, 2009, 01:55:32 AM
Well, on XP the original Chex Quest was pretty buggy, such as whenever doors opened on my computer the game seriously lagged. The noise was funky too. I would recommend using a modern sourceport that has Chex Quest Support, called GZdoom. http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/ Go into your Chex Quest folder, copy chex.wad, and paste it into an unzipped archive of GZdoom. Then double-click the GZdoom.exe.
Welcome, by the way.
I think it's a little easier if you just use CQ3. ;)
But GZdoom is better, and has CQ 3 support. :)
Well, bust my buttons! You're right! They even made the Chex Quest cheat codes work for Chex Quest 3 (though they also carried over the error that swapped the scottholman and mikekoenigs cheats)!
Quote from: The Slimeinator on January 23, 2009, 12:57:15 AM
Quote from: ChexCommander on January 22, 2009, 08:40:15 PM
Quote from: The Slimeinator on January 21, 2009, 01:55:32 AM
Well, on XP the original Chex Quest was pretty buggy, such as whenever doors opened on my computer the game seriously lagged. The noise was funky too. I would recommend using a modern sourceport that has Chex Quest Support, called GZdoom. http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/ Go into your Chex Quest folder, copy chex.wad, and paste it into an unzipped archive of GZdoom. Then double-click the GZdoom.exe.
Welcome, by the way.
I think it's a little easier if you just use CQ3. ;)
But GZdoom is better, and has CQ 3 support. :)
Really! Epic win!
You guys didn't know that? Oh well.
He'll still have to download CQ3 to get the WAD for it, but it's nice to know that there are other engine options out there.
Quote from: Manny Cav on October 20, 2008, 09:26:25 PM
Quote from: Atariangamer on October 20, 2008, 12:39:02 AM
(Charles Jacobi, the game artist, came back with his finale on the trilogy)
Quote from: Atariangamer on October 17, 2008, 09:48:51 AM
Replica's right, Chuck never said this was the end...plus, with all the fan projects people have made, it'll NEVER be the end...
WUT? ;D
Also, Chex Quest 3 is definitely the best version. It contains the original games, spiced up some, and a whole 'nother game in itself, wrapped in an engine that actually works on Vista with customizable controls and a whole bunch of other do-dads. The original games really only exist for nostalgia and technical reasons at this point, not for serious play. I would be surprised if I learned that chex.exe even worked on Vista. DOS programs like that haven't worked on Vista from my experience. TUCQ is another good option, but it isn't quite complete, and it had a few bruises in it that aren't quite healed yet.
Chex quest is not now and never has been a dos program. It's a 16-bit windows program. Try and run the original CQ in dos box, it won't work.
CQ3 is definitely the way to go
Quote from: 75 on January 24, 2009, 02:53:46 PM
Quote from: Manny Cav on October 20, 2008, 09:26:25 PM
Quote from: Atariangamer on October 20, 2008, 12:39:02 AM
(Charles Jacobi, the game artist, came back with his finale on the trilogy)
Quote from: Atariangamer on October 17, 2008, 09:48:51 AM
Replica's right, Chuck never said this was the end...plus, with all the fan projects people have made, it'll NEVER be the end...
WUT? ;D
Also, Chex Quest 3 is definitely the best version. It contains the original games, spiced up some, and a whole 'nother game in itself, wrapped in an engine that actually works on Vista with customizable controls and a whole bunch of other do-dads. The original games really only exist for nostalgia and technical reasons at this point, not for serious play. I would be surprised if I learned that chex.exe even worked on Vista. DOS programs like that haven't worked on Vista from my experience. TUCQ is another good option, but it isn't quite complete, and it had a few bruises in it that aren't quite healed yet.
Chex quest is not now and never has been a dos program. It's a 16-bit windows program. Try and run the original CQ in dos box, it won't work.
CQ3 is definitely the way to go
Must...resist....fail....
Wrong. Run CQ in DosBox, and it WILL work. You prolly tried executing it using the chex.exe file. Wrong. You have to run chex.bat in order to get it to work. It uses a MS-Dos Batch file.
If you've ever played the original CQ (which actually works in Win 98), you might have noticed the MS-DOS screen that comes up to launch the program.
CQ works in DOS perfectly, somewhat in 3.1x, and nicely in 9x. after we moved into Windows 5, DOS changed versions and became very background. The Command Prompt is NOT a DOS prompt by ANY means. Due to the lack of native DOS support, Chex Quest runs very badly.
CQ3 should work on 9x up, depending on your graphics setup.
ALSO, chex.exe is a 16-bit program. in those days it really wasn't a DOS/WIN type thing. Once 32-bit came in, it started getting to a DOS/WIN thing. I have a 16-bit version of M$Office (called Office 4), and the 32-bit version was Office 95. you could run several 16-bit programs both ways, though certian ones could only go Windows. In 32-bit programs, it was just only windows.
yeah that was probably it, I wasn't looking for BATs. I was trying to install it from the cd, I must not have looked well enough
the CD should still work tho...hmm...
It should work in terms of installation...
I think he meant he was trying to install from DOSBox maybe?
AH. There's your problem.
Install normaly, then direct DOSBox to C:\CHEX to play.
Quote from: Atariangamer on January 25, 2009, 04:03:45 PM
ALSO, chex.exe is a 16-bit program. in those days it really wasn't a DOS/WIN type thing. Once 32-bit came in, it started getting to a DOS/WIN thing. I have a 16-bit version of M$Office (called Office 4), and the 32-bit version was Office 95. you could run several 16-bit programs both ways, though certain ones could only go Windows. In 32-bit programs, it was just only windows.
No, chex.exe is a MS-DOS program that has an embedded DOS/4GW (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS/4GW (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS/4GW)) loader. The DOS/4GW loader is a 16-bit program that switches the processor into protected mode (32-bit) and loads the program into memory to begin execution, essentially it adds 32-bit capabilities to DOS. You can actually replace DOS/4GW with a newer loader called DOS/32 (http://dos32a.narechk.net/index_en.html (http://dos32a.narechk.net/index_en.html)) if you wanted, and it makes the game run a little better in Dosbox.
As far as I know, DOS/4GW came before 32-bit versions of Windows and the original Doom used it as well. Sorry, the computer networking major in me wanted to clear that up. ;D
O_o ok...
I knew about DOS/4GW, but how did you know it was embeded? (did i miss somethin?)
and DOS/4GW came before 32bit windows, yes. But I dont know if DooM used it. Doom had problems running in Win95 in some cases (hence the Doom 2 for Windows 95 package), so I dont think it had a dos loader like that.
Wow, I just looked at the board stats, and the Chex Quest is available for download thread has almost 22 thousand views. :o It would have the most views on the forum if it weren't for The "EVIL" Game.
Quote from: TheMasterOfBattle on February 02, 2009, 06:57:02 PM
Wow, I just looked at the board stats, and the Chex Quest is available for download thread has almost 22 thousand views. :o It would have the most views on the forum if it weren't for The "EVIL" Game.
Curse you, Dvader!!!!
:D
Quote from: Atariangamer on February 02, 2009, 10:32:05 AM
I knew about DOS/4GW, but how did you know it was embeded? (did i miss somethin?)
and DOS/4GW came before 32bit windows, yes. But I dont know if DooM used it. Doom had problems running in Win95 in some cases (hence the Doom 2 for Windows 95 package), so I dont think it had a dos loader like that.
You can see the DOS/4GW text when you load the game, also DOS/32's installer identifies it as DOS/4GW (run sb -r chex.exe).
EDIT:
http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Versions_of_Doom_and_Doom_II (http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Versions_of_Doom_and_Doom_II)
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v1.1
* Released December 16, 1993.
* The first registered release of Doom.
* First appearance of gamma correction, which is either on or off.
* A more stable version of the DOS extender (DOS/4GW).
* Sound Blaster 1.0 support.
* Textual changes:
* At the text screen of Knee-Deep in the Dead "buy" is changed to "play" in the final sentence.
* The "This version is NOT SHAREWARE, do not distribute!" text was added, to be shown with the registered version.
* Many more, including capitalization, spelling corrections and additional error messages.
* Serial mode multiplayer was added.
* The command line parameters -send and -receive were added.
@'MOB: I don't see 22 thousand.....the shot in the arm has about 1100 more posts, and it has 3 thousand...you might have looked at the thread wrong?
Quote from: ChexCommander on February 03, 2009, 10:10:44 PM
@'MOB: I don't see 22 thousand.....the shot in the arm has about 1100 more posts, and it has 3 thousand...you might have looked at the thread wrong?
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Quote from: ChexCommander on February 03, 2009, 10:10:44 PM
@'MOB: I don't see 22 thousand.....the shot in the arm has about 1100 more posts, and it has 3 thousand...you might have looked at the thread wrong?
He means Chex Quest 3 is Available for Download, which is basically... not gellin' to the tune of this thread.
Oh, there...heh.
Quote from: The Slimeinator on February 04, 2009, 12:18:47 AM
Quote from: ChexCommander on February 03, 2009, 10:10:44 PM
@'MOB: I don't see 22 thousand.....the shot in the arm has about 1100 more posts, and it has 3 thousand...you might have looked at the thread wrong?
He means Chex Quest 3 is Available for Download, which is basically... not gellin' to the tune of this thread.
Well, that's what it was gellin' to before Chukker uploaded Ben(s)on's musicz into da game. ;)
I'm bumping this topic with updates to the first post, listing where you can download the various versions of Chex Quest.