California Games
Developers | |
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Epyx | |
Publishers | |
Epyx | |
Steam | Pixel Games UK |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1988 |
Windows (DOSBox) | September 7, 2020 |
Taxonomy | |
Themes | North America |
Series | California Games |
California Games | |
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Subseries of Games (Epyx) | |
California Games | 1988 |
California Games II | 1990 |
California Games (2009) | 2009 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Steam | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. |
Essential improvements
Insufficient memory
If you receive the error "YOU NEED MORE MEMORY TO RUN CALIFORNIA GAMES!" when starting the game, especially if you're running the game from DOSBox, instead of trying to make more memory available for the program per its recommendations, try to first run LOADFIX. LOADFIX is included with DOS 5.0 or later, and is also included with DOSBox.
If LOADFIX does not resolve the problem, which is more typical of running the game on a retro PC, you do need to make more usable conventional memory available.
Cannot input player name
The game was written for the keyboard controller of the original IBM PC/XT machines, and has problems with the later IBM AT style Enhanced keyboard.
Use DOSBox |
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Notes With DOSBox this can be worked around by setting the emulated machine type to hercules, cga or tandy as those machine types emulate an XT style keyboard controller. Tandy is probably the best option as it will give EGA-like graphics. |
Use DOSBox-X |
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Notes With DOSBox-X you can force the keyboard type to XT, regardless of emulated machine type, with the following settings in your DOSBox-X config file: [keyboard] controllertype = xt |
Use CONFIG.SYS option |
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Notes
When running the game on a real DOS PC with AT or PS/2 keyboard, add the line |
Patch the game[1] |
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Notes A patch was posted on Vogons by user Pantercat which allows the game to run with a AT Enhanced keyboard. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1399480/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1399480/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | No mouse support. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | CGA, EGA, Hercules, MCGA, Tandy, PCjr |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 2.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 / 8086 | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1399480) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Keyboard patch - last accessed on May 2023