Gex - Sega Saturn Review
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 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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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.
"This is like making obscure references at Dunkey'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.
I love that game. I still play it. I remember I bought it for the PlayStation back in the day.
Gex's cousin sells insurance!
They ripped off Gex.
I'm lost. Help
@@codydfwn
Geico insurance
Gordan?
That's hilarious man...
"Eyy... Is it Gex Night?"
Nice reference lmao
Hey all Scott here.
Did somebody say 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.
"This is like getting a second hand interview with Scott the Woz."
-Gex
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.
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.
This game is like a birthday party at Andy Dicks house.
Everything about Gex is pure 90s!
"This is like a luau at Mel Blanc's house" - Gex
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 😁
I wish they would port the original game and add some quality of life additions like saves and widescreen.
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.
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.
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
It's a good game. Good old school platforming and still very good looking today.
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
I was never interested in this game, but I’ve reconsidered
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.
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!
Ahh, the 90's and its plethora of mascotes. Good times.
"Hey, kill your TV man!" -Gex
"Ohhh...Sweat like candy." -Gex
"Trails, it's like I'm tripping man!" -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!
I remember gex it's still a excellent game and he should come back. 😀👍🎮
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!
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.
The colors look more vibrant on the 3DO version, but 60fps will always be > 30fps.
my parents bought this for me when I was only 10, on the play station, I felt mature playing it lol
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!
ITS TAIL TIME BABY!
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 swear if he doesn’t say “SEGA Lord Gex”
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 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
Shame Crystal Dynamics' last two games have struck out, Shadow of the Tomb Raider was pretty "meh", meeting poor sales, and Avengers was a total dumpster fire.
@Orwellian Future Is Now based and truthpilled
The backgrounds on the Saturn look worse than the 3DO. The colours are lacking. Or am I seeing things?
No looks downscaled.
Yeah also Gex looks less defined and a bit jaggy, maybe interlaced signal (Saturn) VS progressive (3do)?
@@jaymzx2587 3DO was interlaced 480i unless modded or the one Japanese model that had a switch to choose 240p. It rendered internally at 240p but applied a kind of anti-aliasing and output at 480i, leading to a softer image.
Almost all ports from the 3DO to the Saturn and PS1 looked worse than the originals even if they ran better. On the PS1 that was partially due to having less flexible colour formats for storing graphics, meaning that the 3DO could, for example, use 64 colour sprites while the PS1 would either have to use 16 colour that look worse or 256 colour that perhaps take up too much RAM. AFAIK that shouldn't have been as much of a problem on the Saturn though, so I'm not sure why the Saturn ports exhibit the same problems or worse.
Fuck the 3d0 version
@@sameash3153 it was that bad eh?
Here it is 2023. We're being teased a carbon port. Lets see what we get bois/gurls.😊
@Sega Lord X
At last! Someone understands me of underrated and gem games that became the dead mascot of gaming quq
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
Please to a Review on D and D2 games (with the unreleased version and possibly Enemy 0 as its the same universe)
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
*Insert your Dunkey Gex references here:*
For some odd reason this game makes me think of the first demo disc I had with my ps1(back then we played them like full games lol) with hidden games on it and strangely that croc 3D platformer game lol
as example of good music you could let us listen a planet X BGM.. or cemetery`s boss
I love your narration breaks in your videos. Thanks.
Saturn version is much better than PS1 version. 2D of Saturn is beautiful
I loved this game!!!
DID SOMEBODY SAY GEX?
I think the password system actually helps with difficulty. Obviously it was likely unintended by developers, but you can just look up passwords and experience the whole game without having to deal with the more bullshit elements.
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.
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.
I prefer Gex 1. The sequels were my jam back in the day...however 3D 32bit platformers have aged like old poo. It's funny, I'd "moved on" from 2D games at that time, but today I prefer them ten fold.
I dunno man.... you say "clearer and more defined" .... but that 3d0 side looks a lot less pixelated, clearer, and almost accelerated.
EDIT... nevermind I guess, as I assume that was emulated... As I looked up 3do gameplay, and it looks pixelated as well. Actually looks exactly like this saturn footage... exactly like it. Can't see the difference at all. Other than the 3do did seem to have some skipping and hiccups when loading, could tell that for sure. Not that I can for sure tell if the saturn does... Then again, who knows how that 3do really was healthwise, regarding the drive, etc....
You ever play X-Men children of the Atom? Hidden character Akuma from Street fighter is in it, he's so awesome to use
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.
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.
Pretty good game, shame about the dithering/meshes though. Looks rough because of it IMO. Also, shame they didn’t use VPS2 for it - there don’t seem to be any other transparency’s in place.
Looks like it's Gex night!
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 picked this game up for the PS1 several months ago - it's attrocious. Donkey Kong Country on the snes actually looks better, wrap your head around that. Rayman is another old game that just does not hold up.
Go back and compare DKC2 to Gex, I'm telling you it looks more impressive than Gex. One could argue Gex is a 16-bit game.
@@Canadian_Gamer One could argue nothing about Gex being a 16 bit game since it has a lot of enhancements that couldn't be done on the SNES. I think it's impressive that Gex even was able to come out in the state it did because of the troubled development, like there were only like 2 artists for the game, so it's understandable why they couldn't just easily take advantage of greater colors than the SNES considering how much work it would take, and the devs even stated in an interview how much effort it takes to produce 2D 32 bit graphics. Also most Pre-Rendered games besides Donkey Kong Country don't hold up very well graphically today, so I wouldn't consider Pre-Rendered graphics to be a god send compared to Rayman or Gex.
A password only game on the Saturn? That's just awful. I beat this multiple times on the 3DO, but I'm hesitant to dive into the Saturn port now knowing this limitation.
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.
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'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.
As much as I like playing my Saturn, I use my 3DO for Gex. Just like I use my Jaguar for Rayman.
It's okay, but not superb I would say. Have both the 3DO and Saturn versions. I prefer Rayman.
Funny story I pre-ordered the Sega Saturn at EB games at the local mall it was March in Delaware and a snow storm hit I jumped on a city bus was the only one on the bus he slid the bus sideways on a on ramp to the he said they where calling the buses in so no service home I said I will call a cab I ran in the mall and got to EB games just as they where closing buy I did get the console with gex and Daytona USA racing the cab picked me up got the console home and enjoyed that console very much I don't have one now hope Saturn mini console is coming soon
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.
They replaced the save feature with passwords though the Saturn also has built in memory for save games. :-/
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.
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.
Not a single magazine at the time mentioned the jump to 60fps on SAT/PS1 versions.
I beat the PlayStation version as a kid, the biggest pain in the neck is trying to get all the secret remotes to get to the secret world.
Edit:
And also the Password system
yeah I hate it when games offer ONLY passwords ... I understand that using passwords instead of SRAM was a decision to make in the cartridge days as SRAM would have made the game more expensive ... but in the later half of the 90's ? ... on a console that has memory for gamesaves built in ?? ... like the saturn ??? ... there is NO excuse to not use savegames ... even less so if it's a port from another platform and the original game already had it.
There are even a couple of PC games that ONLY do this password crap ... like ... c'mon ... it's a PC ... you got a big old hard drive in there, dont'cha ???
I'm just playing it, ...real and CiB PAL version of GEX on my Saturn ;)
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. 🦎
This is like activating memes in the commenst section.
Enter the Geco! Ah Gex...another failed mascot. Actually surprised he wasn't revived in recent years.
Just because something didnt blow up like sonic or mario doesnt mean it was a fail. Think about how little stuff blows up like that and how many times stuff like this happens instead. Its a success if it was a fun game and you made some money on it. Not everything has to be a raging success.
If Bubsy can get a reboot any 90s mascot can
I've had Gex on my mind lately and now you make this.. weird. Series deserves a full remake
Did the PlayStation version run at 60fps also?
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 had this on its original system, the 3DO.
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 really enjoy the first game. It bridges the gap of 16 bit and 32 bit perfectly. Things got ugly in 3D for poor Gex
Maybe it's your capture method but the 3D0 version looks cleaner and bolder than the Saturn.
The 3DO version has better color. The Saturn version is clearer and runs better.
I don't even like sega that much, but I like your videos
So the password/save system worked just hope it did in Crash Bandicoot?
I never played the first Gex but I loved playing the 3D sequels .
Love your channel...great work
Sega could give us a Saturn Dreamcast mini console that would be awesome
I remember asking for the psx version for Christmas and not getting it lol
Your attitude is just so refreshing. Thank you Sega Lord X.
Gex and Gex 2.....was my go to games when I just wanted to have fun😎
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.
I've waited years for this day.
I've waited days for this year.
i was 8 years old when this released...wow this is sad.
Would like an episode on a bunch of unreleased Saturn games.
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!
I love this game on Saturn but yeah it's hard lol.
At least we can all agree that Gex is good at getting rid of your Chibi-Robo Zip Lash infestation
Indeed.