California Games (PC/DOS) 1988, Epyx

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
  • California Games is a 1987 Epyx sports video game for many home computers and video game consoles. Branching from their popular Summer Games and Winter Games series, this game consisted of some sports purportedly popular in California including skateboarding, freestyle footbag, surfing, roller skating, flying disc (frisbee) and BMX.
    The game sold very well, topping game selling charts for winter months. It also got very positive reaction from reviewers, many of whom consider California Games to be the last classic Epyx sports game, due to staff changes not long after its release.
    The game was followed in 1991 by California Games II, but the sequel failed to match the original's success.
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  • @justanotheryoutubechannel
    @justanotheryoutubechannel 5 лет назад +44

    Oh wow, that really is some advanced CGI trickery! 10/10!

  • @AshPragasam
    @AshPragasam 2 года назад +2

    The trick to the surfing was, if you did a jump you needed to re-enter the water at the same angle as when you left

  • @dwonga
    @dwonga 6 лет назад +38

    I can't believe that I played this game all the time when I was a kid. I don't remember those chunky big pixels in my mind (maybe in a kid's memory, the sprites are rendered better, who knows)

    • @Derek_Read
      @Derek_Read 6 лет назад +13

      The imagination can be powerful. I have vivid memories of football games played on the "Football 2" handheld (Mattel) and it's display was just a grid of 9x3 LEDs.

    • @ShiroCh_ID
      @ShiroCh_ID 4 года назад +2

      well maybe because you use old monitors back then
      since most pixels is blurred because of limitation or artifacts from tv's or monitors back then,also remembering that when i was kid(2007) 720p was a best resolution while 1080p was superior and nowdays 4k is tye best bet and 8k is superiors while 1080p is for gaming performence

    • @Cru16saders
      @Cru16saders Год назад

      Same here😂we're old but that memories lives forever. Such an epic games whoever made this is a genius

  • @87clami
    @87clami 7 лет назад +19

    I used to play this in the 90's on my computer. I still love it!

    • @Yahowah777
      @Yahowah777 7 лет назад +1

      87clami I would love to play it again. Many fond memories and countless hours trying to master it. These were the days before you could look up guides and videos and you sometimes pull off moves you can never do again. Great times.

    • @patsfan4life
      @patsfan4life 5 лет назад

      Amazing how bad the sound was, don't know if it's supported a sound card or not

  • @Xebozone
    @Xebozone 6 лет назад +28

    Wow. Those were impressive, especially for CGA, and especially the waves animation!

  • @IamBananas007
    @IamBananas007 6 лет назад +6

    thanks for sharing this piece of gaming history. Love the colours.

  • @hellomarley223
    @hellomarley223 10 месяцев назад

    I played this all the time in the 90's. Good memories! Thanks for posting this. I wish I still had these games!

  • @Yahowah777
    @Yahowah777 7 лет назад +2

    Everything about this game is so classic. I used to always pick Santa Cruz from memory.

  • @lepaul26
    @lepaul26 7 лет назад +4

    fun times !
    Ahh, BMX ! You could even start with a frontal flip of the starting ramp !

  • @drpx5927
    @drpx5927 6 месяцев назад

    I remember with the flying disc that if you just sit there and don't throw it, a UFO eventually comes and abducts the other player on the right.

  • @GenX_-um2ct
    @GenX_-um2ct 8 месяцев назад

    Totally forgot you had to pick a sponsor! Good stuff

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking 10 месяцев назад

    WOW! This is the stuff my childhood is made of!

  • @comagreen8213
    @comagreen8213 2 года назад

    I played this game as a kid. Cool memories :D as well Roger Wilco, Police Quest, Prince of Persia, etc :D

  • @GenX_-um2ct
    @GenX_-um2ct 8 месяцев назад

    Hours of fun! Favorite game was hacky sack!

  • @RestRabbitRest
    @RestRabbitRest 7 лет назад +3

    Wow memories..! I miss Epyx!!

  • @pablomendez3662
    @pablomendez3662 7 лет назад +1

    Great game, I used to play on Spectrum and I loved it.

  • @mako4874
    @mako4874 2 месяца назад

    Oh man fhe memories - going to download it now for emulator

  • @joanruck5292
    @joanruck5292 5 лет назад

    A masterpiece... I remember trying to do every trick possible in "Foot Bag" or the best scores in the other games
    This reminds me when I was 15

    • @Cru16saders
      @Cru16saders Год назад

      If i hit the bird that's a big win for me😂

  • @nicolashrv
    @nicolashrv 3 года назад

    I remember I had a version where if you fell of your surfing board, in a specific way, and you waited a bit, a SHARK showed up from the water.......I couldn't find this version.......

    • @shanemcnallie
      @shanemcnallie 3 года назад

      NES version has a shark every once in a while

    • @planetX15
      @planetX15 2 года назад

      @@shanemcnallie Same with SMS

  • @Yahowah777
    @Yahowah777 7 лет назад +1

    Awesome. I was hoping to see the handstand in half-pipe lol

  • @SemihFatihAdem
    @SemihFatihAdem 5 лет назад +1

    19:57 This kind of games are popular on phones right now. Logic is same :)

  • @tv-jo6xu
    @tv-jo6xu 5 лет назад +1

    I remember this game.

  • @OpenGame_74
    @OpenGame_74 Год назад

    Very good graphics and gameplay for its time. Just sounds effects are bit weird and sound pretty old considering that C64 always produced excellent music tracks.

  • @Cru16saders
    @Cru16saders Год назад

    Still recognize the music/sound😂

  • @Novous
    @Novous 2 месяца назад

    The intro is... Futurama? (Pierre Henry - Psyché Rock)

  • @thepettitgroup
    @thepettitgroup 4 года назад

    "Flying Disc" was so hard...

  • @RaposaCadela
    @RaposaCadela Год назад

    Surprisingly good work on the anti-aliaisng of graphics

  • @Cru16saders
    @Cru16saders Год назад

    Can we find it on playstore?

  • @Rafizz
    @Rafizz 3 года назад

    Lel.. The Futurama intro is a modified version fo the main theme of California games... woot!

  • @jacobomoreno1986
    @jacobomoreno1986 3 месяца назад

    Yo he llegado a jugar un poco mejor con 9 años, la verdad que era lo que habia y a todos le gustaba jugar o verlo

  • @조상익-r6d
    @조상익-r6d 2 года назад

    와~ 진짜 추억 돋는다. 😭😭😭

  • @aitoralvarez
    @aitoralvarez 2 года назад +1

    Síííí....!

  • @brahmoone
    @brahmoone Год назад

    the epic pc speaker hifi

  • @mememammoth7708
    @mememammoth7708 6 лет назад

    GROMMET THIS! GROMMET THAT! THE FUCK DOES GROMMET MEAN?!

  • @sombongkualat
    @sombongkualat Год назад

    Suwe ora jamu? Jamu godong telo? Suwe ora ketemu,, ketemu pisan gawe gelo

  • @ZioNello_
    @ZioNello_ 4 года назад

    Wait... It's the futurama's song

    • @DeadlyDan
      @DeadlyDan 3 года назад

      Lol you mean The Kingsmen - Louie Louie ? :P

  • @살찐성인-m1i
    @살찐성인-m1i 2 года назад

    와... 진짜 오랫만이다 ㄹㄹ

  • @morradi10000
    @morradi10000 4 года назад

    Guybrush Thriftweed

  • @salonsospain
    @salonsospain Месяц назад

    324

  • @salonsospain
    @salonsospain Месяц назад

    3141

  • @GirlMakesSomeNoise
    @GirlMakesSomeNoise 2 года назад

    Thanks for uploading!

  • @SuperballsSupervidsOnYT
    @SuperballsSupervidsOnYT 2 года назад

    It's funny how the PC at the time either offered the best experience or one so close to being good, it hurts.
    I grew up.with the NES and Commodore 64 version of this game.
    The NES game was.....fine I guess, but had I not already been in love woth the C64 version, I would likely never have sank my teeth into it.
    C64 version was unmatched.