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| Game info: | 
box cover | Game title: | California Games | | Console: | Sega Master System (SMS) | | Author (released): | Epyx, Inc. (1987) | | Genre: | Action, Sport | Mode: | Multiplayer | | Design: | Kevin Furry, Chuck Sommerville, Jon Leupp, Ken Nicholson, ... | | Music: | Christopher Grigg, Gil Freeman | | Game manual: | manual.pdf | File size: | 1970 kB | | Download: | California_Games.zip | Game size: | 173 kB | | Recommended emulator: | KEGA Fusion |
| | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: | California Games is a 1987 sports video game developed and published by Epyx for the Apple II and Commodore 64. Branching from their Summer Games and Winter Games series, it is a collection of outdoor sports purportedly popular in California.  | | California Games (Sega Master System) |
The game was successful and was soon ported to other home computers and video game consoles, and was the pack-in game for the Atari Lynx when that system launched in September 1989. It was followed by the sequel California Games II in 1990.
The events vary slightly per platform, but include half-pipe, footbag, surfing (starring Rippin' Rick), roller skating, BMX, and flying disc.
Epyx reportedly used more than three man-years to develop California Games, including a surfer who wrote the surfing game. Several members of the development team moved on to other projects. Chuck Sommerville, the designer of the half-pipe game in California Games, later developed the game Chip's Challenge, while Ken Nicholson, the designer of the footbag game, would go on to invent of the technology used in Microsoft's DirectX. Kevin Norman, the designer of the BMX game, went on to found the educational science software company Norman & Globus, makers of the ElectroWiz series of products.
The sound design for the original version of California Games was done by Chris Grigg, a member of the band Negativland.
Originally written for the Apple II and Commodore 64, it was eventually ported to Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari 2600, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Sega Genesis, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX and Master System. The Atari Lynx version was the pack-in game for the system when it was launched in September 1989. A version for the Atari XEGS was planned and contracted out by Atari Corporation to Epyx in 1988, but no code was delivered by the publication deadline.
California Games was a commercial blockbuster. With more than 300,000 copies sold in the first nine months, it was the most successful Epyx game, outselling each of the four previous and two subsequent titles in the company's 'Games' series. CEO Dave Morse said that it was the first Epyx game to appeal equally to boys and girls during playtesting. The game topped 500,000 units sold by 1989, at which time Video Games & Computer Entertainment reported that sales were 'still mounting'. More details about this game can be found on Wikipedia.org. | | For fans and collectors: | | Find this game on video server YouTube.com or Vimeo.com. | | Buy original game or SMS console on Amazon.com or eBay.com. | Find digital download of this game on GOG or Steam. | | | | Videogame Console: |  This version of California Games was designed for the Sega Master System (SMS), which was an 8-bit video game console manufactured by Sega in the years 1985 - 1992. It was a direct competitor to the much more successful NES console and the predecessor of the much beter console Sega Genesis. The unit price of Master System was approximately $ 200 and worldwide only 13 million units of this console were sold. More information about Sega Master System can be found here. |
Recommended Game Controllers: | You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB gamepad that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a gamepad, buy a suitable USB controller on Amazon or AliExpress or in some of your favorite online stores. | | | | Available online emulators: | 4 different online emulators are available for California Games. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game California Games are summarized in the following table:
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