California Games

The graphics are some of the best ever for the 2600. Objects and backgrounds are multi-colored, finely detailed, and rendered in high resolution. I was especially impressed by the waves in the surfing event. Each event poses a completely unique challenge, and players choose sponsors to identify their character. California Games is a blast to play. Who would have thought they could have pulled this off on the 2600?

California Games has some very catchy tunes, including a respectable rendition of "Louie Louie". The bright sunny graphics put you in a good mood, and the fine gameplay will keep you in one.

Hey gamers, whether you're a California dude or not this game's cool. It looks awesome and plays great, and, like, it's got stuff in it that you're not gonna see anywhere else! So hit the beach, or hit California Games!

In conclusion, there is no doubt in mind that California Games is one of the greatest sports titles in history. After playing it on the SMS, there's no wonder in my mind as to why this title was ported to nearly every system in existence and even led to a sequel. If only Epyx could have did a better job with later titles. It's a shame for them, but not for us because we have this to play. In addition, for those of you interested in the collecting aspect of the Master System, there is a rare re-release of California Games with a different label. Quite hard to locate and an additional bonus for anyone interested in playing and collecting.

Epyx surpass themselves yet again with another incredible sports simulation. Don't miss it.

To put it bluntly, California Games is the best Sega game to date, combining six superb games, stunning graphics and animation, and a variety of excellent tunes and sound effects. The events are all highly playable, and had me glued to the Sega for hours. Don't miss it.

The array of sub-games and the skills needed for each event in California Games makes this one of the best multi-player games about; inevitably some people are better at some events than others, guaranteeing an exciting challenge. My particular favourite's the BMX race, whereas Julian prefers Footbag. Some of the events are tricky to learn, especially the Flying Disc and Half Pipe, and this may be discouraging to some payers. It's worth persevering though, as California Games offers a varied and thrilling test of anyone's joystick skills.

California Games is easily as impressive as its forerunners with the six events providing plenty of playability and long-term entertainment.

The only problem that I have with this game is that you can't play one event by itself. I don't much care for half-pipe or surfing, but if I want to do the BMX race I have to play through them. This is okay when you are playing with a group who all like varied events, but when you are playing it alone, playing the events you aren't very good at isn't very fun. Overall, that's a small issue with an otherwise incredible game. Get this game, California Games!

California Games is the best of the 'games' series, the graphics are a new first not only for Epyx but for the 64. The sound is amazing too and features the 60's classic 'Louie, Louie'. But the greatest virtue of the game is its ease of use and playability.

In the 80’s Epyx was a famous sports games company. They made most of the classic C64 sport games and many of them also came out for the PC. This is one of such classics. There are 6 fun disciplines in which you can compete to get the best score, or to defeat your friends (this is defiantly more fun).

At the end of the day the updated version of California Games is exactly that... an updated version of an old classic. Great graphics and some good options but just lacking a bit of substance for the 21st Century.

Milton Bradley ist eine hervorragende Adaption gelungen, die spritzige Sportspielunterhaltung für die ganze Familie garantiert. Die Disziplinen sind meist gut ausgetüftelt und erfreulich abwechslungsreich. Grafik und Musik passen sich dem Spielniveau an. Wer schon Konamis "Track & Field 2" mochte, der wird mit dem etwas anspruchsvolleren California Games sehr zufrieden sein.

There's not really much else to say about California Games that hasn't already been mentioned about the multiple other versions out there. Despite not being as good as many of them, the Genesis edition is still worth playing, especially since it can be had for so little money. I sometimes wish the sequel had been given a chance on Sega's black box, but after thinking about what happened to this version, perhaps one trip to California is more than enough.

California Games is a good laugh, it was ideally suited to the 64 but the Amiga cannot make much more of it. To buy this sports sim you would either have to be a relative of The Beach Boys, or just simply very rich.

Há seis opções de jogo, numa espécie de mini-olimpíada californiana. Primeiro, escolha seu patrocinador. Depois, vá em frente, começando pelo half skate boarding, ou simplesmente skate, no qual o importante é pegar velocidade para fazer acrobacias na rampa.

I was pretty quick to dismiss Epyx's Summer Games II when it arrived on the Virtual Console earlier this year, because I felt that, across the board, trying to figure out its varied and frustrating control schemes wasn't worth the time or effort required. California Games is similarly crippled, in that you're just never really going to perfectly translate the experience of these Commodore 64 compilations -- classic though they are -- without the original hardware, joystick and keyboard from an actual C64 system.

The graphics in California Games are monochromatic, poorly animated and with little or no attention to detail, while the sound is limited to unimpressive spot FX. This does not bode well for the rest of the game, which uses a multi-load system for each of the events. This can be tedious, but borne with if the game is compelling. Unfortunately, the events themselves are boring to play and not a patch on the Commodore. A very disappointing conversion of a-once excellent game.

Hmm ... so after you've played through all the games you will come to the conclusion that there's only two good parts of this game. And then you'll realize that this game isn't really worth playing at all ... Well, at least this isn't New York Games.

Surf, sand, and some wicked beach sports - all packaged in one game, ripe for your enjoyment. Or so the designers of this game would like you to believe, and what they're hoping will draw you to the game, but how "extreme" can you really get by playing a video game? Thus the point of this one is rather lost.