It's Thursday the 12th!

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It's Thursday the 12th!

On 06/12/2014 at 09:59 PM by Captain N

You know about Friday the 13th right? Well I bet none of you know that much about Thursday the 12th. What is it/ Well it's actually a level from Gex 2: Enter the Gecko on the Playstation. I got it for 99 cents the time PSN was having a sale on games for 99 cents each.

Gex 2

Jason can suck it

I'm a fan of Gex, he's a pretty cool character but Gex 2's controls feel very dated but it's because you play them with the Playstations d-pad, or the PS3 one. I think you can use the analog but I can't get it to work. My favorite is Gex 3 but mostly because that's the one I played first.

If you've never tried the games, check them out if you can get past the controls and bad camera angles. I'd love to see a new Gex game with modern pop-culture references. So happy Thursday the 12th everyone!

Comments

Super Step Contributing Writer

06/12/2014 at 11:05 PM

I remember playing a Gex game on N64 where you jumped into different TVs, which were the gateways to levels, kind of like the paintings in Super Mario 64.

Captain N

06/13/2014 at 12:51 AM

Yeah that was Gex 3 and it's the only one on the N64. I loved it, not sure how well it holds up now though.

KnightDriver

06/13/2014 at 02:16 AM

I was just thinking today, if I buy a classic PSone game on PS3, can I then download and play it on PS4?

bullet656

06/13/2014 at 07:38 AM

I don't have a PS4, so I can't say for sure, but I read recently that the PS4 does not yet play PS1 and PS2 classics. Sony has said they are working on it though.

KnightDriver

06/13/2014 at 01:37 PM

Oh yea, I heard that with the coming of the Next streaming service they will allow PS and PS2 backwards compatibility. Not sure how that works, but it might be cool.

Cary Woodham

06/13/2014 at 03:33 AM

I reviewed the third Gex game on PSOne back in the newspaper days. Platforming was basic and sometimes fun, but the constant talking got annoying. I don't think we'll see another Gex game, especially considering there's another Gecko on TV right now that has a bit more presence.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

06/13/2014 at 06:37 AM

I'm amazed they haven't licensed that gecko for some lame game.

mothman

06/13/2014 at 08:07 AM

I loved Enter the Gecko. the levels, the one liners from various movies etc, it was just a great time. I bought it for .99 too but I still have the original game plus the first game and Deep Cover Gecko for PS1