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". In 2004, the Atari Lynx version of California Games was inducted into GameSpot's list of the greatest games of all time. Legacy The game was followed in 1990 by California Games II, but the sequel failed to match the original's success. A California Games television series was considered in the late 1980s as part of the Super Mario Bros. Power Hour, a one-hour animation block of Nintendo focused video game adaptations. Concept art was produced for the project by DIC Animation City. Only the Mario and Zelda segments for the block were ultimately produced, airing in 1989 as part of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. The game was released for mobile phones in the Java format, and current rights holders System 3 CEO Mark Cale has stated that the game will be available in future as both a retail product and an online product for the PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS. The Commodore 64 version was released for the Wii's Virtual Console service in Europe on April 11, 2008, and in North America on July 6, 2009. References External links California Games package and manual scans at c64sets.com California Games for the Amiga at the Hall of Light (HOL) California Games for the Atari 2600 at Atari Mania California Games for the Atari ST at Atari Mania California Games for the Lynx at Atari Age 1987 video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Appaloosa Interactive games Apple II games Apple IIGS games Atari 2600 games Atari Lynx games Atari ST games Commodore 64 games Cycling video games DOS games Epyx games Master System games Mobile games MSX games Multiplayer and single-player video games Multiple-sport video games Nintendo Entertainment System games Pack-in video games Sega Genesis games Skateboarding video games Surfing video games U.S. Gold games Video games developed in the United States Video games scored by Alex Rudis Video games scored by David Wise Video games set in California Video games with oblique graphics Water sports video games Westwood Studios games ZX Spectrum games Virtual Console games for Wii