Cancelled Gex Game Appears Online
A buried Gex sequel has been revealed, with a peek behind the curtains at the game's unreleased demo.
04th Apr 2022 16:48
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Cancelled Gex Game Appears Online
A buried Gex sequel has been revealed, with a peek behind the curtains at the game's unreleased demo.
04th Apr 2022 16:48
Crystal Dynamics | ImageBuilder
Remakes and reboots are all over the place, that's certainly no secret. But sometimes, they can be a bit much, especially when it comes to platformers.
It turns out that Glover is making a comeback on PC, and if it's set to follow in the footsteps of the immense failure of Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back, then there isn't much to look forward to. We loved the platformers of old, but by now, they've been made a little redundant. Even our favourites (I'm so sorry, Voodoo Vince) have lost their spark in the huge boom of platformers nowadays.
But, who says we need remakes? What we really need is sequels. And a planned sequel to a fan-favourite platformer series almost came to life.
Hidden Gex Sequel Demo Has Been Discovered
If you wanted more horribly dated references to celebrity culture in the 1990s, then we've got bad news - an unannounced Gex sequel was in the works and subsequently canned, with the work on the game going unnoticed - until now.
Apparently, the lame secret agent lizard had himself a son, and it's this son, Gex Jr., that was set to have his own game. Gex Jr. was planned and canned, but a recently rediscovered demo, that has been uploaded to Archive.org, reveals some new details about the abandonware.
Originally released in January 2001, the description also includes some controls which highlight that this may not be a game we should miss too dearly with Circle offering up a tongue attack and Triangle allowing you to fart. Above you can see a short video of the demo being played presumably on an emulator.
Why Was Gex Jr. Cancelled?
This reveal has prompted questions from fans of Gex, with most of them being why we haven't actually seen Gex again since the '90s.
It's thought that if the game was made around 2001, it would have been right on the upward trajectory of the PS2, and with its huge popularity, the game (presumably developed for the first PlayStation) simply didn't make the cut for games to be developed for the new console.
Maybe it's okay we don't have more Gex. After all, he dated himself with his constant references to a pop culture long forgotten. If he loves the '90s so much, we reckon it's only fair that we let him stay there.
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Joseph Kime
Joseph Kime is the Senior Trending News Journalist for GGRecon from Devon, UK. Before graduating from MarJon University with a degree in Journalism, he started writing music reviews for his own website before writing for the likes of FANDOM, Zavvi and The Digital Fix. He is host of the Big Screen Book Club podcast, and author of Building A Universe, a book that chronicles the history of superhero movies. His favourite games include DOOM (2016), Celeste and Pokemon Emerald.