California Games

Description

California Games was the original "Extreme Games" – what today's generation might call "X-Games in the sun". Players can select sponsors (absent in some versions) and compete in events such as skateboarding, footbag, surfing, roller skating, flying disc (frisbee) and BMX. The surfing event is ranked by judges, which give a score to help the players improve their routine.

The Atari versions (2600 and Lynx) of the game omit the flying disc and roller skating events, while the Genesis version omits only the flying disc event.

Alternate Titles

• "Jogos de Verão" -- Brazilian SEGA Master System title
• "Calgames" -- Informal title

Part of the Following Groups

• California Games series
• Distance record games
• Epyx "Games" series

Merchant Title Platform Price   Aigina's Prophecy Commodore 64     California Games Atari 2600 Atari 2600 $4.00   California Games DOS $6.39   Sunflower Fairy 750 piece puzzle NES     California Games: Sega Master SEGA Master System     California Games Genesis $1.29   California Games DOS $6.39   California Games     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Vietnam Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

This radical game is totally awesome dude!	DOS	Roedie (5213)
SMS California Games in Better than Genesis Version Shocker	SEGA Master System	Liam Dowds (51)
It's GREAT to be playing CALIFORNIA GAMES!	DOS	Accatone (5221)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Jun 16, 2001	A	100
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	SEGA Master System	May, 1989	93 out of 100	93
Mean Machines	Genesis	Mar, 1992	91 out of 100	91
All Game Guide	Atari 2600	1998		90
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Sep, 1987	9 out of 10	90
Mobile Game Faqs	J2ME	Jul 24, 2005	78 out of 100	78
The Games Machine (UK)	SEGA Master System	May, 1989	78 out of 100	78
Power Play	Amiga	Mar, 1989	73 out of 100	73
Sega8bit.com	SEGA Master System	Jan 12, 2005	7 out of 10	70
VideoGame	SEGA Master System	Mar, 1991		60

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Trivia

In the Lynx version's manual, it reads: "Score an extra 50 points for hitting the seagull in the beak with the foot bag (but only in this game -- be kind to the birdies in the other events)."