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Best Epyx Summer/Winter/World games ported to console?
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Honestly, I would just play them in a C64 emulator...
Well I can say which one isn't the best, since they're all mainly crap outside the C64. Winter Games for NES is almost broken, especially the Ice Skating part, since all the girl does is fall no matter what.
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Despite the fact that Winter Games for the NES was pure garbage, my friend and I owned copies and I actually got pretty good at it. I could even make the figure skater do various stunts properly. Overall, the graphics were tolerable, the music was severely irritating, and the control was almost nonexistent.Originally Posted by exit
I also used to play Winter Games on my friend's Apple IIc (monochrome monitor) and I remember that version being pretty bad, too. It had more events to choose from though. The NES version only had four (hot dog, speed skating, bobsled, and figure skating).
Konami's Track & Field series was much, much better. I can break every world record in Track & Field with a standard NES controller, but many events in Track & Field II are impossible without turbo.
Last edited by Rob2600; 12-21-2007 at 11:17 AM.
Seconded.
I, personally, loathed the console version of all the Games series. And California Games was a complete joke, IMO.
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I have been messing around with Summer Games on the Atari 7800, I have had some fun with it and it has some shortcomings but is far from broken. It isn't bad and it's easy to learn and can be played with up to 8 players. Definately better than some of the other broken versions.
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I've beaten Track & Field II without the use of turbo. But it's really hard, especially the turning part.
Back to topic: I prefer Summer and Winter Games on the C64.
Cool. Which version of California Games, NES or Genesis?
What turning part?
I've beaten Track & Field II also, but needed to use the NES Advantage turbo. Again, keep in mind, I have no problems beating every world record in the original Track & Field using a standard NES controller.
Last edited by Rob2600; 12-22-2007 at 09:23 AM.
They are best on C64 without a doubt. Played many tournaments throughout the night with other players, great fun.
The Lynx version of California Games is very good actually.
I agree. I used to have the Lynx version and thought it was a lot of fun, except for the half-pipe. I don't think I ever figured it out. Overall, the graphics and music were great though.
The NES version is fun, too. The half-pipe was much better and there were more events than in the Lynx version. I've never played the Genesis or C64 versions.
Last edited by Rob2600; 12-22-2007 at 04:08 PM.
I own the SMS ports of Summer Games and World Games and I don't see anything wrong with them.
Agreed. The Commodore 64 versions are the best.
The Lynx version of California games is a pretty technically brilliant bit of software for the era of portable gaming that it came out in ... but it's MUCH more difficult than any other version (with insane difficulty on the BMX and Half Pipe levels)....and IMO not quite as fun due to that.
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I never had a problem with the BMX in the Lynx version. I remember it was quite fun, actually. I agree with you about the half-pipe though.
I've never played the C64 version of California Games. What's so much better about it than, say, the NES version?
To the best of my knowledge EPYX's first platform for most if not all of their "Games" series was the C64, which at the time was the premiere mid-end gaming computer.
The C64 versions of Summer (1 and 2), Winter, World, and California Games were very balanced, and essentially the point of genesis for those games code and design-wise. (Ports to Amiga, IBM, NES, and elsewhere were all variations from the C64 designs. Some good/superior, some not so good.)
The NES and Master System versions were very decent ports, but the Lynx version in particular was pretty dramatically different in terms of how it looked and played.
In the case of Surfing, Lynx had a FAR superior event, with beautiful wave animation ... but, as I stated in my previous opinion, the BMX and Half Pipe, while nice looking, were nearly impossible to progress in due to their insane difficulty...
The LYNX version also had a few less events (no rollerskating and no spin-jammer disc throw) and both missing events were pretty fun.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I DO like California Games for the Lynx. It was a neat pack-in title, and it was 2 player with a Lynx to Lynx cable, so even in the case of the harder events, the element of actual competition was there.
I just think that all of the "Games" series were in their most balanced forms on the C64.
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I ment the last event, that bar. Awful.
VCS California Games BMX = Win
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