Gex: Enter the Gecko (Game Boy Color)

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Gex: Enter the Gecko
Developer(s)	David A. Palmer Productions
Publisher(s)	Game Boy Color NA: Crave Entertainment EU: Interplay
Producer(s)	Mike Arkin Matthew Paul
Designer(s)	Chris Edwards Jim Meston
Programmer(s)	Andrew Bowen (credited as ROO)
Composer(s)	Jeremy Taylor
Release dates	NA: December 1998 EU: 1998
Platform(s)	Game Boy (compatiable) Gameboy Color
Genre	Platformer
Rating(s)	ESRB: E ELSPA: 3+
Modes	Single Player

Gex: Enter the Gecko (Gex 2: Enter the Gecko is an handheld version based on the console game of same name developed by David A. Palmer Productions. The game is a 2D platformer and was released in 1998 for the Game Boy Color. Despite this, the game would be compatiable for the original Game Boy.

Levels

Main Levels

The game is set in the Media Dimension which serves as the hub for every channel in the game. In this version of the game, as unlock requirements function differently as they are unlocked behind red gates. These gates could only be accessed once the player collects a certain about of red remotes, due to the absence of bosses, except for Rez in the game.

Channel	Levels	Description
	Out of Toon	A cartoon themed channel.
	Fine Tooning
	Smellraiser	A horror themed channel.
	Frankensteinfeld
	Poltergex
	www.dotcom.com	A circuit-based/futuristic themed channel.
	Honey I Shrunk the Gecko
	Mao Tse Tongue	A classic Kung-Fu movie themed channel.
	Samurai Night Fever
	Pangaea 90210	A pre-historic/dinosaur themed channel.
	This Old Cave
	No Weddings and a Funeral	Rez's domain.

Boss level

This is the main boss level which requires a certain number of Red Remotes to enter the stage.

Channel	Boss	Description
	Rez	The final and only boss of the game. Gex has to combat Rez for one final showdown.

Bonus Levels

These channels are accessed by acquiring a certain number of Silver Remotes within the game which can be gained from collecting all the different tiers of collectables within a level and from hidden Silver Remotes scattered throughout them. The main objective the bonus level would be to collect certain amount of an item in the level before the time runs out after which you will be rewarded a Gold Remote, again if it is collected before time runs out.

Channel	Level	Description
	Thursday the 12th	The first bonus level that requires 2 silver remotes to be unlocked. Based around Scream TV, the level title is parody of the classic horror movie, Friday the 13th. The objective to this bonus level is to collect 50 skulls and the gold remote in the level by going through multiple corridors and rooms, before time runs out.
	Lizard in a China Shop	The second bonus level that requires 4 silver remotes to be unlocked. This level is based on the Kung-Fu Theater levels. In this level, Gex to collect 31 Chinese Take-Out boxes and the gold remote before the time runs out. While avoiding many traps and pits which will result in his death.
	Chip and Dips	The third bonus level that requires 8 silver remotes to be unlocked. The level is based on the Circuit Central levels in the game. In this level, Gex has to collect 50 transistors and gold remote before the time runs out.
	Bugged Out	The fourth/last bonus level that requires 16 silver remotes to be unlocked. The level is based on the Rezopolis levels in the game. In this level, Gex has to collect 50 gears by destroying as many robotic bugs as possible before the time runs out. Upon completion, the player is rewarded with a gold remote.

Secret Stations

These secret/hidden levels only appear when you collect a number of Gold Remotes from bonus levels throughout the game. They will reward you a Red Remote which contributes to the 100% completion of the game. However, unlike the Playstation version, they don't have Lost Gex Tapes within the levels.

Channel	Level	Description
	Lava Dabba Doo	The first secret level of the game. The level can be unlocked by obtaining 1 gold remotes and it's based on Pre-History Channel levels throughout the game.
	Texas Chainsaw Manicure	The second secret level of the game. The level can be unlocked by obtaining 2 gold remotes and it's based on Scream TV levels throughout the game.
	Mazed and Confused	The third/final secret level of the game. The level can be unlocked by obtaining 4 gold remotes and it's based on the Rezopolis level throughout the game.

Manuals

Click on the thumbnails to read the manuals

Gex: Enter the Gecko (GBC) Manual

See Also

• Removed Content
• Passwords

Gallery

US GB catridge

Trivia

• The following bonus levels, In Drag Net, Aztec 2 Step, Trouble in Uranus, I Got the Reruns and The Spy Who Loved Himself is absent from this game.
• The Rocket Channel was completely removed from this handheld port. However, there's the text strings contained 'ROCKET CHANNEL' in the game's files. Therefore, that it was planned at one point during development.
• This game can also be played on the original Game Boy
  • Additionally, when played on the original Game Boy, it displays the level names as the play moves the near the TV screen. This is absent from the Game Boy Color version.
  • When you die in the Game Boy version of the game, the screen will fade to black. This is absent from the Game Boy Color version.