7 Great Platforming Video Games (That Have Been Forgotten)

Platform games have always ostensibly been aimed at children, though ironically today the majority of their appeal is to now-adult gamers looking to revisit the beloved games of their youth. The Gex series was always designed for a more mature audience, given the wisecracking nature of its gecko protagonist and the adult jokes nestled amongst its myriad of delightful pop culture references and homages.

Lasting just four years in total, Gex was the star of three titles across PlayStation, Nintendo and Sega consoles. He may well have been a casualty of Eidos’ takeover of developer Crystal Dynamics in 1998, as they were moved onto the development of a pair of Disney tie-ins immediately after the release of Gex 3, never returning to him despite the initial announcement of a fourth entry on the PS2 and the continuation of their other notable franchise, Legacy Of Kain, until 2003.

Eidos have since been acquired by Square Enix, who maintained an initiative for publishing the works of independent game developers called the Square Enix Collective. Though they encouraged the use of it to revive dormant Eidos properties, including Fear Effect, nobody was seemingly willing to pick up Gex’s reins and he has now been missing in action for twenty two years, far longer than any of his counterparts on this list.