Gex: Enter the Gecko

Game information
Gex is now in 3D with over 30 missions to solve. Rez has returned, and a secret government agency has brought Gex in to stop him. Rez is attempting to once again rule over the Media Dimension - a large world which has several TV's which you can access to various levels with the aid of red, silver or gold remote controls.

It was released November 21, 1997 and November 14, 1998 (Game Boy). It was published by Crystal Dynamics and Crave Entertainment (Game Boy). It uses 3D and 2D for the Game Boy version. It was released for the PlayStation, Game Boy, Nintendo 64 (as Gex 64), and PC.

Leslie Phillips provided the voice for Gex in the UK and European release of Gex: Enter the Gecko. Dana Gould provided the voice in the US version.

The plot
Since Gex's retirement from the public eye in 1996, television held the only enjoyment in his life. Gex resigned himself to a life of solitude away from the Paparazzi frenzy of a few years ago, tucked away in the Maui hillside with his life partner, a big-screen TV. Only things take a turn for the worse when Gex is visited by secret government agents who tell Gex that Rez has returned and hijacked the Media Dimension. A world which has power over all of the world's television. Gex's mission is to rescue television from Rez, and make him "disappear." Plain and simple.

TV rejects
Description of the following channel-worlds which play host to the different TV-related missions upon which Gex must fight through in order to acquire the special remotes:


 * Pre-History Channel: A TV channel-world that references pre-history and the stone-age with extensive references to the Flintstones. This level's main enemies are dinosaurs such as Triceratops and Pterodactyls. "Pangaea 90210" and "Lava Dabba Doo" take place around a giant volcano, while "This Old Cave" takes place in a lava-filled cave.
 * Missions: Pangaea 90210, This Old Cave
 * Secret level: Lava Dabba Doo
 * Scream TV: This channel-world is heavily inspired by American horror movies throughout. It features monsters such as ghosts and zombies.
 * Missions: Frankenstienfeld, Poltergex, Smellraiser
 * Bonus level: Thursday the 12th
 * Secret level: Texas Chainsaw Manicure
 * Circuit Central: References the Net and computer science with slight homage to Tron. This level features an energy sphere that, if Gex touches it, allows him to be full of electrical energy for a limited time to activate deactivated machinery.
 * Missions: Honey I Shrunk The Gecko, www.dotcom.com
 * Bonus levels: Bugged Out, Chips & Dips
 * Rocket Channel: Another channel-world paying homage to genre of science fiction television and film, such as Star Wars and Star Trek. Gex constantly needs air in this channel, which can be refuelled at certain points.
 * Missions: Pain in the Asteroids, The Umpire Strikes Out
 * Bonus Levels: I've Got The Reruns, Trouble in Uranus
 * Toon TV: Gex explores a channel-world home to the Saturday morning American cartoons. This makes references to cartoons such as Looney Tunes. For example, there is a hunter similar to Elmer Fudd and signs that say "wabbit season".
 * Missions: Fine Tooning, Out of Toon
 * Kung-Fu Theater: "Grab some take-out and then turn some guy into Kung-Fu Chicken. Pulling out chest hair is no fair." – Another genre inspired channel-world with references to martial arts cinema. Mao Tse Tongue features a mini-boss: a long, red dragon.
 * Missions: Mao Tse Tongue, Samurai Night Fever
 * Bonus Level: Lizard In A China Shop
 * Rezopolis: Rez's personal channel-world inspired by various genres in TV-culture and movie genres such as crime drama and the disaster film etc.
 * Missions: No Weddings and a Funeral
 * Bonus Levels: In Drag Net, The Spy Who Loved Himself
 * Secret Level: Mazed & Confused
 * Boss TV: These are the boss levels. Each one is worth a gold remote.
 * Missions: Gilligex Island, Mooshoo Pork, Gexzilla Vs. Mecharez, Channel Z

The Tiki Brothers
The Tiki Brothers are three native people of an unknown island that wear tiki masks. They consist of one fat one and two thin ones. The fat one appears to be the leader of the group. In their boss fight, they fight Gex across a pot, likely to cook Gex in. They summon three fireballs. There is one blue fireball Gex must hit back toward the Tiki Bros. They can also make small fire walls on Gex's side. They fall in the boiling pot when the blue fireball hits them.

Mooshoo Pork
Mooshoo Pork is a mutant, half pig, half cow. His top half is pig and the bottom is cow. He is the only boss other than Rez who talks. Hit the green pad in front of his TV to make him speak. He has a German accent. He has a moustache, goatee, and monocle. On his TV, he is also seen holding a knife, but it is not used. He only uses a switch that triggers electris bars on the ground. Gex can use this against him. He is fried by electric zaps and is destroyed. He is seen driving the bus in "In Drag Net". A portrait of Mooshoo is also seen in Gex 3 on the Mystery TV level.

Mecharez
Mecharez is a giant, mechanical lizard based, in appearance, on Rez. This is strange, as Rez is already mechanical. Mecharez is purple in color and has legs, unlike Rez. Its fight is based on Godzilla. Its fight is in a large city. After a few hits on Mecharez, helicopters and tanks appear to fight them off, particularly Gex. The more Mecharez gets hit, the more angry and hostile it gets. It becomes faster, more vicious, and stronger. After its defeat, Mecharez blows up, with Gex roaring victoriously.

Rez
The main villain of the game. Rez is the arch-nemises of Gex. Rez's fight takes place in none other than Rezopolis. Rez has an arsenal of lock-on missiles. He charges toward Gex after his missiles fail. Gex hits him into an electric field. After three hits, Rez enlarges himself. Gex lures him into hitting a switch that makes a TV fall on Rez. After the fight, Rez is sucked into a small TV. Rez also reveals to Gex that he is his father. This is debatable, as it could just be a reference to Star Wars, and Gex even makes a snide comeback to this. Rez was not seen again until Gex 3.

Gex 64
Gex 64 is a port of the PlayStation game Gex: Enter the Gecko. The Nintendo 64 version was released in August 1998, a couple months after the PlayStation version came out.

This version featured a new level, which replaced the secret levels. This level, "Gecques Cousteau" is based, and even named after, Titanic. This level is played almost entirely underwater. The only land parts of the level are aboard the sunken Titanic. The entrance to the Titanic is the iceberg that sunk it.

Other changes include less bonus levels and less quotes, due to the Nintendo 64 cartridges storing significantly less data for games than CDs. The only normal level that was removed was Scream TV's "Poltergex".