Cabela's Big Game Hunter (1998 video game)

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Cabela's Big Game Hunter

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Developer(s) Elsinore Multimedia [1]
Publisher(s) HeadGames Publishing
Platform(s) Windows
Release February 15, 1998 [1]
Genre(s) Sports, shooter

Cabela's Big Game Hunter is the first video game in the Big Game Hunter series. It portrays a variety of hunting scenarios and has a variety of weapons, characters, animals, and locations.

Video game electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a two- or three-dimensional video display device such as a TV screen, virtual reality headset or computer monitor. Since the 1980s, video games have become an increasingly important part of the entertainment industry, and whether they are also a form of art is a matter of dispute.

Hunting Searching, pursuing, catching and killing wild animals

Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping animals, or pursuing or tracking them with the intent of doing so. Hunting wildlife or feral animals is most commonly done by humans for food, recreation, to remove predators that can be dangerous to humans or domestic animals, or for trade. Lawful hunting is distinguished from poaching, which is the illegal killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species. The species that are hunted are referred to as game or prey and are usually mammals and birds.

Contents

The game was published by HeadGames Publishing, in conjunction with hunting supply company Cabela's.

Cabelas American outdoor recreational equipment retail chain

Cabela's Inc. is a subsidiary of Bass Pro Shops, an American direct marketer and specialty retailer of outdoor recreation merchandise based in Sidney, Nebraska. Cabela's was founded by Richard N. Cabela in 1961.

Reception

Computer Gaming World gave the game a score of one-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it "suffers from a split personality: 50 percent of the game is decent; 50 percent of it is utter crap. [...] If Head Games could find a workable hunt engine to pair with the pre-hunt preparations, they’d improve the game all the way to mediocre. As it stands, it’s not worth your money." [2]

<i>Computer Gaming World</i> American video game magazine

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cabela's Big Game Hunter (A-List Essential Game Series; PC) - Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ Vallina, Joe (September 1998). "The Bubba Factor (Cabela's Big Game Hunter)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World (170): 176. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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