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."[1]
Brian McCann, who voiced the character Bambo, wrote jokes for Deer Avenger and Deer Avenger 2. According to Hypnotix founder Mike Taramykin, McCann recruited colleagues from NBC to be voice actors for the series. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were among the actors to voice characters in Deer Avenger 2.[2]
The third game in the series, 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.[3]
Starting with Deer Avenger 3D, polygon characters are used.
In the fourth edition of the game, as Bubba, now an angel, floats to Heaven, he states will be back in Deer Avenger 5. However, a fifth game has yet to be made.
Deer Avenger: Stag Party is a box set containing the first two games in the series.
Deer Avenger: Open Season is a compilation of the first three games in the series.
Charactersedit
Bamboedit
The protagonist of the game is an anthropomorphic deer named Bambo, a portmanteau of the action hero Rambo and the Disney character Bambi. He is bipedal and hunts humans in a fashion similar to typical deer hunting in order to avenge all deer hunted by humans. Bambo mounts the heads of humans he kills on a wall in his cabin. He can tote a vast array of weapons ranging from slingshots to machine guns. He is voiced by Brian McCann, who frequently appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
In the first three games, Bambo has a sleek physique with a bandana tied around his forehead, a forest green hunting vest, and an ammo bandolier. However, in the fourth game, Bambo has a broad-shouldered, muscular physique. The cause for this change was never explained.
Bambo is very crude and crass, often farting, and yelling obscenities and stereotypical jokes at his prey.
Tree Huggeredit
Tree Hugger is a sprite with purple clothing that "prances through the forest flailing his hands and pointing out rainbows." He asks "Does anyone want to see my nipples?" The Tree Hugger character was criticized by GLAAD, who asked whether Deer Avenger was "parody or pansy-baiting?" The game designers said that the character isn't gay, with co-creator Jeff Siegel explaining that Tree Hugger was meant to be a parody of environmentalists.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Upfront: Words Heard". Field & Stream. May 1999. p. 18.
^McClure, Deven (May 3, 2022). "Mike Taramykin Interview - How Alice Cooper & Guy Fieri Ended Up Playing Ultimate Golf!". ScreenRant.
^Charnock, Tom (May 14, 2017). "Unreleased Dreamcast Game Deer Avenger 3 Discovered". The Dreamcast Graveyard.
deer, avenger, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Deer Avenger news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Deer Avenger is a series of video games about a deer who hunts humans It was developed by Simon amp Schuster Interactive and Hypnotix It is a parody of the Deer Hunter series of games Deer Avenger series Developer s HypnotixPublisher s Simon amp Schuster InteractivePlatform s WindowsReleaseDeer Avenger 1998Deer Avenger 2 Deer in the City August 31 1999Deer Avenger 3D September 29 2000 Deer Avenger 4 August 27 2001Genre s ActionMode s Single player Contents 1 Games 2 Development 3 Characters 3 1 Bambo 3 2 Tree Hugger 4 References 5 External linksGames editDeer Avenger Deer Avenger 2 Deer in the City Deer Avenger 3D Deer Avenger 4 The Rednecks Strike BackDevelopment editFollowing the release of Deer Avenger in 1998 Simon amp 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 1 Brian McCann who voiced the character Bambo wrote jokes for Deer Avenger and Deer Avenger 2 According to Hypnotix founder Mike Taramykin McCann recruited colleagues from NBC to be voice actors for the series Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were among the actors to voice characters in Deer Avenger 2 2 The third game in the series 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 3 Starting with Deer Avenger 3D polygon characters are used In the fourth edition of the game as Bubba now an angel floats to Heaven he states will be back in Deer Avenger 5 However a fifth game has yet to be made Deer Avenger Stag Party is a box set containing the first two games in the series Deer Avenger Open Season is a compilation of the first three games in the series Characters editBambo edit The protagonist of the game is an anthropomorphic deer named Bambo a portmanteau of the action hero Rambo and the Disney character Bambi He is bipedal and hunts humans in a fashion similar to typical deer hunting in order to avenge all deer hunted by humans Bambo mounts the heads of humans he kills on a wall in his cabin He can tote a vast array of weapons ranging from slingshots to machine guns He is voiced by Brian McCann who frequently appeared on Late Night with Conan O Brien In the first three games Bambo has a sleek physique with a bandana tied around his forehead a forest green hunting vest and an ammo bandolier However in the fourth game Bambo has a broad shouldered muscular physique The cause for this change was never explained Bambo is very crude and crass often farting and yelling obscenities and stereotypical jokes at his prey Tree Hugger edit Tree Hugger is a sprite with purple clothing that prances through the forest flailing his hands and pointing out rainbows He asks Does anyone want to see my nipples The Tree Hugger character was criticized by GLAAD who asked whether Deer Avenger was parody or pansy baiting The game designers said that the character isn t gay with co creator Jeff Siegel explaining that Tree Hugger was meant to be a parody of environmentalists 4 References edit Upfront Words Heard Field amp Stream May 1999 p 18 McClure Deven May 3 2022 Mike Taramykin Interview How Alice Cooper amp Guy Fieri Ended Up Playing Ultimate Golf ScreenRant Charnock Tom May 14 2017 Unreleased Dreamcast Game Deer Avenger 3 Discovered The Dreamcast Graveyard Game boy The Advocate March 2 1999 p 14 External links editDeer Avenger Hypnotix Wayback Machine Deer Avenger 2 Hypnotix Wayback Machine Deer Avenger 3D Hypnotix Wayback Machine Deer Avenger 4 Hypnotix Wayback Machine Open Season Hypnotix Wayback Machine nbsp This shooting gallery game article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Deer Avenger amp oldid 1160070464, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
