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- ██ ██ ████ ██ ██ Made By: Epyx
- ██████ ██ ███ █████ Cracked By: THG & NEUA
- Graphics: CGA/EGA/MCGA/VGA/HERC
- Greets: Centurion, Phantom, Controls: Keyboard/Joystick
- The Reaper, Alexis Machine, Sound: ?????????
- & Marko Ramius... » By Midnight Caller «
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- ┤ ░█░ International Network of Crackers '91 ░█░├
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- California Games ][ takes up right where California Games
- left off! Start out blowing by some surfers as you catch
- a few waves on your body board. Then freeze them off on
- your snow board. Also try jet skiing, hang gliding and
- more! Five new events.
-
- -= Manufacture's Sugg. Retail Price: $49.95 =-
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-
- ▄ HANG GLIDING ▄
-
- In this event you over look one of the many cliffs in
- California, and it is from here that you'll compete in
- the Hang Gliding event. First, watch the wind-sock, and
- when it blows to the left then begin your aerial assault.
- Move the glider left & right to try to gain altitude, and
- the slowly work your way across the screen. You will now
- see three rubber tires, which you can try to hit with your
- five (5) water balloons (it proves to be somewhat difficult).
- You can also try to do a few 540 degree spins, or loops. Now
- you may continue skimming across the Ocean, or you can turn
- back and land from where you started (1000 Point Bonus).
-
- ▄ BODY BOARDING ▄
-
- This event was relatively easy. You simply paddle out and
- catch a wave. From here you can turn back & forth, ride the
- crest of the wave, or do a few "loop-da-loops". Be careful
- not to go over the peak of the wave and succumb to the tide.
- Once you ride the wave out, you must not dodge the obstacles
- in the water and then you'll arrive at the beach where you
- will receive a standing ovation (even from the guy drinking
- the Shiner Bock Beer in his reclining chair!).
-
- ▄ SNOW BOARDING ▄
-
- Snow Boarding was the most difficult, simply because I
- couldn't figure out where to go with the damn Helicopter.
- You board the helicopter on the beach, and it allows you
- to travel to the top of the mountain. There is a platform
- here where you can drop yourself onto, and you can rest,
- relax, & enjoy the view! Or you can drop yourself off
- to the immediate Left of the Platform (the icey white
- slopes). Once on the slopes, you try to avoid the lumps
- of wood, the jagged rocks, & the hidden depressions in
- the snow. The Second Stage is a basin where you can
- "Free-Form" Snow board by carving up the powder. Just
- gain speed from going back 'n forth and then try a few
- aerial spins to "Rack up the Points". The Third Stage
- entails making it to the bottom of the mountain, by
- again avoiding the obstacles. If you make it down in
- One-piece you will again be greeted with a round of
- applause.
-
- ▄ JET-SKIING ▄
-
- In the Jet-skiing event you solely race against the clock.
- By staying inside the buoys, and running full throttle in the
- straight aways you will increase your score. The graphics are
- good, and I had been looking forward to playing this event
- from the ads that I had read (Plus I own a Jet Ski!), but
- this was by far the most disappointing/boring event in the
- game.
-
- ▄ SKATEBOARDING ▄
-
- Much work went into creating this event. There is an
- opening animation screen which shows a Skater jumping over
- the lawn, and then down the street to the jump, and then
- into the air. Once you are skating yourself you can do
- hand-plants, etc. and it all works on the same principal
- as the Snow boarding Free Style event.
- * Be careful to go into the center of the Tubes, because
- if your out to the side you'll smack into the wall (which
- will show you slumping to the ground with blood stains on
- the wall!) *
- If you're not careful, you will end up seeing your own
- funeral, Literally!
-
- ▄ SUMMARY ▄
-
- I thoroughly enjoyed this game from Epyx. The use of the
- VGA Graphics, and the fresh new ideas of the various sporting
- events culminated into a very fine video game that I would
- highly recommend you get (if you don't already have it!).
-
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- MIDNIGHT CALLER
- INC '91
- (C)opyright 1991 "A Network Time-Killer Production"
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