Limited Run Games announce retro revivals for Gex Trilogy, Jurassic Park, Tomba, and more

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One recent report found that a worrying number of classic games have been lost to time and are unavailable to play on modern systems. But Gex fans, don’t despair! Limited Run Games announced multiple retro re-releases at last night’s showcase, including PC ports for the original survival horror Clock Tower, the platforming Gex Trilogy, and a spiritual successor to the only bad Zelda games in existence.

Fans of the anthropomorphic gecko should be delighted about the upcoming Gex Trilogy, which bundles 1995’s side-scroller Gex alongside the two 3D sequels. The games set themselves apart with a gecko-appropriate moveset and a quippy media-obsessed protagonist that probably annoyed some people. My childhood memories of playing Spyro and Gex have merged together, meaning I have no recollection of how good or terrible those games might have been. Although, Gex is coming back sooner than some other C-list platforming mascots - RPS in peace Blinx, Banjo, Croc - so maybe there’s something worth returning to.

Staying on the platforming train, last night’s showcase also announced a PC port for Tomba (also known as Tombi to Europeans), in collaboration with series creator Tokura Fujiwara and returning composer Fujita Harumi. The pink-haired hero doesn’t have a release window yet, but there’s a pretty fun animated trailer here.

The show’s other highlight was the Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection, packaging the two run and gunning dino spin-offs released in the 90s. The Making Of Karateka - the playable documentary - also showed up again after its debut at this week's ID@Xbox show.

Limited Run are bringing back all of the above with their much-discussed Carbon Engine, which was previously used to revive the very first