Gex (video game)

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 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.

Game worlds
A summary of the game worlds which appear in the Media Dimension of GEX:


 * The Cemetery (Graveyard World): Gex hurtles through the Media Dimension, back to the time and place when Abbott and Costello met Frankenstein. Gex is caught is a creepy horror flick alive with Franken-geckos, mad slashers, crazy tomatoes, and other Fright Night foes. Slime, fog... an exorcism in the offing! Better check your calendar, cuz you're stuck on Friday the 13th.
 * Missions: Frankie & Hell, Grave Danger, Tomato Soup, Disco Inferno, Spin N' Puke (Boss Level)
 * New Toonland (Cartoon World): Toon Town this ain't! Gex battles cheesy characters from thoes crack-of-dawn Saturday a.m. cartoons. Retired heroes and thieves and out-of-work toon slouchers line up to take a swipe at Gex. There's nothing like getting a safe dropped on your head. Itchy & Scratchy, eat each other's heart out!
 * Missions: Pow!, Twin Towers, Rock It!, Knock! Knock!, The Flatulator (Boss Level)
 * Jungle Isle (Jungle World): Go native! Feel the beat of the bongos. Gex stalks through a malaria factory packed with carnivores & cannibals (who like the taste of gecko better than chicken), moving walls, hidden booby-traps, and breakaway bridges. You may have named the dog Indy... but there's a gecko with the same hat.
 * Missions: Feeding Frenzy, Congo Chaos, Jungle Gym (Boss Level)
 * Kung Fuville (Kung Fu World): There's nothing like getting hung up in Channel 26. Fighting your way through moronic martial arts scenes is bad enough, but can't they get that voice track in sync? It's Big Trouble in Little China with ninjas, samurai geckos, sumo wrestlers... enough is enough. Walk softly, little grasshoppers, and whip a fast tail!
 * Missions: Sumo City, Fish Bait, Chop Chop, Toxic Turtle (Boss Level)
 * Rezopolis (Rez's Nerve Center): A world beyond insanity takes center stage. Vast installations of alien hi-tech circuitry fume with electrical force! Energy geysers leap from pulsating waves of liquid television. This is the twisted reality where network programmes are chosen. At last, Gex confronts Rez himself in a battle that will decide the fate of the universe... and more importantly, whether a gecko will be next season's network mascot!
 * Missions: Rez Knight Fever, On The Move, Rez's Lair (Boss Level)
 * Planet X (Secret World): The infamous secret world. It is rumored that it is the most challenging of the worlds, but defeating it brings rewards because the ending of the game is much better if you manage to pull it off.
 * Missions: Saucer Station, Free Fall, Bombs Away, Newton's Fourth Law, Head To Head, The Project, The Web, Clothesline

Gex moves
A list and explanation of the moves that the character of Gex can perform in the game:


 * Tail Whip
 * Whack skanky foes. Some enemies are tougher than others.
 * Smack bug power-ups to fill one empty hi paw (your lives).
 * Whack items like shooting skulls to use them as weapons.
 * Execute a jumping tail whip for an awesome display of gecko power.
 * Tongue Lash
 * Snag gold flies, bugs and power-ups in mid air.
 * Hurl
 * Spit a fire ball, ice ball, or other weapon, depending on the power-up Gex swallowed last.
 * Jump
 * Get air to avoid enemies.
 * Swallow high power-ups with a high tongue lash.
 * Tail Bounce
 * Destroy enemies, bust breakable blocks and bounce on to high platforms.




 * Wall Stick
 * Jump while pressing the Direction Button against a wall's surface and Gex sticks with his suction cup paws!
 * Gex can stick & crawl up the sides & faces of walls & buildings.
 * Gex can spin while sticking.
 * Snag power-ups from a wall stick-position. Use the Direction Button plus a Tongue Lash.
 * Don't forget about those ceilings!