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|released= Deer Avenger: 1998<br>Deer Avenger 2: Deer in the City: August 31, 1999<br>Deer Avenger 3D: September 29, 2000 <br>Deer Avenger 4: August 27, 2001
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'''''Deer Avenger''''' is a series of video games about a deer who hunts humans. It was developed by ] and ]. It is a parody of the '']'' series of games.

==Games==
* ''Deer Avenger''
* '']''
* ''Deer Avenger 3D''
* ''Deer Avenger 4: The Rednecks Strike Back''

==Development==
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."<ref>{{cite news |title=Upfront: Words Heard |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=bseZjR-zh80C&lpg=PA18&dq=%22deer%20avenger%22&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q=%22deer%20avenger%22&f=false |work=Field & Stream |date=May 1999 |page=18 |language=en}}</ref>

], 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. ] and ] were among the actors to voice characters in ''Deer Avenger 2''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McClure |first1=Deven |title=Mike Taramykin Interview - How Alice Cooper & Guy Fieri Ended Up Playing Ultimate Golf! |url=https://screenrant.com/mike-taramykin-interview-ultimate-golf-alice-cooper-guy-fieri/ |work=ScreenRant |date=May 3, 2022}}</ref>

The third game in the series, ''Deer Avenger 3D'', was released in 2000 for PC. A unreleased port of the game for the Sega ] was developed by ] 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Charnock |first1=Tom |title=Unreleased Dreamcast Game Deer Avenger 3 Discovered |url=https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2017/05/unreleased-dreamcast-game-deer-avenger.html |work=The Dreamcast Graveyard |date=May 14, 2017}}</ref>

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==
===Bambo===
The protagonist of the game is an anthropomorphic deer named Bambo, a ] of the action hero ] and the ] character ]. He is ] and hunts humans in a fashion similar to typical ] 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 ]s to ]. He is voiced by ], who frequently appeared on '']''.

In the first three games, Bambo has a sleek ] with a bandana tied around his forehead, a forest green hunting vest, and an ammo ]. 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. He also is very sexually inclined, and is often portrayed having sex with a ].

===Tree Hugger===
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 ], 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Game boy |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=C2QEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA14&dq=%22deer%20avenger%22&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q=%22deer%20avenger%22&f=false |work=The Advocate |date=March 2, 1999 |page=14 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*. Hypnotix, ].
*. Hypnotix, Wayback Machine.
*. Hypnotix, Wayback Machine.
*. Hypnotix, Wayback Machine.
*. Hypnotix, Wayback Machine.

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