

Sony's dome, reluctant from the outset to enter the video game market, was intended to end the adventure here. Ken Kutaragi, who at that time was a Sony computer He moved, along with his research, from one lab to another, until Teruo Tokunaka took him to see then-president Norio Ohga to expose his idea. The video game giant, however, broke with the Japanese technology, then neophyte in The industry because it felt that it was too much in the control and benefits derived from the sale of CD games.

Nintendo agreed with Sony, in the late 1980s, to develop for its successful Super Nintendo an appendix to incorporate games on CD, in addition to the traditional cartridge. It all started with a broken contract with Nintendo at the end of the decade of 1980. TRG has contacted Square Enix for comment.PlayStation 1 was released on Decemin Japan, 3rd September, 1995 in the U.S. While the library lineup hasn't been confirmed, we're certainly hoping the original Gex trilogy is among them. What's more, Gex could be introduced to a whole new generation thanks to Sony's revamped PS Plus subscription, which will allow those subscribed to its premium tier to play a library of retro PlayStation games. However, we may yet see the pop-culture-loving lizard making a return yet, as Square Enix (which now owns Crystal Dynamics) filed a trademark for the name 'Gex' in late 2021, leading to rumors a reboot of the series may be on the cards. The last entry in the original Gex trilogy was released in 1999, making it 23 years since the smooth Geko last graced our consoles. was scrapped, or what the overarching plan for the game was, leaving us with more questions than answers about the Gex spinoff.īut it's certainly got us yearning for a Gex comeback. was abandoned by developer Crystal Dynamics, with this demo remaining the only playable (albeit short) version of the game.
