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Hey /vr/, did you forget about me?

>> No.1586603

I recently revisited the game to see if it was good but it was even worse than I remember. The level design is horrid and the controls aren't that great.

And oh god, those pop culture references....Oh god.

>> No.1586606

I will never forget about your Scream TV levels ;_;

>> No.1586608

>>1586603
>disliking Gex
What was wrong with the level design? I thought it was pretty good. Which game did you play?

>> No.1586612

that hub world was fucking confusing

>> No.1586746
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1586746

Aww shit, what time is it?

Tail time, of course.

Gex 3 is one of the best platformers of the era.

>> No.1586783

Gex is okay if you like collect-a-thons. Some of the requirements for getting 100% completion are a little absurd. You'll have to repeat every level in the game numerous times.

I know it's a minor complaint, but the developers just had to inject some annoying U.K. dialect into at least one of the characters. He talks like someone from the farthest ends of the English boondocks, which in my opinion is even worse than some of the accents and mangled dialects that come out of the South U.S. Thankfully the only time you really hear him speak is during the tutorial sections of the hub. I just keep the audio muted.

>> No.1586840

>>1586746

i definitely cannot agree with this; the slowdown and terrible camera were 2 big problems, among a few others.

i want to say that enter the gecko was the better of the two, but i haven't played that game since i was a kid.

>> No.1586885

>>1586746
Do you smell what the Rock Hard is cookin'?

>> No.1586919

At least you can turn the voices of if it bothers you that much. Can't say the same for other 90s platoformers with tude

>> No.1586928

>>1586746

Nah. It was a charming but messy as hell game. Same is its prequel

>> No.1586934

>>1586840
No, Enter the Gecko was not better. It had basically 5 level themes repeated over and over. Deep Cover Decko at least had every level as a unique theme.

>> No.1586940

>>1586934
>Decko
Gecko, same thing.

>> No.1587193

Hey guise, this videogame mascot is actually cool, I mean, he touched tits!

>> No.1587381

I remember him I played Enter the Gecko back when I was younger.

Easily that and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire were the highlights of visiting this one beach house I went too.

>> No.1587392

Gex on 3DO or Saturn?

>> No.1588836

>>1587381
>Easily that and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire were the highlights of visiting this one beach house I went to
Dude are you me? Enter the Gecko was my fave as a kid and I played Shadows of the Empire at my friend's beach house in NJ all fucking summer.

>> No.1589283
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1589283

Did someone call for obscure lizard mascots?

>> No.1590543
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1590543

>mfw I realized who Gex was voiced by

>> No.1590602

>>1589283
>Gex
>Obscure

Jesus Christ....

>> No.1590704

>>1590543
Really?

Fucking love The Cat

>> No.1590784

>>1590704

I just checked and I was wrong. When I was six he just really sounded like him. I'm a little bit disappointed but I understand why a younger me thought it was him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCLXytw5lYg

>> No.1590787

Pimp struttin'

It's Tail Time

>> No.1590789

>>1590784
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gex_3:_Deep_Cover_Gecko
>Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules provided the voice for Gex in the UK and European release
>He is best known for portraying Cat in the television programme Red Dwarf.

>> No.1590806

>>1590789

Oh good. I looked up the wrong Gex yet still somehow managed to post a video of the right game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gex:_Enter_the_Gecko
>the British version featured the voice of Leslie Phillips

>> No.1590821
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1590821

>That level where you have to climb the giant beanstalk
>mfw I finally reached the top

>> No.1591048

The first side scroller was good.

>> No.1591053
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1591053

>>1589283

>crocodile
>reptile

>> No.1591136

DID SOMEONE SAY GOD-TIER FINAL BOSS MUSIC?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh2LAafEw38

>> No.1591153

>>1591053
r u retarded or something

>> No.1591160

>>1591053
You're thinking about frogs, you retort.

>> No.1591173

>>1591160
Frogs are insects, nigga. So are snakes, oysters, earthworms and jellyfish. Just ask the Chinese.

>> No.1591182

Can someone direct me towards an Iso with Cat doing Gex's voice? I've tried two that I thought were the PAL version but they both had the US actor. Am I just being stupid?

>> No.1591191

>>1591182
Which game? Dana Gould is the voice in both regions for the first game, but PAL has different actors for 2 and 3.

>> No.1591238

>Dat Gexilla vs. Mecharez boss on Enter the Gecko
As a huge fan of Godzilla movies, I played the game many times to that point just so I could do that boss fight.

>> No.1591283

>>1590821
Now that was great level.

>> No.1591339

>>1586594
the first Gex was great, not a fan of the 3D ones.
One of my go to games on the 3DO, good tunes too, loved the graveyard boss theme

>> No.1591347

>>1590543
im pretty sure it was Dana Gould who did the voicing, it was even on the back of the box

>> No.1591597

>>1586594
I did. Sorry. I'll mail in a check for my insurance premium on Monday.

>> No.1591628

>>1590821

I just remember getting more and more stressed the higher up I got. Good times.

>> No.1591647

What are some other games where you play as a lizard/reptile-like protagonist? (Dinosaurs aren't reptiles but in an effort to not have headache arguments they're okay too)

>> No.1591667

>>1591647
Frogger, Snake, Viperlord, Croc, Super Mario (with frog suit), Battletoads

>> No.1591709

>>1591347

See >>1590789

>> No.1591859

>>1591667
Includes frogs/toads forgets turtles. WTF man?

>> No.1591913 [DELETED] 

>>1591136
Oddly enough, the Boss music that played during most of the batles in Skyblazer (see OP) isn't on YouTube, yet the rest of the OST is.

>> No.1591928

>>1591647
Bro. Really, bro. The best reptile protagonist? Oh yeah, he has a game.

Snake Rattle 'n Roll, baby.

>> No.1591968

Gex was a great game, too bad I was a kid and didn't understand the references.

>> No.1593089
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>>1586934
Fucking this.

A good platformer should be bright, colorful and exciting, or so I thought back in the day. The worst sin that a platformer could commit, then, is to be boring and tedious. At least Aero the Acro-bat or whatever had the decency to mix up the backgrounds a bit, throw new mechanics at you every other stage and change up the soundtrack, so there's a sense of progression. But nothing sucks the color and the excitement out of a platformer faster than having to trudge through the same-looking areas 3-4 times in a row. It's the worst.

>> No.1595156

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