PrinceWatercress plays Gex (PS1) - Part 4 of 15

It didn't take long to complete the second world in the game at all. We're not done yet, though...

Rock It!

The question mark icon at the start gives you the hint of "An arrow points down at the desert!" Remember that for later.

For the majority of this level, you're going to have to ride on rockets. If you accidentally touch the front, nose cone end of a rocket (or a rocket's explosion), it will hurt you. Also, there will be plenty of Star Trek, Star Wars and even Elton John references here and there.

The yellow alien guys with the green stripes on their stomachs attack with a "Yikes!" reaction complete with Tex Avery-style eye bulge-outs, and 

By standing on the tail end of the blue rockets, you can get the rocket to angle upwards and go slightly higher, and by standing on the front end, you can make it tilt downwards and go slightly lower.

The UFO enemies fly around in short patterns, and if you happen to be under them, they will hit you from above with a boxing glove.

If a rocket travels upwards, you can stick to the side like any other wall in the game. As for the ones traveling downwards, stay away from them and their explosions.

For the stack of rockets travelling parallel of one another, you want to stick onto the ceiling with the golden flies and make your way right from there, or else you'll get trapped above a bottomless pit and die.

When you see the arrow made of golden flies pointing down from the hint from earlier, follow it downward. Hit the camera switch with your tail whip, then go right. You'll find four extra lives and a remote. You'll find another remote from going through the level normally. One opens up an extra level, while the other opens up Flatulator, which is the next boss battle.

Near the end, you'll have to stick to the bottom of a rocket and then drop down to another rocket underneath in order to get to the exit.

The Flatulator

This boss battle is against a thin, ugly washed-up superhero who drinks a bunch of gunk out of a giant cooler and turns into a fat, ugly washed-up superhero. Wait for him to fart himself towards you, then jump over him. Avoid any anvils that drop down when he collides with the wall. Jump over him when he charges at you again and avoid anvils. Keep doing this until he flies into the air.

When he flies into the air, climb up the wall and onto the ceiling, and tail whip the strings that are holding the anvils hanging from the ceiling so that they fall on The Flatulator. After long enough, you'll be knocked off the celing and you'll have to avoid The Flatulator's charges again. If you manage to hit him with three anvils quickly enough, you'll get a health ball to refill one of your hit points with, too.

After hitting The Flatulator with three anvils in quick succession three times, you'll get a remote for the next world, which is a jungle world. You'll be able to start the third world in the game right away!