After a short lived career in the video game industry Gex finally retired and began his career as an insurance mascot. Although Gex found greater success as an insurance mascot he will never forget his beginnings competing with Mario and Sonic.
This is one of the four games i actually owned for my saturn as a kid. I remember vividly the night I beat it. This games was super hard for a young kid for sure!
Bro I remember saving my allowance summer 1997 to buy this at Toys R Us, lmao. I played the hell out of this one! I love your channel; you're providing serious mid 90's SEGA nostalgia for me. Thank you!
@@isaiahconstante2206 though imagine CD players were just or more expensive in the 90s (even discmans were 200) and getting around 400-1000 dollars so a $700 gaming machine with CD music play back (with less quality) was decent. It was the same thing for the ps2 which was much cheaper than $700 DVD players so they could sell for more than normally for consoles. A Sony high end CD player likely cost double that of the psone.
@@isaiahconstante2206 im the only person i know that ever owned one. even to this day everyone i ask never heard of it. crazy how under the radar the system went.
As much as I loved GEX on the 3-D-O I always felt it was running less than 30 FPS, it felt more like 15~20. It still has one of my favorite opening cinematics.
I absolutely loved the Gex games. He really needs to make a comback. The big collectathon platformer genre needs a big revival and the Gex games did them to perfection imo
Man, Gex on the Saturn was my very first used game purchase at the old Electronics Boutique. Nabbed it for $8 and it never ever worked right. It was always a pain to get the disc to read for a 9 year old. Eventually I got it resurfaced and that cemetery music is just as great now as it was back then. Nice job!
2:00 So nobody have ever gotten past the horror theme because even after over 20 decades I never saw a single image or footage of Gex showing anything other than this first theme.
Hey there Sega Lord X. I bought a Japanese Saturn, Action Replay and even a Retro Bit Saturn wireless controller after seeing your channel for the first time a month ago. Growing up I used to work summers to get my gaming consoles and games. I then would sell older ones to get newer ones especially if the games were re-released on the newer console. I stopped selling my old gear when Sega stopped making consoles. I even still play Phantasy Star Online.. Online with people using a Wi-Fi pi for my Dreamcast to this day. I now collect all disk based games but had been skipping the Saturn all this time. Buying Japanese is certainly the way to go and I already have close to 20 games. Saturn was the only system I had ever skipped because the 32x actually cleared my saves on some of my games that weren't for it and the Sega CD didn't make me feel like much of a happy customer. The Dreamcast was where they got me for life and then it was their death. I had tossed the idea of getting a Saturn for years but your channel was the only one this in depth. A month later, I have a collection started 😁
When it comes to 32-bit 2D platformers, I actually can't think of one that I like more then Gex. It is a real classic! Also, although you didn't like the password system, what I can say is that Gex is the only game I have ever played in which I created my own password and it worked! Yes! It appears (at least from that experience) that the passwords are not totally random, but rather, it may be possible to finagle a previously undiscovered password based on others that you have seen. That in itself made me absolutely love the password system, for what it's worth. Also, passwords don't just take you to a certain level, but open up all previous levels, meaning that if you use a password that unlocks the final boss, you will have also unlocked every other stage that you can go back to. So there are some benefits. But besides that, the gameplay, music, characters, and various environments all make this a very worthy game that is a blast to play! Oh yeah, and I don't remember a big difficulty problem, myself (and I played on the Saturn). I do remember beating it fair and square. It really is an excellent game!
As a kid in the 90s this was one of the first games i played on Sega Saturn. You have to understand as a kid this was a hard game. But i thought the game was halarious and stupid and I thoroughly enjoyed that about the game.
I didn’t even know about Gex until Gex 2 came out on PlayStation. Like many other people at the time, I didn’t care for 2D graphics anymore. I’ve come to appreciate this game a lot more nowadays. 🦎
I'm excited to see this review! I had no idea that the Saturn version looks better than the 3DO version! It sucks that they couldn't be bothered to add a proper save version to the PS1 or Saturn. It's just odd that the 3DO had it...but maybe the game came out before everyone had memory cards, so they thought, "Why bother?"...but didn't the Saturn have internal memory? lol (regarding the fact that you needed to beat a boss or particular level to save...Super Mario World had that catch, but no one complains about that one! Especially when you can just go back to the easiest "Save level" thanks to hub worlds!) Anyways, great review as always!
Those Crystal Dynamics give me such nostalgia. I saw them so much as a Saturn kid. I have this game on PS1 and you cna actually save it, it just also has the passwords cuz some gamers didn't even have a memory card!
If you were playing Gex on a Playstation and you didn't have a memory card yet, it was really nice to have that password system. I know the Saturn has internal memory.
Gex is still a very solid game in my opinion. I love the wall climbing mechanics and I'd say that being in 2D has helped the game age better than many early 5th generation platformers. The sequels are still solid 3D platformers given their age as well having solid 2D ports to the game boy platforms. If the likes of Bubsy can get a succesfull reboot and sequel Gex seems like a given. Imagine Crystal Dynamics pouring just a fraction of the money they sank into Avengers into a Gex reboot.
It seems like PSX is the way to go. Like SLX said unfortunately Saturn prices are ridiculous and I remember picking up a copy of gex for PlayStation for like three bucks over a decade ago. You could probably get a pretty decent disc only one for cheap.
It was released in the original long box case if I’m not mistaken? A lot of those games are worth more just because of the packaging compared to the jewel cases they used later on
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu yeah it's crazy how saturn prices are going through the roof yet psone games are still cheap. You can get the odd game like kula World that's pricey but mostly it's a cheap system to collect for. With saturn and dreamcast they are going up up up
I agree it was hard for me as a kid. My buddy had it for Saturn and we could never get far. I may give the ps1 ver a try now that I'm older "and still have a ps1"
I've been curious about this game for a while, but I gotta admit, this review put this game on my "to check out later" list, especially when it's difficulty was mentioned, which is a selling point to someone who's in his element in difficult games. I'll have to check this out whenever I'm in the mood to binge Saturn games again.
I'm picky with platformers, but this one is still a keeper for me, I've enjoyed it since I was a child. I actually didn't care that it went 3D, even at the time. I wanted another 2D game.
Totally agree about the save system. I've got it on the 3DO, and even there not being able to save at any time (at the beginning of every level, anyway) sapped my will to play it.
Gex is 1 of those platformers that I never had a chance to try. The Saturn may not have had as many 3D platformers as Nintendo 64 and PS1, but it did have a few gems like Croc and this one as well, though I have to play Gex as I been wanting to try it for a long time.
Bro I was legit watching your 3DO video And you were talking about Gex This will be a nice video to cap off the night Always love your work you one of my favorite content creators
I actually bought it 3do few months backand this was the first game I actually bought, and honestly, I do love it and I enjoy it, I don't know something about holding that control and playing this game so nostalgic
I love this game! Still own the big black plastic box on Ps1 with the ridged edge. I will never part with it. Pretty sure it was a 3DO-only style of case that was retrofitted for the Ps1 release. From the sounds of it this version fared pretty well compared to the original. Though the dithering makes me tip my hat to the Ps1 version. It had the 60fps and true transparencies.
Gex on Saturn was seen as just another old 3DO port at the time. But it became one of my favorite platformers. It’s addicting, at least until it delivers on hefty doses of frustration. But I always come back to it, so that says something.
The music is as good as Donkey Kong Country, though I know that being on a cartridge 16 bit system also makes DKC's soundtrack more impressive. Likely influenced by it and had a better system to work with to get the same effect.
I love the Gex-Series, especially the Enter the Gecko one. I wish they would go back to the series, the modern media needs to have its turn like the old ones in the 90s. So much potential with TH-cam, the thousands of CSI-like shows, influencers, Memes...
Always wanted this game as a kid, it blew me away seeing it on the 3DO. Finally picked it up along with a 3DO some years back. Never got into it. It's solid, but nothing special enough to hold my interest. I'd recommend a game like DKC or Sonic & Knuckles over this any day.
Gex has always been synonymous with the 3DO in my mind. I never paid the Saturn version any attention. I think I’ll give it a try now. Thanks, another great video 👍🏿
Loved this game when I purchased the FZ-10 3DO and replaying it again. Would love to see a remaster perhaps letting you go back and forth between new and old graphics.
Awesome video! I really enjoyed this one! I never played Gex but I always saw it at my local blockbuster. Great to see a different type of game from Mario and Sonic! Great video SLX!
Yeah the second and third games were not as good in many ways compared to the first. If the series ever comes back I hope they go kind of hand-drawn 2D style.
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After a short lived career in the video game industry Gex finally retired and began his career as an insurance mascot. Although Gex found greater success as an insurance mascot he will never forget his beginnings competing with Mario and Sonic.
"This is like making obscure references at Dunkey's house" - Gex
"Eyy... Is it Gex Night?"
Nice reference lmao
Hey all Scott here.
Did somebody say Gex?
"This is like getting a second hand interview with Scott the Woz."
-Gex
This is one of the four games i actually owned for my saturn as a kid. I remember vividly the night I beat it. This games was super hard for a young kid for sure!
"This is like a luau at Mel Blanc's house" - Gex
The sequel on ps1 "enter the gecko" was really good, I always liked the character model, looked so good, didn't have those common ps1 polygon glitches
Ahh, the 90's and its plethora of mascotes. Good times.
Bro I remember saving my allowance summer 1997 to buy this at Toys R Us, lmao. I played the hell out of this one! I love your channel; you're providing serious mid 90's SEGA nostalgia for me. Thank you!
Gex's cousin sells insurance!
They ripped off Gex.
I'm lost. Help
@@codydfwn
Geico insurance
Gordan?
That's hilarious man...
"Hey, kill your TV man!" -Gex
"Ohhh...Sweat like candy." -Gex
"Trails, it's like I'm tripping man!" -Gex
I love that game. I still play it. I remember I bought it for the PlayStation back in the day.
Maaaaan....I used to love this on 3DO.
You're lucky. I never knew anybody with the 3DO back in the day.
@@isaiahconstante2206 though imagine CD players were just or more expensive in the 90s (even discmans were 200) and getting around 400-1000 dollars so a $700 gaming machine with CD music play back (with less quality) was decent. It was the same thing for the ps2 which was much cheaper than $700 DVD players so they could sell for more than normally for consoles. A Sony high end CD player likely cost double that of the psone.
@@isaiahconstante2206 im the only person i know that ever owned one. even to this day everyone i ask never heard of it. crazy how under the radar the system went.
As much as I loved GEX on the 3-D-O I always felt it was running less than 30 FPS, it felt more like 15~20. It still has one of my favorite opening cinematics.
I absolutely loved the Gex games. He really needs to make a comback. The big collectathon platformer genre needs a big revival and the Gex games did them to perfection imo
Agree
I got to play this at a trade show demo back in the day. Brings back so many crazy 90s memories... thanks for the upload
Man, Gex on the Saturn was my very first used game purchase at the old Electronics Boutique. Nabbed it for $8 and it never ever worked right. It was always a pain to get the disc to read for a 9 year old. Eventually I got it resurfaced and that cemetery music is just as great now as it was back then. Nice job!
I remember gex it's still a excellent game and he should come back. 😀👍🎮
2:00 So nobody have ever gotten past the horror theme because even after over 20 decades I never saw a single image or footage of Gex showing anything other than this first theme.
It’s a good thing you watched then because I show you all of them except the hidden level.
@@SegaLordX Yes, first time ever I'm seeing different stages of this game. I wonder if most people dropped the game before changing to the next theme.
I got all the way up to the farting superhero.
I got stuck there for some reason. Then I misplaced my 3DO.
Never did finish it.
Hey there Sega Lord X. I bought a Japanese Saturn, Action Replay and even a Retro Bit Saturn wireless controller after seeing your channel for the first time a month ago. Growing up I used to work summers to get my gaming consoles and games. I then would sell older ones to get newer ones especially if the games were re-released on the newer console. I stopped selling my old gear when Sega stopped making consoles. I even still play Phantasy Star Online.. Online with people using a Wi-Fi pi for my Dreamcast to this day. I now collect all disk based games but had been skipping the Saturn all this time. Buying Japanese is certainly the way to go and I already have close to 20 games. Saturn was the only system I had ever skipped because the 32x actually cleared my saves on some of my games that weren't for it and the Sega CD didn't make me feel like much of a happy customer. The Dreamcast was where they got me for life and then it was their death. I had tossed the idea of getting a Saturn for years but your channel was the only one this in depth. A month later, I have a collection started 😁
When it comes to 32-bit 2D platformers, I actually can't think of one that I like more then Gex. It is a real classic! Also, although you didn't like the password system, what I can say is that Gex is the only game I have ever played in which I created my own password and it worked! Yes! It appears (at least from that experience) that the passwords are not totally random, but rather, it may be possible to finagle a previously undiscovered password based on others that you have seen. That in itself made me absolutely love the password system, for what it's worth. Also, passwords don't just take you to a certain level, but open up all previous levels, meaning that if you use a password that unlocks the final boss, you will have also unlocked every other stage that you can go back to. So there are some benefits. But besides that, the gameplay, music, characters, and various environments all make this a very worthy game that is a blast to play! Oh yeah, and I don't remember a big difficulty problem, myself (and I played on the Saturn). I do remember beating it fair and square. It really is an excellent game!
This game is like a birthday party at Andy Dicks house.
my parents bought this for me when I was only 10, on the play station, I felt mature playing it lol
Your attitude is just so refreshing. Thank you Sega Lord X.
ITS TAIL TIME BABY!
thanks for making my day better Sega Lord X. :)
EDIT: if youre taking requests I would love to see a review of "D." or Mr Bones.
He's done enough on Mr. Bones. Lol
@@drunkensailor112 well I didn’t know.
As a kid in the 90s this was one of the first games i played on Sega Saturn. You have to understand as a kid this was a hard game. But i thought the game was halarious and stupid and I thoroughly enjoyed that about the game.
Everything about Gex is pure 90s!
Had this on the PS1. My parents got me this bundled with...Busy 3D...
At least one of them was decent.
You mean bubsy 3d ? Cuz that game is trash
Ouch
It’s Bubsy 3D.
I didn’t even know about Gex until Gex 2 came out on PlayStation.
Like many other people at the time, I didn’t care for 2D graphics anymore. I’ve come to appreciate this game a lot more nowadays. 🦎
I'm excited to see this review! I had no idea that the Saturn version looks better than the 3DO version!
It sucks that they couldn't be bothered to add a proper save version to the PS1 or Saturn. It's just odd that the 3DO had it...but maybe the game came out before everyone had memory cards, so they thought, "Why bother?"...but didn't the Saturn have internal memory? lol
(regarding the fact that you needed to beat a boss or particular level to save...Super Mario World had that catch, but no one complains about that one! Especially when you can just go back to the easiest "Save level" thanks to hub worlds!)
Anyways, great review as always!
This is the great game I played back then when I was in middle school. BGM is incredible
Those Crystal Dynamics give me such nostalgia. I saw them so much as a Saturn kid.
I have this game on PS1 and you cna actually save it, it just also has the passwords cuz some gamers didn't even have a memory card!
If you were playing Gex on a Playstation and you didn't have a memory card yet, it was really nice to have that password system. I know the Saturn has internal memory.
I was at petco today and seen a bunch of different geckos. They are cool as a cucumber.
I have a African Fat Tailed gecko they are the chillest of geckos.
I wish they would port the original game and add some quality of life additions like saves and widescreen.
Not a single magazine at the time mentioned the jump to 60fps on SAT/PS1 versions.
Gex is still a very solid game in my opinion. I love the wall climbing mechanics and I'd say that being in 2D has helped the game age better than many early 5th generation platformers. The sequels are still solid 3D platformers given their age as well having solid 2D ports to the game boy platforms. If the likes of Bubsy can get a succesfull reboot and sequel Gex seems like a given. Imagine Crystal Dynamics pouring just a fraction of the money they sank into Avengers into a Gex reboot.
I had no clue this was also on the saturn. Always wanted to try the 3do version. Love the n64 and gameboy game.
It seems like PSX is the way to go. Like SLX said unfortunately Saturn prices are ridiculous and I remember picking up a copy of gex for PlayStation for like three bucks over a decade ago. You could probably get a pretty decent disc only one for cheap.
It was released in the original long box case if I’m not mistaken? A lot of those games are worth more just because of the packaging compared to the jewel cases they used later on
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu yeah it's crazy how saturn prices are going through the roof yet psone games are still cheap. You can get the odd game like kula World that's pricey but mostly it's a cheap system to collect for. With saturn and dreamcast they are going up up up
3 bucks???? Now it is 100€ lol @@JohnDoe-wq5eu
that sega intro is so damn nostalgic,
gives me tingles haha
I've waited years for this day.
I've waited days for this year.
I agree it was hard for me as a kid. My buddy had it for Saturn and we could never get far.
I may give the ps1 ver a try now that I'm older "and still have a ps1"
Gex and Gex 2.....was my go to games when I just wanted to have fun😎
Gex: Enter the Gecko was my jam.
Phenomenal game
@@MizfitZer0 i bet the 2 3d games is better than this one
Yeah it was good. Deep cover gecko was supposed to be good but I don't remember playing that one 🤷♀️
@@SuperNintendoMii Deep Cover Gecko was also good, but Enter the Gecko was my jam xD
@@SuperNintendoMii its arguably superior, but I have more nostalgia for the second game
I was never interested in this game, but I’ve reconsidered
The beautiful game
Love your channel...great work
The Geico Gecko is quite the popular lizard.
I've been curious about this game for a while, but I gotta admit, this review put this game on my "to check out later" list, especially when it's difficulty was mentioned, which is a selling point to someone who's in his element in difficult games. I'll have to check this out whenever I'm in the mood to binge Saturn games again.
One of my favorite childhood games on the Saturn!!
I'm picky with platformers, but this one is still a keeper for me, I've enjoyed it since I was a child. I actually didn't care that it went 3D, even at the time. I wanted another 2D game.
I've had Gex on my mind lately and now you make this.. weird. Series deserves a full remake
It's a good game. Good old school platforming and still very good looking today.
Totally agree about the save system. I've got it on the 3DO, and even there not being able to save at any time (at the beginning of every level, anyway) sapped my will to play it.
I'm glad you mentioned the snap of the screen scrolling. I found it highly annoying on my playthrough, which ultimately felt like a chore.
Gex is 1 of those platformers that I never had a chance to try. The Saturn may not have had as many 3D platformers as Nintendo 64 and PS1, but it did have a few gems like Croc and this one as well, though I have to play Gex as I been wanting to try it for a long time.
Croc a gem? A 3D platform game with tank controls.
@@efuuu Sure its outdated now, but for its time it was great
@Gaylord Focker Sure its outdated now, but for its time it was great
@@thechosenone2123 No, i disagree.
@@efuuu If you're going to disagree, at least explain why, otherwise your argument is irrelavent.
I still have my old Gex game for the Saturn and it's still cool to go back to it and play it, very humorous and fun game to play.
Hey, I really dig the intro. It’s really cool and sold me on your channel. Great content! You sir, just gained a follower!
Good memory of the first game. No idea on the others
You have been cranking out content like nobody's business. You are a beast, SLX!
Where is Scott the Woz? its his favorite game
Is it Gex night
Counting his cash
And Dunkey.
@@JC-pt4wm No! it's always Gex night
Scott the Doosh.
I never played the first Gex but I loved playing the 3D sequels .
Bro I was legit watching your 3DO video
And you were talking about Gex
This will be a nice video to cap off the night
Always love your work you one of my favorite content creators
Saturn version is much better than PS1 version. 2D of Saturn is beautiful
At least we can all agree that Gex is good at getting rid of your Chibi-Robo Zip Lash infestation
Indeed.
I actually bought it 3do few months backand this was the first game I actually bought, and honestly, I do love it and I enjoy it, I don't know something about holding that control and playing this game so nostalgic
Sega could give us a Saturn Dreamcast mini console that would be awesome
Would like an episode on a bunch of unreleased Saturn games.
Please to a Review on D and D2 games (with the unreleased version and possibly Enemy 0 as its the same universe)
I first played this a few years ago at Midwest Gaming Classic. Instantly fell in love with it. Found on it on Ebay for about 30 bucks complete.
I swear if he doesn’t say “SEGA Lord Gex”
"Something, something tap water at someone's house." - Gex, maybe
This is like playing Sega at SLX's house.
I love this game! Still own the big black plastic box on Ps1 with the ridged edge. I will never part with it.
Pretty sure it was a 3DO-only style of case that was retrofitted for the Ps1 release.
From the sounds of it this version fared pretty well compared to the original. Though the dithering makes me tip my hat to the Ps1 version. It had the 60fps and true transparencies.
I put so many hours into this game it was great, I thought he was voiced by Jim Carey as a kid since ace ventura was out around that time
Gex on Saturn was seen as just another old 3DO port at the time. But it became one of my favorite platformers. It’s addicting, at least until it delivers on hefty doses of frustration. But I always come back to it, so that says something.
GEX. As always a video no one had expected. Already looking forward to the next😀
The music is as good as Donkey Kong Country, though I know that being on a cartridge 16 bit system also makes DKC's soundtrack more impressive. Likely influenced by it and had a better system to work with to get the same effect.
I still remember you, Gex.
"Gex Night?"
🦎🦎🦎
*GEX NIGHT!*
@Sega Lord X
At last! Someone understands me of underrated and gem games that became the dead mascot of gaming quq
Ahh Gex, When I rented a 3DO and played it I couldn't believe what I was witnessing!
I love the Gex-Series, especially the Enter the Gecko one.
I wish they would go back to the series, the modern media needs to have its turn like the old ones in the 90s.
So much potential with TH-cam, the thousands of CSI-like shows, influencers, Memes...
Always wanted this game as a kid, it blew me away seeing it on the 3DO. Finally picked it up along with a 3DO some years back. Never got into it. It's solid, but nothing special enough to hold my interest. I'd recommend a game like DKC or Sonic & Knuckles over this any day.
Gex has always been synonymous with the 3DO in my mind. I never paid the Saturn version any attention. I think I’ll give it a try now. Thanks, another great video 👍🏿
Loved this game when I purchased the FZ-10 3DO and replaying it again. Would love to see a remaster perhaps letting you go back and forth between new and old graphics.
Great video. I had the 3DO version way back
I will watch anything this dude put out
*Insert your Dunkey Gex references here:*
Great video. Gives insights into the Saturn and Gex.
who could dislike this
I can’t remember which sequel it was, but I remember fighting a boss that was very similar to Stone Cold Steve Austin from the old WWF.
That was Gex 3.
Aww yeah its Gex Night!!!
I had this on its original system, the 3DO.
Awesome video! I really enjoyed this one! I never played Gex but I always saw it at my local blockbuster. Great to see a different type of game from Mario and Sonic! Great video SLX!
Have you ever covered Oddworld I feel not much people talk about that platformer which was a very well made ps1 game
Bruhhhh
I forgot all about that game
@matt fahringer I thought I already made that clear
The PS1 version is on PS3 and Vita for $5.99 too!
I want to get it. Strangely some of those PS1 Classics like Metal Gear Solid don’t work on the PS Vita.
This was an awesome game! Not to sure about the 3D version though...
3D version was fun, at least when I was a kid. The camera was wonky though.
Yeah the second and third games were not as good in many ways compared to the first.
If the series ever comes back I hope they go kind of hand-drawn 2D style.
Great episode once again, Mel.
I have played all three versions of this game.