Cabela's Big Game Hunter (video game)
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.
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| Developer(s) | Elsinore Multimedia[1] |
| Publisher(s) | HeadGames Publishing |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | April 1998.[2] |
| Genre(s) | Sports, shooter |
The game was published by HeadGames Publishing, in conjunction with hunting supply company Cabela's.
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."[3]
The game sold 250,000 copies.[2]
Expansion pack
Special Permit is an expansion pack created for the original game. It released in 1998, featuring new animals, 23 new stands, a new world, 9 new weapons, new camps, a new target range and an all-new video.[4]
References
- "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.
- Jebens, Harley (July 6, 1998). "Cabela's Big Game Hunter Expands". GameSpot. Archived from the original on October 14, 2000. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- Vallina, Joe (September 1998). "The Bubba Factor (Cabela's Big Game Hunter)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 170. p. 176. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- "Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Special Permit Expansion Pack". Legends World. Retrieved March 13, 2019.