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CEO Dave Morse said that it was the first Epyx game to appeal equally to boys and girls during playtesting.

The game topped 500,000 units sold by 1989, at which time Video Games & Computer Entertainment reported that sales were "still mounting".

"Epyx Software gives us a refreshing treat", PC Magazine said of the PC version, citing the surfing game's "outstanding animation and realistic graphics".

In a capsule review for STart, Clayton Walnum said California Games "isn't a bad package, especially since it comes free with the Lynx".

He found the BMX and surfing events great fun but deemed the skateboarding event frustrating and said the foot-bag event is pleasant but quickly wears thin.

In 1996, Next Generation listed the "Games" series collectively as number 89 on its "Top 100 Games of All Time".

The magazine stated that though the games had great graphics for their time, their most defining qualities were their competitive multiplayer modes and "level of control that has yet to be equaled".

With more than 300,000 copies sold in the first nine months, it was the most successful Epyx game, outselling each of the four previous and two subsequent titles in the company's "Games" series.

CEO Dave Morse said that it was the first Epyx game to appeal equally to boys and girls during playtesting.

With more than 300,000 copies sold in the first nine months, it was the most successful Epyx game, outselling each of the four previous and two subsequent titles in the company's "Games" series.

The game topped 500,000 units sold by 1989, at which time Video Games & Computer Entertainment reported that sales were "still mounting".

A version for the Atari XEGS was planned and contracted out by Atari Corporation to Epyx in 1988, but no code was delivered by the publication deadline.