Gex - Sega Saturn Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2024
- The era of the company mascot was still in full swing in 1995, and Crystal Dynamics too a swing at it with the lovable Gex. How did it translate to the Saturn?
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Opening 3D Logo By:
Jan Neves
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Opening 2D Animation By:
Kevin Bhall
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured on real Saturn hardware. 3DO footage as well.
2. I've only beaten this game one single time without cheats. The save/password system is just too unfriendly to tolerate.
3. Much of the later game relies on insta-deaths for its challenge. No joke, it can be quite hard.
4. Much of the extra clarity you'll see in the Saturn release mainly comes from the fact the base 3DO hardware could only output composite and s-video natively. The Saturn's RGB is superior.
5. The 3DO game is still remarkable for hardware that was supposedly weak at 2D. Multiple layers of parallax, little slowdown, and lots of cool transparencies and particle style effects.
6. The Saturn US version runs upwards of $50 or so. The Japanese version is actually more rare and quite a bit more expensive.
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"This is like making obscure references at Dunkey's house" - Gex
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.
"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 like a luau at Mel Blanc's house" - Gex
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.
Gex's cousin sells insurance!
They ripped off Gex.
I'm lost. Help
@@codydfwn
Geico insurance
Gordan?
That's hilarious man...
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!
I love that game. I still play it. I remember I bought it for the PlayStation back in the day.
"Hey, kill your TV man!" -Gex
"Ohhh...Sweat like candy." -Gex
"Trails, it's like I'm tripping man!" -Gex
Ahh, the 90's and its plethora of mascotes. Good times.
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!
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
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
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.
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 remember gex it's still a excellent game and he should come back. 😀👍🎮
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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 game is like a birthday party at Andy Dicks house.
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 😁
Everything about Gex is pure 90s!
Love your channel...great work
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
ITS TAIL TIME BABY!
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 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
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. 🦎
It's taail time !
This is the great game I played back then when I was in middle school. BGM is incredible
i was 8 years old when this released...wow this is sad.
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.
The colors look more vibrant on the 3DO version, but 60fps will always be > 30fps.
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 wish they would port the original game and add some quality of life additions like saves and widescreen.
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!
Great video. Gives insights into the Saturn and Gex.
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.
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.
Hey, I really dig the intro. It’s really cool and sold me on your channel. Great content! You sir, just gained a follower!
It's a good game. Good old school platforming and still very good looking today.
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!!
Gex and Gex 2.....was my go to games when I just wanted to have fun😎
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'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 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
I had this on its original system, the 3DO.
The Geico Gecko is quite the popular lizard.
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.
GEX. As always a video no one had expected. Already looking forward to the next😀
You have been cranking out content like nobody's business. You are a beast, SLX!
"That's not Mondo Gecko."
I was never interested in this game, but I’ve reconsidered
I swear if he doesn’t say “SEGA Lord Gex”
Great review! Always wondered what set this version apart from the others. I grew up playing the PC version.
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
At least we can all agree that Gex is good at getting rid of your Chibi-Robo Zip Lash infestation
Indeed.
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 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...
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!
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.
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.
The beautiful game
Great video. I had the 3DO version way back
Amazing review!!!
Managed to get this on PS1, in the UK they're very rare, but not on Saturn. It's weird how game's can be more costly on different platforms.
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.
Good memory of the first game. No idea on the others
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"
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.
Not a single magazine at the time mentioned the jump to 60fps on SAT/PS1 versions.
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.
Please to a Review on D and D2 games (with the unreleased version and possibly Enemy 0 as its the same universe)
Great review man
"Gex Night?"
🦎🦎🦎
*GEX NIGHT!*
I love your narration breaks in your videos. Thanks.
I will watch anything this dude put out
Sega could give us a Saturn Dreamcast mini console that would be awesome
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
Would like an episode on a bunch of unreleased Saturn games.
I've had Gex on my mind lately and now you make this.. weird. Series deserves a full remake
Great work Sir thank you
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.
This is like playing Sega at SLX's house.
I have played all three versions of this game.
"Something, something tap water at someone's house." - Gex, maybe
Late 90's after school... Played Gex all the time at a friends house. His dad also bought the first DVD player I ever saw, so many bootleg flea market VCD's...
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.
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 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.