9 Video Game Mascots We Absolutely Hated

3. Gex

Gex Gecko
Crystal Dynamics

Nostalgia-clouded kids of the '90s need to stop deluding themselves: Gex - a wise-cracking gecko, naturally - was complete sh*t.

Crystal Dynamic's suspiciously slimy squamata had unusual origins, as the nominal 'star' of an eponymous 2D platformer on Panasonic's 3DO - by far the doomed console's best-selling title. Gex was subsequently ported to a number of relevant consoles, inevitably resulting in two decidedly mediocre and entirely derivative 3D platforming chores, neither of which could hold a candle even to PlayStation contemporaries in the form of Ape Escape and Crash Bandicoot, let alone the industry defining exemplars over on the N64.

The trilogy managed to shift a mammoth 15 million copies, with the series growing in popularity inverse to its popularity. so you couldn't exactly say everybody 'hated' Gex's reptile stylings mind;

But frankly, they should have.

 
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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.