Gex (video game series)
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Gex is a video game series about a gecko with a passion for TV. He gets in and out of many predicaments, usually involving the evil Rez.
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The games
Gex
Game information
The 2D game, released August 28, 1996 and August 30, 1996, was published by Crystal Dynamics and Microsoft for Sega Saturn, PC, 3DO, and PlayStation. The ESRB rating is E.
The plot
Gex is a gecko who becomes attached to the television after his father dies in a rocket explosion. When he suddenly becomes rich, the couch potato moves into an expensive house and begins to rot away in front of his favorite channel. Rez, a television overlord, decides that Gex will be his new mascot and sends a robotic bug to Gex's house. After eating the bug, Rez was able to pull Gex into the tube. Now Gex must battle the demented world of The Media Dimension to get back out.
Gex: Enter the Gecko
Game information
It was released November 21, 1997 and November 14, 1998 (Game Boy). It was published by Crystal Dynamics and Crave Entertainment (Game Boy). The ESRB rating is E. It uses 3D and 2D for the Game Boy version. It was released for the PlayStation, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, and PC.
The plot
Rez has returned, and the government has brought Gex in to stop him.
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Title Note: The Game Boy Color edition was retiltled Gex 3: Deep Pocket Gecko.
Game information
It was released February 14, 1998, June 26th, 1999 (N64), and October 27, 1999 (GBC). It was published by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Interactive. The ESRB rating is T. It uses 3-D graphics, and 2-D for the Game Boy Color version. It was released for the Nintendo 64, PC, Game Boy Color, and PlayStation.
The plot
Gex discovers that Rez has kidnapped the lovely Agent X that he met in Enter the Gecko's backstory. He rushes to the batcave-like lair he has in the TV world, and begins another adventure.
External links
- Eidos Interactive (http://www.eidos.com)