BydoEmpire Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) It's summer time, surf's up, dudes and dudettes! Let's play the California Games Surfing event. This was one of my favorites on c64, so I'm looking forward to giving it some time on the Master System. Instruction Manual here: https://www.smspower.org/seganotebook/califgam/manual/califgmm.html#surfing For a bonus point, play any of the other California Games events (BMX, Hacky Sack, etc). This round runs June 17 - June 30. Totals: @Dashopepper 8.2 @wongojack 7.0 (+1) @BydoEmpire 6.6 (+1) @fakecortex 5.0 (+1) @RGC 4.6 Roland 1.4 Edited July 1 by BydoEmpire 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Nice, like you I've played this on C64. Will be interesting 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5487242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashopepper Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 I absolutely love surfing on the Lynx version. Get ready for some competition! 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5487432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 13 hours ago, wongojack said: Nice, like you I've played this on C64. Will be interesting I've completely forgotten how to play it, but looking forward to seeing how well it comes back to me! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5487532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 Getting on the board: 5.8 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5488843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 Bonus point: hacky sack (I forgot about the seagulls!) 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5488848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashopepper Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) Dashopepper 8.2 Roland. 1.4 Quite the lack of documentation in the instruction manual or the internet on what to do. Compared to the Lynx version it seems a lot more “grounded” where you do loops in the water and ride under the waves. No vertical scrolling so if you do manage to get huge air you are completely lost off screen. I managed to win the new surf board in the card flipping mini game. It’s super fast but thats not necessarily a good thing. I’ll have to see what other version is closest to this to see if there is something I am missing. Edited June 20 by Dashopepper 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5489119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted June 21 Author Share Posted June 21 12 hours ago, Dashopepper said: Dashopepper 8.2 Roland. 1.4 Quite the lack of documentation in the instruction manual or the internet on what to do. Compared to the Lynx version it seems a lot more “grounded” where you do loops in the water and ride under the waves. No vertical scrolling so if you do manage to get huge air you are completely lost off screen. I managed to win the new surf board in the card flipping mini game. It’s super fast but thats not necessarily a good thing. I’ll have to see what other version is closest to this to see if there is something I am missing. Great score! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5489436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Practiced some… wiped out a lot. Read the manual… wiped out a little less, lol. Cali Games Surfing - 5.0 For the bonus, I played through an entire competition without reading the manual. I… did not do well Here’s footage of me after playing in any event: Superb animation. And the ice cream makes it even better. One of my favorite parts of the game 1 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5491830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 I have been playing, just not posting. Will add a contribution here soon. Here it is - 6.0 for now 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5491881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGC Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 4.6 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5493416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 Slightly better: 6.6 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5493848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Man, I used to have a strategy for all of these events, but I did poorly over these two weeks. I remember getting HUGE scores in C64 footbag, but I could barely even kick the thing this time. 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5494035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 On 6/20/2024 at 7:15 AM, Dashopepper said: I managed to win the new surf board in the card flipping mini game. It’s super fast but thats not necessarily a good thing. I just re-read this and realized that I have no idea what this mini-game is. I was only "practicing" so maybe there is no mini-game for practicing? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5494255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Went back to C64 to get my "footbag" fix 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5494484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Also, I found these tips for surfing. Dunno if they would work for the SMS version: How do you get a 10.0 in Surfing? Quote from Roland: Some tricks with/without turns in different angles (doesn't need to be all variations). I once got 10 points with only 11 jumps, of which were 6 times 45° with turn, 2 times 67° with turn, and each once 45° without turn, 90° with/without turn. No spectacular jumps to the left (look nice, but are not necessary), or also the flat jump 23° with turn. Jumps close to the crest are supposed to give more "points", but I have also received the 10.0 with only 3 of these jumps. It is very important to surf some time in the wave/tube (20-40 seconds). For this just do a 360° turn (without jump) and move with fire up/down to get a bit slower. The following is a jump that seems to be very important, especially for the guy with the moustache! A 90° jump, where you dunk back into the breaking wave. For this just speed up a lot until the crest is almost fully at the left border of the screen (it should still be visible a bit). Then pull upwards for the 90° jump, turn and in again. This way you should exactly hit the breaking wave. Finally, when the siren sounds (time over), you should just surf horizontally in the lower area of the wave. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5494485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 I think I got the hang of SMS "Foot bag" 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5494976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 Nicely done! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/368129-2024-spring-hsc-round-8-surfs-up/#findComment-5501114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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