''Deer Hunter'', also known as ''Deer Hunter: Interactive Hunting Experience'', is a 1997 video game developed by
Sunstorm Interactive
Sunstorm Interactive was an American video game developer founded in 1995 by Anthony Campiti, which specialized in hunting simulators and first-person shooters. The majority of their titles were small-scale "value titles", priced between $20 and ...
and published by
WizardWorks
WizardWorks Group, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company was founded in 1980 and, in 1993, WizardWorks opened the CompuWorks and MacSoft divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquire ...
.
Development
The impetus for the game was a
Wal-Mart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 23 other ...
executive commenting to a
WizardWorks
WizardWorks Group, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company was founded in 1980 and, in 1993, WizardWorks opened the CompuWorks and MacSoft divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquire ...
sales representative that if he had a game about deer hunting, he could sell thousands of copies.
The game was developed by a five-member team in three months with a budget of $125,000.
The game had two add-packs, Deer Hunter Extended Season and Deer Hunter Companion.
Reception
''
Computer Games Magazine
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'' gave the game a score of 2 out of 5 stating "''Deer Hunter'' takes some good first steps, but it has a long way to go to make a good computer game."
The game sold 500,000 copies by March 1998
and over 1 million by October 1998.
In early 1998 it appeared in the top 10 of ''
PC Data
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''s best-seller list.
Sunstorm Interactive president Anthony Campiti remarked, "Obviously we're happy about the sales. We struck on a market that was untapped, the box looked good, and it was a good product."
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References
External links
*{{official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20010417094529/http://www.sunstorm.net/games_dh.htm (archived)
1997 video games
Classic Mac OS games
Game Boy Color games
Hunting video games
Sunstorm Interactive games
Video games about deer
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
WizardWorks games