California Games

California Games
California Games
	European Commodore 64/128 cover art
Developer	Epyx Amiga; Westwood Associates; Master System; Sega; NES; Rare; Genesis/Mega Drive; Novotrade;
Publishers	NA: Epyx; EU: U.S. Gold; Lynx; Atari Corporation
Designers	Chuck Sommerville; Ken Nicholson; Kevin Norman; Kevin Furry; Jon Leupp
Artists	Jenny Martin; Susan Greene; Sheryl Knowles; Paul Vernon
Composer	Chris Grigg; Gil Freeman NES; David Wise;
Series	California Games
Platform	Commodore 64 Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Amiga, MS-DOS, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Master System, NES, Atari Lynx, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive;
Release	June 1987 Commodore 64 NA: June 1987; EU: 1987; Apple II October 1987; 2600 June 1988; Amiga, MS-DOS 1988; MSX, ZX Spectrum EU: 1988; Master System NA: May 1989; EU: July 1989; NES NA: June 1989; EU: 1990; Lynx NA: September 1989; JP: December 1, 1989; EU: 1989; Atari ST 1989; Genesis/Mega Drive EU: December 1991; NA: February 1992; ;
Genre	Sports
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

California Games is a 1987 sports video game developed and published by Epyx for the Apple II and Commodore 64. Branching from their Summer Games and Winter Games series, it is a collection of outdoor sports purportedly popular in California. The game was successful and was soon ported to other home computers and video game consoles, and was the pack-in game for the Atari Lynx when that system launched in September 1989. It was followed by the sequel California Games II in 1990.

The events vary slightly per platform, but include half-pipe, footbag, surfing (starring Rippin' Rick), roller skating, BMX, and flying disc.