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Summary

Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko drops Gex into a TV‑themed adventure where each level is a stand‑alone channel you enter through a television set. The Nintendo 64 version trims the more suggestive moments and swaps the original FMV intro for a narrated news‑flash by Alfred the Turtle, while the exchange with Agent Xtra happens on a control‑console screen. Gameplay expands the hub world, Mission Control, letting you hop between levels, pilot a tank, a camel or a snowboard, and even glide or swim in certain stages. Collecting the 50 hidden TV remotes (and taking down Rez) unlocks a special ending that the UK release omitted, and bonus stages let you play as Rex, Cuz or Alfred. Reviewers praised the game’s humor and personality but noted the N64 port’s choppy frame‑rate, lack of analog‑stick support, and its struggle to keep up with the console’s flagship 3D platformers, resulting in mixed scores ranging from the mid‑60s to high‑70s.

Storyline

In Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko, the lizard‑hero‑turned‑wealthy secret agent watches the news and learns that his partner and love interest, Agent Xtra, head of the TV Terrorist Defense Unit, has vanished. Xtra reaches out from the Media Dimension, revealing that the villain Rez kidnapped her as bait to draw Gex into an assault on his secret island cave.

Gex returns to the Media Dimension via his Mission Control headquarters, hops across a slew of television channels with the aid of his butler Alfred, and manages to free fellow captives Rex and Cuz. Together they confront Rez in a final showdown, defeat him, and rescue Xtra.

The game’s ending varies by platform: the PlayStation version shows Gex and Xtra making love off‑screen, while the Nintendo 64 ending has Alfred announcing cruise tickets for the pair, leaving Gex in charge of the island.