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Gex

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Gex
Gex cover
Developers
Crystal Dynamics
Publishers
Microsoft
Eidos Interactive
Digital Square Enix
Engines
Gex Engine
Release dates
Windows November 7, 1996
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Series Gex
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Gex guide on StrategyWiki
Gex on MobyGames
Gex on Wikipedia
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Gex: Enter the Gecko 1997
Gex Trilogy TBA

Gex is a singleplayer side view platform game in the Gex series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Demo

Essential Improvements

Digital Controls Patch

Allows for use of the D-Pad when using a controller.
To install, simply copy the files in the .zip file to the game directory, then run PatchGEX.exe.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Games\GEX[Note 1]
A password system is used to save games

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Input

In-game keyboard settings.
In-game keyboard settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 2 compatible


Notes

  1. Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

References