Gex: Enter the Gecko

Gex: Enter the Gecko is the sequel to Gex and the first in the series in 3D (2D for Game Boy). The game involves collecting 3 types of remotes to unlock different levels and to aid in the fight against Rez. Leslie Phillips provided the voice for Gex in the UK and European release of Gex: Enter the Gecko. Dana Gould provided the voice in the US version.

Plot

Since Gex's retirement from the public eye in 1996, television held the only enjoyment in his life. Gex resigned himself to a life of solitude away from the paparazzi frenzy of a few years ago, tucked away in the Maui hillside with his life partner, a big-screen TV. Only things take a turn for the worse when Gex is visited by secret government agents who tell Gex that Rez has returned and hijacked the Media Dimension, a world which has power over all of the world's television. Gex's mission is to rescue television from Rez and make him "disappear."

Game overview

TV rejects

Description of the following channel-worlds which play host to the different TV-related missions upon which Gex must fight through in order to acquire the special remotes:

• Pre-History Channel: A TV channel-world that references pre-history and the stone-age with extensive references to The Flintstones. This level's main enemies are dinosaurs such as Triceratops and Pterodactyls. "Pangaea 90210" and "Lava Dabba Doo" take place around a giant volcano, while "This Old Cave" takes place in a lava-filled cave.
  • Missions: Pangaea 90210, This Old Cave
  • Secret level: Lava Dabba Doo
• Scream TV: This channel-world is heavily inspired by American horror movies throughout. It features monsters such as ghosts and zombies.
  • Missions: Frankensteinfeld, Poltergex, Smellraiser
  • Bonus level: Thursday the 12th
  • Secret level: Texas Chainsaw Manicure

Screenshot of Gex attacking a Frankenstein zombie

• Circuit Central: References the Net and computer science with slight homage to Tron. This level features an energy sphere that, if Gex touches it, allows him to be full of electrical energy for a limited time to activate deactivated machinery.
  • Missions: Honey, I Shrunk The Gecko, www.dotcom.com
  • Bonus levels: Bugged Out, Chips & Dips
• Rocket Channel: Another channel-world paying homage to genre of science fiction television and film, such as Star Wars and Star Trek. Gex constantly needs air in this channel, which can be refuelled at certain points.
  • Missions: Pain in the Asteroids, The Umpire Strikes Out
  • Bonus Levels: I've Got the Reruns, Trouble in Uranus

Out of Toon

• Toon TV: Gex explores a channel-world home to the Saturday morning American cartoons. This makes references to cartoons such as Looney Tunes. For example, there is a hunter similar to Elmer Fudd and signs that say "wabbit season".
  • Missions: Fine Tooning, Out of Toon
• Kung-Fu Theater: "Grab some take-out and then turn some guy into Kung-Fu Chicken. Pulling out chest hair is no fair." – Another genre inspired channel-world with references to martial arts cinema. Mao Tse Tongue features a mini-boss: a long, red dragon.
  • Missions: Mao Tse Tongue, Samurai Night Fever
  • Bonus Level: Lizard In A China Shop
• Rezopolis: Rez's personal channel-world inspired by various genres in TV-culture and movie genres such as crime drama and the disaster film etc.
  • Missions: No Weddings and a Funeral
  • Bonus Levels: In Drag Net, The Spy Who Loved Himself
  • Secret Level: Mazed & Confused
• Boss TV: These are the boss levels. Each one is worth a gold remote.
  • Missions: Gilligex Island, Mooshoo Pork, Gexzilla Vs. Mecharez, Channel Z

Gex 64

Gex 64
Developer(s)	Crystal Dynamics
Publisher(s)	Midway
Designer(s)	Evan Wells Glen A. Schofield Jeffrey Zwelling
Released	August 26, 1998
Genre	Platform
Mode(s)	Single player
Ratings	ESRB: E (Everyone)
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64

Gex 64 was a port of the PlayStation game Gex: Enter the Gecko. This version featured a new level, which replaced the secret levels. "Gecques Cousteau", which is centered on the RMS Titanic, is played almost entirely underwater. The only land parts of the level are aboard the sunken Titanic. The entrance to the Titanic is the iceberg that sunk it. Other changes include fewer bonus levels and fewer quotes, due to the Nintendo 64 cartridges storing significantly less data for games than CDs. The only normal level that was removed was Scream TV's "Poltergex".

See also

• Gex gecko the protagonist of the Gex game series, and former mascot of Crystal Dynamics.
• List of Gex series enemies and bosses
• Crystal Dynamics

External links

• Gex: Enter the Gecko at MobyGames
• Sinjin's Gex: Enter the Gecko Guide - for PlayStation
• Gex Zone