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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

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User Reviews

SMS California Games in Better than Genesis Version Shocker Liam Dowds (51) 3.75 Stars3.75 Stars3.75 Stars3.75 Stars3.75 Stars

The Press Says

Game Freaks 365 Jan 15, 2006 9.8 out of 10 98
Mean Machines Mar, 1991 93 out of 100 93
Computer and Video Games (CVG) May, 1989 93 out of 100 93
VideoGame Mar, 1991 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60

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Trivia

When you play California Games on a PC with enough RAM, you'll get a message like this:

You've got 167K RAM more than you need, Dude.
That's gnarly!


This entry was contributed by POMAH (19592), PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3025), Kohler 86 (6387), Kabushi (48940), gamewarrior (5122), Terok Nor (10618), Macintrash Bronze Star Contributing Member (2535), Servo (51686), Garcia (5010) and Rantanplan (1753)
 

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