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| Developers | |
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| Epyx | |
| Publishers | |
| Epyx | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1988 |
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| California Games | |
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| Subseries of Games (Epyx) | |
| California Games | 1988 |
| California Games II | 1990 |
| California Games (2009) | 2009 |
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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Essential improvements
Insufficient memory
If you receive the error "YOU NEED MORE MEMORY TO RUN CALIFORNIA GAMES!" when starting the game, especially if your 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 memory available.
Cannot input player name
The game was written for the keyboard of the original IBM XT machines, and has problems with the IBM AT style Enhanced keyboard.
| Use DOSBox |
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Notes With DOSBox this can be worked around by setting the machine type to hercules, cga or tandy as those machine types emulate an XT style keyboard controller. Tandy is probably the best option and will give EGA-like graphics. |
| 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 "SWITCHES=/K" to your CONFIG.SYS. This option is supported in DOS 5.0 and later, but is not supported by DOSBox. |
| 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 |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| DOS |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using DOSBox. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | CGA, EGA, Hercules, MCGA, Tandy, PCjr |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 2.0 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 / 8086 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 KB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||