I guess if the game tells you it needs win3x then it actually needs win3x.

It is just a Windows installer.

I've got everything working now 😁 Got Windows 3.1 up & running & got full sound support by running Boxer. Although the music isn't playing back quite right though. It sounds like the music is missing a few channels.

Honestly the best way to run Chex Quest is through a Doom Source Port. Because Chex Quest is really just a modified version of Doom it works just as good as normal, if not better. This should also fix your sound issue.

Admittedly, most if not all Source Ports have made vast improvements over the original Doom engine, and thus provide a slightly different environment, so if you're looking to play the game EXACTLY how you used to, then it seems you've got things worked out.
However, there is a reason for all the improvements made on the Doom engine and they make playing any game compatible with the engine (Doom 1 and 2, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, and of course Chex Quest 1 and 2) a better experience.

There are many Doom source ports available.
I'm only going to link to the ones I've used personally, but a Google search will turn up many more. Shop around and choose one you like best.
Anyway here they are:
http://zdoom.org/
http://legacy.newdoom.com/

If you need any help getting Chex Quest either to run both should have plenty of support on their respective websites.
If you can't find what you're looking for on their official sites/forums then email or PM me and I'll help you further.

Just copy over all of the files from the base of the CD (no folders) and run CHEXSET.EXE in DOSBox to set you hardware. Run the game in DOSBox with CHEX.EXE. Windows is not needed.

Ocarina654 wrote:

Honestly the best way to run Chex Quest is through a Doom Source Port. Because Chex Quest is really just a modified version of Doom it works just as good as normal, if not better. This should also fix your sound issue.

Chex Quest has altered gameplay though. Just running it in a source port won't play like Chex Quest (i.e. no ammo dropping, single episode, some attacks melee only, big flemoid doesn't move)