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California Games

Hints For California Games
#	Description
1	Roller Skating Hint - Spinning while jumping will increase your points many times, but it also means you stay in the air longer.
2	Surfing Hint - Turn to ride up a wave then turn in mid air to come back down at the same angle.
3	Foot Bag Hint - Perform two jesters and the bag will flash red, now all stunts are worth double.
4	Half-Pipe (Skateboarding) Hint - Press Down on the way down the half-pipe and press up on your way up on the half-pipe to get more speed and a higher jump.
5	BMX Hint - The best trick to do is the backward flip, as this gives you the most points. Get to the end with 40,000 or more points for a new bike.

Excerpt from Genesis Game Guide by The Scribe

NAME:             California Games
AUTHOR/VENDOR:    Epyx/Novotrade
RELEASED:         1992
TYPE:             Sports
LANGUAGE:         English

PREMISE:          Take part in one of several activities related to the
                  California beach culture in this multievent sports sim
                  from Epyx, authors of the original Summer Games.

IMPRESSIONS:      The definitive version of this hoary old Commodore 64
                  classic.  Has the best graphics and sound of all the
                  ports, but not as many events.  Gameplay is what you
                  would expect from the series - sometimes easy, sometimes
                  hard.  Still enjoyable after all these years.

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California Games (Score: 1)
by asergio on Thursday, September 20 @ 12:35:00 EDT
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Very good sim game on which you take part of some competitions including surf, skate, of course BMX, and others. You will have to break records on California beaches. Very funny sometimes but the game is a little short. Good graphics and sound, bad gameplay.
Mark: 7,50

Re: California Games (Score: 1)
by demonsweat777 on Saturday, June 30 @ 07:41:34 EDT
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There are different games to compete in such as surfing, halfpipe, and hacky-sack (HA!). But the best part of this game is without a doubt the BMX course. There is nothing as fun as doing 20 backflips in a row, or even (gasp) a front flip with the bike. I was once good enough to do some backflips from the flat ground, and not off the top of a hill! Pure fun. This game is kinda crappy by todays standards, but back in the day it ruled (and still does in my opinion).

Re: California Games (Score: 1)
by scool1000 on Monday, April 22 @ 21:46:41 EDT
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Nice music and the creativity is outstanding

Re: California Games (Score: 1)
by SamuraiJohn on Wednesday, April 24 @ 15:55:03 EDT
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this has a lot of sport, fun, games.. and its the only game that i know that has hackey sack! it rocks! Graphics are great!

Re: California Games (Score: 1)
by deaddudegod on Sunday, August 04 @ 16:20:41 EDT
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The first (and possibly best) of the multiple-sport games, but it's a nightmare to find nowadays.

Re: California Games by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 17 @ 22:29:16 EDT

Re: California Games (Score: 1)
by Nizzy19 on Tuesday, October 22 @ 11:10:25 EDT
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This version is alot different to the master system one that i was used to. It does seem much better as the master system does have crap graphics. still its a good game anyhow !

Re: California Games (Score: 1)
by Whitesnake on Friday, November 08 @ 10:21:34 EST
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like many people have said this is a great multisports game and probably the first great one, but bmx and surfing games are really worth checking out in this one.

8/10 nice sports game shame we never got a sequel on the mega drive

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