| Deer Avenger | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer(s) | Hypnotix |
| Publisher(s) | Simon & Schuster Interactive |
| Series | Deer Avenger |
| Platform(s) | Windows Macintosh |
| Release | 1998 [1] [2] |
Deer Avenger is a 1998 video game from Simon & Schuster Interactive. The game is a parody of the game Deer Hunter. [3]
The game was announced in October 1998. [4] Deer Avenger was written by Brian McCann, staff writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien a late-night talk show that airs on NBC. [3] [2]
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Inside Mac Games | 4/5 [5] |
| All Game Guide | 2/5 [6] |
Inside Mac Games gave the game a score of 4 out of 5, stating: "As with most games, if you dig hard enough there are cheats available on the web. I have not tried them yet but I am sure some of them will work on the Mac. Deer Avenger is not an essential buy, but one that if you know what to expect delivers what it promises.". [5]
The game was the top-selling software title at Walmart. [7] as well as made the Top 10 game charts in the United States in late 1998. [8] It appeared at number 10 of PC Data 's best-seller list for all of 1999 selling 343,756 units. [9]
Following the release of Deer Avenger in 1998, Simon & Schuster received email complaints from hunters. Walter Walker, a vice president for the company, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times saying "our first notion was to make these guys a gift of a dictionary, because not many of them can write." [10]
The game received several sequels; Deer Avenger 2: Deer in the City, Deer Avenger 3D and Deer Avenger 4: The Rednecks Strike Back.
Deer Avenger 3D was released in 2000 for PC. A unreleased port of the game for the Sega Dreamcast was developed by Westlake Interactive in 2000, but went undiscovered until 2017 when a pre-production GD-ROM was found at the garage sale of a women's club in New Jersey. [11] Starting with Deer Avenger 3D, polygon characters are used.
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