California Games

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 "Summer Games (video game)") 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),#cite_note-12)roller skating, BMX, and flying disc. Epyx reportedly used more than three man-years to develop California Games, including a surfer who wrote the surfing game.#cite_note-trivette19880628-13) Several members of the development team moved on to other projects.