Gex 3 : Deep Cover Gecko - Nintendo 64 Review - Ultra HDMI - HD
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- Gex 3 : Deep cover gecko review on the Nintendo 64.
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Recorded using an Ultra HDMI modded N64 console with an Elgato game capture HD60s capture card using a real game cartridge.
So who's looking forward to the N64 Mini Classic console and do you think this will end up on it? What do you think the top 5 or top 10 3d platform games of all time are? Like me do you love platform games like Mario 64 and banjo kazooie or 2d classics like yoshis story? - Hry
You've been killing it as of late. Great work my friend.
Thanks Matt, plenty of free time at this time of year in my line of work 👍
@@n64glennplant I agree your videos are awesome!
@@n64glennplant one thing! you should put ratings like % on each game so we get an idea of where it ranks in your esteem.
Glenn, You must be playing the US version of this game if you're hearing Dana Gould, he was replaced with Danny John-Jules in the UK version, (he was also replaced with Leslie Philips in the previous Gex Game) on account of people saying how annoying his voice was.
Yeah that’s right we were chatting below about it. I didn’t like DJJ voice work personally although I loved ted dwarf 👍
I loved all the voiceover work, but I'm a huge fan of the series! :D
Yeah, I love DJJ, He was awesome in Red Dwarf and Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, but he doesn't fit Gex really, Leslie Philips is an even weirder choice.
I can't think of any British celebs back then that had a witty/sarcastic tone to fit him. Dominic Diamond maybe? :D
@@Larry I still love both tbh.
Larry Bundy Jr ha Dom would have been an interesting choice! Saying that I think even by that point he’d walked away from the industry. When I last chatted to him about 4-5 years ago he really didn’t have much of an interest in games anymore which is sad because for many like us he was a formula five part of our childhood gaming
I had this for the Playstation, it was great. I wish we could get a Gex remake trilogy like we did Spyro and Crash
Looks like that wish may becoming true
This game is really special to me. It was one of the first games I got with my PS1 in Christmas 1999!!
Making me feel old now 😭
@@n64glennplant I'm 28 mate!! Not exactly 16!! :D
I noticed it on your Zelda review, but thank you for using the correct aspect ratio.
It has been bothering me the whole time, but I didn't want to say anything :D
Hah that’s ok brah, I prefer 16:9 but each to their own 😬
Gex: Enter the Gecko is one of my all time favorite games. I got it used at EB Games and my brother got Croc: Legends of the Gobos.
I remember being enthralled with the craziness and absurdity of it. I also loved reptiles at the time (having pet frogs and turtles).
Gex is a product of the 90s and I don't think the younger generation would appreciate him as much as we did. But it would be cool to see Gex save the internet!..but that didn't go so well for Wreck-It Ralph...
Beautiful to see it recorded like this with antialiasing instead of emulated in modern resolutions
Thanks
I never played this one, though did play the previous game (on both PS1 and N64) and quite liked it, flaws and all. This game doesn't look that much of an upgrade on Enter the Gecko on the surface, it has to be said.
If Gex ever does get revived (in an age when Bubsy and Shaq Fu get new games, anything is possible!) I'd much prefer a 3D game, purely because there are about half a billion throwback 2D platformers out there nowadays whereas there are barely any 3D platformers.
Now you mention it yeah, it does seem they all go back to 2d whereas a 3d entry would actually come across quite fresh
@@n64glennplant I for one would LOVE to see this series make a comeback; now if we could just stay clear of those dreaded SJW;s, it's all good : )
Nice thumbnail btw. 😉
Gex is one those games that seems interesting, and he was good on the PlayStation. I never really felt he belonged on the N64, but the game is alright in my opinion.
Haha the thumbnail is from an ad they ran way back
Keep em coming Glenn. Awesome as usual great review. Best content on the tube. 👍
Thanks Michael, I do what I can 😬
Damn rolling out with them reviews glenn.
They see me rolling, they (hopefully not) hating 😂
Glenn recording footage on ratio 4:3 is quite rare! what happened Glenn? :)
Banged it into 4:3 for the ogre battle capture as the sprite work looked much better and kinda stuck with it
I used to think this was the same gecko used for the Gieco commercials 😂
You know you’re definitely not the first person to say that
I remember owning the Gex games on the N64 for a brief time when I was younger. I also remember the camera giving me headaches back then as well. So I ended up selling them. Even though I liked most 3D platformers I could get a hold of.
Yeah sounds like many of us had problems with the camera
Best thumbnail!
Haha it’s an ad they ran
Here I am missing Gex like.....but I have Spyro reignited trilogy, Crash Bandicoot n sane trilogy, and Red Dead Redemption 2. But honestly Gex was one of my favorite ps1 characters. The characters I remember the most are Spyro, Gex, Crash, Rayman, Croc, Tomba(guy with pink hair). Croc used to be my fav as a kid until Spyro. Spyro is still my favorite, I’m so glad he made a comeback. I know all these ps1 characters that I love can’t comeback but if I had to pick who I’d want to comeback out of these characters is Gex. I understand Gex is to 90s with his jokes, but in modern days like today, I do think he can say modern day jokes and thinking about the channel themes I have thought about. For example channels could have themes based on the media in the late 00s-2010s. Twilight saga, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead franchise, Supernatural, Fast and furious franchise, and etc. just a few that I thought of at the top of my head. His is just my opinion. But yea, I miss Gex, especially when Spyro and Crash came back and had a remake ):
Gex trilogy remastered would be an interesting thing to see done!
Haven't gotten into these games very much yet. I remember renting Enter the Gecko once back in the day but, we must have rented something better the same weekend because I definitely didn't remember much when I bought the cartridge a few years ago. Honestly what I've seen/heard about these games has just made me want to check out the 3DO original more than anything...
Yeah I loved the 3do one and for me they went downhill in 3d
My favorite of the series is probably the second one. I really enjoyed some of the levels in the third. But I seem to remember more of the same game than any of them oh, so it must have made a stronger impression.
If I were to revive the gex franchise today, I would have a mixture of 3D platforming levels and 2D side-scrolling levels but all with 3D images and shapes and environments, so it would be 2.5d on the side-scrolling stages. I would use his TV addiction to play into today's streaming and binge-watching culture.
Yeah now you mention it he could do a load of youtuber levels
@@n64glennplant
Very true.
They could also parody Netflix and hulu and other streaming services.
Lots of potential to play around with.
you very well may have saved my evening mister plant!
Thanks Nigel! 😬🍺
Hey Glenn, reptiles are awesome...less appropriately for this video but appropriate for games in general, I named my crested gecko Yoshi. He is a valued member of the family!
I had an iguana, a gecko, a bearded dragon and a skink way back in the day. Now just a chihuahua dog 🐕
In you Gex 3D review you said it was a bad port of the Playstation game, is it the same with this game or was it made with the N64 in mind? As always, great video 🖒
Hmm with this one I’m not sure enough to say either way. It doesn’t feel like a shanty PlayStation port though in comparison to other games which were on both
Yes, the N64 of this game is also a REALLY bad port. Graphics are a huge downgrade (colors, lighting and everything), as well as the lag being unbearable at times, sound being worse and so on.
I only played Gex 3D and I liked it well enough to play it sometimes but not seek out the other games growing up. I've been meaning to try the first game but still have yet to.
I think you’ll like it
Recently got this game only because I highly enjoyed the first one, this one will be enjoyable to play👍
yeah I think if you liked get 3d then you should love this too
It would be neat to see Gex come back but in 2D again, there were 2D ports of Gex EtG and Gex 3 for the GBC but they don't seem to be as good as the Original Gex.
I’ve not played any of the handheld ones
I always wanted to try Gex game series out, but never had the opportunity.
Hmm is a tough series to recommend as it’s quite an acquired taste but I still find 1 to be the most enjoyable
Wow, fascinating.
Thank you
When I saw the thumbnail, I was like “…….WHAT THE HECK?!”
Haha it was an actual ad they ran in magazines
Honestly, I don't really think Gex did the port transition very well... I lived with the N64 ports and they were kind of janky, with problematic camera and frame rates. On the other hand, when I played them again on the PS1, they got significantly better, with fewer slowdown problems. But on the other hand, Mythology Network is clearly superior on the N64, with the PS1 version being a hot mess of bottomless pits and despawning collectables.
I find Gex 3 as the best of the series. Not because it repairs the 2nd game's problems, but because they got around it by designing more open levels, where the camera doesn't get as stuck as before. While it has problems, especially on stages like Tut TV and Clueless in Seattle, it does the job enough to not make it a chore, at least for me. Coupled that with some pretty memorable levels (Anime Channel, Mafia TV, Superhero Show and Buccaneer's Broadcast) and the overall decent controls, I consider the Gex series to be the better one of the B graded platformers of the era.
As for how to revive it, with the recent revival of 3D plaftormers with things like Yooka-Laylee, A Hat in Time and Mario Odyssey, I think Gex could return as a 3D platformer. Make the levels thematic with popular TV and movie tropes of nowadays (a huge city as a battleground in a Superhero level, a Medieval level with dragons and spells a la Game of Thrones, sunny and moving cities as a Investigation/Police show and a Sci-Fi channel based more on Star Trek or the more recent Star Wars movies, just as some examples), bring a few levels from the other games as "Rerun Stages" (imagine Mafia TV or one of the Horror levels from 2 with nowadays technology) and add a focus on the unique moves Gex can perform (especially the Tail Bounce, the Wall Climbing and the Flies) and we have a recipe for a pretty nice game.
Thank you for such a detailed response 👍
That last part with the wolf looks like a bad acid trip
Not just me who thought that then haha
Looks a pretty damn good acid trip to me
You'd hope they would do better when both banjo tooie and bomberman hero upped the ante and DK64
I must've missed this one. Gex 64 enter the gecko was the one I had
It’s worth a try
I love the thumbnail you used.
photoshop classic :O
Review Paper Mario bro, one of the few you havent done yet
2019 👍
I honestly don't know what it is about both 3D Gex games, but I can't play them for a long time at once without getting a headache, which is probably why i've never finished either. I'll have to try again some day considering I own both on the N64.
It's the incredibly janky camera and low framerate.
Yeah that’s like the motion sickness I mentioned glad I’m not alone
I don't think any other games actually make me physically sick to play, but somehow Gex 64 and Gex 3 managed to do it. I'm getting a headache just thinking about that jerky camera movement.
i blocked ads to watch this video how do any VR games make you feel?
They should bring back Gex but Norm Macdonald as the voice.
Should have used a green cartridge, maybe the dark green because it was a sequel
I'd love a 3D game for a comeback. As a pre-teen or so, Gex Enter the Gecko was a lot of fun, I replayed it as much as Glover and Mario 64 and all that. I never bothered with Deep Cover Gecko- anytime I saw it at Blockbuster I just thought it looked like a gimmick. Sure, Enter the Gecko had themed worlds similar to DCG, but seeing screenshots of 'vampire Gex' and 'little red riding hood gex' just turned me off. I'm not sure how you take a light hearted take on a grander adventure but I don't think DCG's direction was it.
I agree, preferred the story of etg more than dcg
Enter the Gecko is the best entry in the trilogy hands down. I've beaten all three of them and ETG was the only one I actually bothered to fully 100%. Gex 1 is my least favorite.
New smash character????
Gex R.P.G.
haha that would be awesome, could have some decent writers attached to it
Is the actual game dark or was it the capture/something on my end?
fripp555 oh cool, never seen black fog on the N64 before
I remember it being dark.
Capture is normal, just kinda how the game is
I only played this a little to try it out and I didn't get some of his random comments. I mean I understood them in the sense that I knew what he was talking about, but they just seemed completely random, rather than being appropriate to the current situation. It'd be like a character just randomly saying "That's going to leave a mark!" for no apparent reason. It's funny when it's in relation to someone getting hit/hurt, but if you're just running along, or even standing still, it makes no sense.
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They should've made gex senile, and have him say things that make absolutely no sense.
Like
"where do you grow strawberries if there are no wigwams in sight ?
Inside a fish tank there are sometimes very small house that the fish won't use because they're too small.
Try growing them in those. "
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DAMN that cover! o.o as in thumbnail ( , Y , )
lol
Baywatch and N64 in one thumbnail - what more does a man need 😂
She’s actually baywatch actress marilece andrada interested
And agent xtra on the cover on PS1
I loved the Gex games. I personally liked the Red Dwarf actors voice work in this game though I did also like the other actor who did enter.. I don't remember which I preferred between enter and deep but not the N64 versions for sure. The 2D game on the Saturn I like the least of the 3 though it's still good.
Yeah Danny jules did the pal version and Dana Gould did the ntsc one
@@n64glennplant Yeah I was just talking about the PAL version of Enter and Deep. which also both have different actors. Enter the Gecko having the more James Bond like sounding character and Deep Cover Gecko been a lot more playful sounding. I personally wouldn't be interested in the NTSC version. Maybe it's nostalgia.
kool your vids
Thank you Grimm 👍
This one is actually my favorite. :P
Played all of em?
I have played 2 and 3 on the N64. Never owned a console that had the first one unfortunately. Both had their charm, and 3 definitely has annoying voice over and camera, but I just liked the visuals. Crazy enough, even the level design a bit better. 2 felt like going from one spot to the next, it was fun with a little bit of puzzle solving. 3 felt like a wacky world that exploring every corner rewarded you while not being over saturated with collectibles, and I liked that.
I got Gex 3 deep cover gecko n64 game at gamestop that I got good grades at powell elementary school.
Why would a lizard with no genitals have a human girlfriend?
Dry humping - there I said it 😂😂😂
I absolutely loved GEX Enter the Gecko when I was a kid, I bought GEX on my PS3 thinking it was the same game and got the 2D game by accident. Still good but never got to scratch that childhood nastalgia itch
See I must be older as the 2d gex was my fav in the series 😬
@@n64glennplant could be, I never bought any of the GEX games until a few years ago, I just remember going to my cousins and playing GEX and loving it. The earlier games are good too though. I'm 29 and was born in 1990
That cover looks SPICY... hopefully Gex is going to get revived soon (either by remaking the original or making a new one)
Haha the ending of this game will shock your mind then 😂
N64 Glenn Plant I'd probably say the Gex 2: Enter the Gecko/Gex 64 was my favorite of the Gex games, mostly because I liked its level design over Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko's just a bit. That said, I didn't beat Gex 2: Enter the Gecko until 2017 when I got the PS1 version, although I did get very far with the N64 version roughly two decades ago (although I couldn't beat Rez). Ironically I did beat Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko two decades ago (I owned the PS1 copy and played it on my PS2, and was for two decades, the only PS1 game I ever completed).
Overall, I'd say Gex is a pretty good franchise, mostly his 3D games (not a big fan of most 2D platformers). I wish Square Enix would remaster his old games, or better yet, make Gex 4.
I didn’t even realise that square owned the IP now is that right? Or were you just wanting them to do something with it
@@n64glennplant Yep, Square Enix acquired the Gex IP when they bought and absorbed Eidos Interactive.
@@Thomas-te2lg Ohhhhh, so they could have Sora enter the media dimension. Or get Gex to join the bros' road trip. Or make a Chrono Trigger spin-off where the ship takes them to different TV shows instead of time periods!
All, right, I'll stop making heretical and inflammatory crossover ideas...
The fly coin collecting was so much more annoying than the forgiving collectibles in 2
Where is gex 2? Was it on n64 i only have gex and gex3.
Gex 1 was 3do. The 2 gex on N64 are 2 and 3 - their weird naming doesn’t help.
8:19 uhhhh it was Danny John-Jules in the PAL version, which I thought you were reviewing. Get it right
Nope, always NTSC version unless stated otherwise, they typically run much nicer when capturing. Saying that though, I didn’t prefer DJJ over DG even though I was a massive red dwarf fan back in the day
This game has a lot of charm but Enter the Gecko was more fun to play. Protagonists with tons of attitude don't really fit in today's day and age but I would love a revival of the Gex franchise.
Yeah it would be hard to see it happen but then again they tried with duke but I think he has more of a following and FPS are still popular
@@n64glennplant Speaking of which, please review Duke Nukem: Zero Hour and Duke Nukem 64!
How would I *want* to make a Gex revival game? Like the PS/N64 ones, but hopefully more polished.
How would I make a Gex revival game, if it needed to be successful? Pixel-art sidescroller, as that pretty much guarantees positive feedback. ;)
(I'd still go with the former!)
As for the humour, it's inevitable that some of it would become outdated, so I just wouldn't worry about it. Throw in a good mix of old and new movies/shows to parody, try to keep Gex's comments more or less on-topic, and hope that some of the humour holds up over time. And I imagine many of the people that can't stand '90s attitude will also hate '90s platform games (just speculation, though), so they're not the target audience!
I think cell shading would be a cool take
@@n64glennplant Hmm, I hadn't thought of that.
Cel shading would be a great touch for any cartoon-based levels, though I'm not sure it would work on, say, a Game of Thrones one. :P
It's no Chameleon Twist, is it? ;)
I think that it's even more likely for gex to return since square sold off Crystal dynamics and Eidos to the embracer group who own THQ Nordic who remastered spongebob battle for bikini bottom and destroy all humans both of which are getting more games a remake of DAH 2 and a brand new spongebob game so a remake of all three gex games or gex 4 under embracer would make sense
And now this one hold a high price on the n64
Someone should remake gex
This was a game?
Why did no one tell me
Sadly there’s no jiggling mini game 😂
Well that's a shame. Gex seems like a character i'd love to see more of.
The camera killed me more than the enemies did.
Glenn, I am done with formal comments. You know me. Please keep up your work.
Thanks Kurby, always appreciate your support 🍺
@@n64glennplant I wish i could give you a studio. Fortunately, we share a common love.
The Sanctuary CZcams Channel I already have all the home studio gear I feel I need but I appreciated the kind wishes 👍
@@n64glennplant A studio for creating your own N64-styled game or for video production? The latter Glenn has in spades, but the former would be quite the passion project!
Time is what i can't afford personally- everyone has access to free 3D animators, tutorials, and the Unreal engine at this point.
@The Sanctuary CZcams Channel Is that not what a wish is about? Also how did monetary values blossom from well wishes? Seriously, you have no idea who I am.
For all its faults I enjoyed this title. Long live Gex!! Would be great to see the two N64 titles hit the Switch with the camera improved, fog removed and updated textures...
aye
Keeping it simple 😬
I’m lost (?). First you say the game used the same old engine showing its age, looking the same, then you praise the much improved graphics and animations
Yes same engine but there’s a difference between the engine or how the game runs and the graphics.
I luv gex ,would fix that annoying
Cámara and give him new diáloge
and new movements
That would fix a lot of the issues
one of my favorite games. i had it on psx but im sure the n64 is similar. i still play this to this day. btw when i was younger i thought the woman in this game was heather graham seeing as how austin powers the spy who shaged me was popular at the time.
Haha I specifically think that’s exactly what they were trying for without having to pay heather millions
I got this game for PS1
Did you enjoy it
@@n64glennplant very fun I had it for about 4 years now never beaten it tho
That can't be the actual cover art, can it?
Nah it’s an ad they ran for a short while before it was pulled
The cover was a Stone Cold Steve Austin parody
Glenn isnt odd that Gex makes love to a Playboy Model and No one has an issue with it? But Sonic Kisses a human and everyone blows up
strange logic huh?
Sonic is a more wholesome, family-friendly dude in general, despite his '90s 'tude.
But I think the real issue is that Sonic games often take themselves quite seriously- if Sonic '06 had an overall goofy tone, and if it joked about the hedgehog/human "romance", then it may have been better received. Or at least mocked differently?
Haha well I’m not a big sonic fan so he can do whatever he wants, gex was always a horn dog 😂
Cant seem to get into this one. 2 is the best
see 1 was my fav
Jesus Cristo Ama Vcs ❤️💕💞😍💞😍💞😍💞
I would like for Gex to come back... like a fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC!!!
Make it happen hahahah
I think Gex could work in an 3D platformer even today, instead of TV/Movies from yesteryear he needs to focus on Social Media and our society instead, maybe a bit more towards Conker before Microsoft resurrects him.
Truth be told, I find Gex 3 to be the weakest of the original trilogy. The major contributing factor is the complacency of gameplay style from Enter The Gecko. The PS1 version had some REALLY poorly designed levels-so much that the N64 version had some radically altered so that they are better. And the whole “Save The Damsel In Distress” trope is unfortunately what makes this game kind-of cringy for me. Don’t get me started on the game’s ending either (the PS1 version’s is not only TMI, but it puts Sonic 06 to shame but for wrong reasons) The N64 version’s ending fed me bullcrap lies “Mr. Gex and I will see you again soon” almost 20 years later STILL no game...
If a new Gex game was to be made, maybe make it not only TRULY open-world: I.e. have him climb almost ALL surfaces (except ice, Teflon, poisons, and maybe some kind of kryptonite-like substance), and probably focus on him as a character like when Austin Powers adapts into the 1990s from him being in the 1970s; but with a twist: Gex is irritated about the fact the 1990s were better apart from a world of SJW strawman propaganda, censorship of our world of entertainment, and his character ACTUALLY develops through the course of the game. One last thing would be to make Gex talk with the push of a button whenever the player wants him to (kinda like an action figure) I call it: the Select Quote Option (obvious nod to Geico is obvious).
One last thing about a potential new Gex Game is ACTUALLY HAVE a reason why he was gone for so long. Have him locked up in a looney bin for years (released for good behavior), gets run hit by a Freight Truck, becomes a shut in, gets drunk off Ice Cream (it worked for SpongeBob), and is divorced from Agent Xtra (because he only knows one position: Gecko Style). Those are my thoughts.
That’s a pretty cool and yet wacky idea for a new entry that just might work if they ever got around to it!
Gex was some wacky 90's nerd lizzard and they just couldn't nail it in 3D.
Yeah despite 2 attempts it really didn’t reach anything more than an average experience
@@n64glennplant Also western level is totally broken. That was the point where I gave up.
I don't get why people review the N64 version, the PS1 version is superior in every aspect like graphics, lag, sound and so on. The N64 version is literally a huge downgrade.
EDIT: There is also NOT a big input delay. At least not on the PS1 version. Might also be because of the insane lag on the N64 version.
Perhaps it’s because this is an N64 only channel 😉
First like!
Technically you're the first comment too.
Booyakasha!
This was definitely my least favorite Gex game. The original Gex FTW!
Yeah always! 😍
This is a damn good game, but some stages have some ANNOYING platforming which i hate.
Same bad game as Gex 64. When you have games like Super Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie, it's hard to even watch something so bad.
Then go play and watch those games smfh