> The game is notable for the fact that it was the first game CD-ROM to be released inside a cereal box. Sales of Chex cereal increased by 295% in incremental volume over base and 48% in volume share during this promotion.[1] Much of the manufacturing cost of the CDs was paid for by America Online. AOL was allowed to include its dial-up online service client on the disc in exchange for this contribution.

If you weren't around then this may be hard to believe but I cannot overstate how ubiquitous was the distribution of AOL CD-ROMs. They were everywhere. It felt like you couldn't open a magazine without one falling out. You'd stumble upon them on the sidewalk. AOL must have stamped a billion of the damn things. (Edit: I was afraid I might be exaggerating but apparently it really may have been a billion. https://www.vox.com/2015/5/12/8594049/aol-free-trial-cds)

About 5 years ago I was pacing the Knoxville marathon and toward the end it was just me and a college student, maybe she was twenty, and somehow I brought up AOL. She'd never heard of it. She'd never heard of CD-ROMs. I was like, so there was this movie called You've Got Mail[1]. She hadn't heard of that either. I felt really old.

1. 1998 movie where AOL is a plot element. If you're up for a romcom that's a nice time capsule of the late 90s, you could do worse. Also has PowerBook G3s and the sound of modems.