![]() ![]() On the Toon TV level meanwhile, after spinning around in circles on a frozen pond for a while, Gex would shout “Hey, I feel like I’m trapped in Boy George’s pants. “A little tongue now, a little tail later” is kinda vile, while uttering “Ahh, Ancient Chinese level” in a stereotypical Chinese accent probably wouldn’t fly today. Gex would get a bit dicey with his dialogue. And yet it didn’t feel ‘adult’ either, it existed in a bit of a smartass, slightly edgelordy realm for kids between maybe the ages of 13 and 15, which is probably the very worst demographic to shoot for. Hefner” and “I’m lost in Dick Dale’s colon” just didn’t feel directed at kids, despite the game’s ‘For Everyone’ rating. Where most other mascots stuck to expressive ‘whoops,’ grunts, and other assorted sounds, Gex even had level-specific dialogue, some of which was utterly incomprehensible to a 10-year-old me. ‘I am your father’ jokes, Karate Kid references, James Bond riffs, the works. He had a lot to say about everything, and was a bit of a 90s pop culture reference machine. ![]() Banjo-Kazooie is still a delight to revisit, and it’s testament to Crash Bandicoot and Spyro that their respective remakes keep the same level designs and environment, merely giving them a lick of paint.īut Gex wasn’t like all the other 3D platformer mascots. Now, there are some 3D platformers from the 90s that have withstood the years pretty well. The games will be rebuilt in the developer’s own Carbon Engine, which should get them running swimmingly on modern systems. Limited Run Games have announced that they’ll be rereleasing the first three Gex games, Gex, Gex: Enter the Gecko, and Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko. Well, nostalgia always wins out in the end, and if a 3D platformer like Glover can re-emerge some 30 years after its lukewarm initial release, then there’s no reason why the ever-quipping shades-wearing gecko known as Gex shouldn’t do the same. ![]()
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