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Chex Quest 2
''Chex Quest'' is a non-violent first-person shooter video game created in 1996 by Digital Café, originally intended as a Chex cereal promotion aimed at children aged 6–9 and up.Thompson, Stephanie. "WatersMolitor Promo Links Chex and AOL." '' Adweek - Midwest Edition''. 10 February 1997.Sloane, Martin.Cereal offer provides good fun" ''The Vindicator''. Wednesday August 13, 1997. C2. It is a total conversion of the more explicitly violent video game ''Doom'' (specifically ''The Ultimate Doom'' version of the game). ''Chex Quest'' won both the Golden EFFIE Award for Advertising Effectiveness in 1996 and the Golden Reggie Award for Promotional Achievement in 1998,Hyers, Dean. Digital Café Projects''. DeanHyers.com.Reggie Awards Case Studies: Reggie Gold Award Winners - Chex Quest'. Promotional Marketing Association. 1998. and it is known today for having been the first video game ever to be included in cereal boxes as a prize. The game's cult following has been described by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Café
Digital Café was a new media company founded in early 1991 by Dean Hyers (creative director) and Mike Koenigs (technical director, foley, web development). It operated for 7 years independently in Saint Paul, Minnesota, St. Paul before being acquired in October 1998 as a new Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis-based division of Campbell Mithun Esty (an advertising firm) specializing in programming and design for special-market advertising (promotional games, site design, etc.) similar to Black Widow Games.Koenigs, MikeDigital Cafe : One of the Nation's first Interactive Agencies 2008. In 1995, Hyers and Koenigs formed a sister company to Digital Café called Digital Entertainment as a joint venture with Navarre Corporation. Digital Entertainment was then sold to Navarre Corporation in 1996. In 1999, Digital Café merged with four other similar firms to become Zentropy Partners. In 2008, Mike Koenigs bought the name and trademarks back and restarted Digital Café as a digital adver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |