Deer Hunter II: The Hunt Continues

Deer Hunter II: The Hunt Continues is a 1998 video game from WizardWorks. An add-on for the game titled Deer Hunter II Extended Season was released in May 1999.[4]

Deer Hunter II: The Hunt Continues
Developer(s)Sunstorm Interactive[1]
Publisher(s)WizardWorks
SeriesDeer Hunter
EngineSunstorm Terrain Engine[2]
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseOctober 1998[3]

Development

Deer Hunter II was first teased in July 1998.[5] The game was officially announced a month later in August.[6] The title was endorsed by Wildlife Forever, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining America's wildlife heritage. A portion of the sales from this game was donated to Wildlife Forever.[7]

Reception

Computer Gaming World gave the game a score of 4 out of 5 stating"Deer Hunter II is a game that, while it won’t appeal to the non-hunting, hard-core gaming crowd, is just right for real-life hunters or anyone who wants a fun diversion between work assignments"[8]

Sales

The game shipped more than 500,000 units by October 1998[11][1][3] and more than 800,000 by January 1999.[12] According to PC Data Deer Hunter II was the best-selling game of November 1998, it was also the best-selling piece of PC software for that month, beating out the Windows 98 upgrade[12]

References
  1. "GT Interactive's New Sequel to 'Deer Hunter' Taps Into Fast-growing Consumer Market of "Casual Gamers". Business Wire. October 5, 1998. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2022 – via The Free Library.
  2. Fudge, James (February 10, 1999). "Sunstorm to License STE - the engine behind Deer Hunter 2". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on July 9, 2003. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. Jebens, Harley (October 5, 1998). "Deer Hunter II Ships". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 21, 1999. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  4. Fudge, James (April 15, 1999). "GT Interactive Announces Deer Hunter II: Extended Season". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on May 24, 2003. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  5. Mills, Karren (July 12, 1998). "Interactive hunting games bringing in big bucks". The Greenville News. p. 32. Retrieved July 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "GT Interactive looks to replace its seminal hunting game". Computer Games Magazine. August 24, 1998. Archived from the original on July 9, 2003. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  7. "Buck Fever Goes 3D With Wizadworks 'Deer Hunter II', Sequel To The Best-Selling 'Deer Hunte' PC Game". wizworks.com. August 24, 1998. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  8. Vallina, Joe (March 1999). "Deer Hunter II Review". Computer Gaming World. p. 180. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  9. Gamespot Staff (November 9, 2000). "Deer Hunter II Review". GameSpot. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  10. Bub, Andrew (November 19, 1998). "Deer Hunter II". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on July 10, 2003. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  11. "GT Ships in Excess of 500,000 Copies of 3D Sequel to Million-Unit and Top 10 Selling 'Deer Hunter' CD ROM". wizworks.com. October 5, 1998. Archived from the original on June 1, 2000. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  12. IGN Staff (January 17, 1999). "Deer Hunter Marches On". IGN. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
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