Big Buck Hunter Electronic Game 2 Player Pro Exclusive

by Buck Hunter

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• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002T1OFSQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,294 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #75 in Toys & Games > Electronics for Kids > Plug & Play Video Games
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Product Description

Lock and load and hit the great outdoors with this Plug It In and Play Big Buck Hunter® Pro Video Game! Take aim across several different hunting treks and bag the biggest and best that Mother Nature has to offer. Whether youre a beginner or a seasoned marksman, now it's always open season in your living room!

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for the Whole Family, October 31, 2009

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jeo "jeo" - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Big Buck Hunter Electronic Game 2 Player Pro Exclusive (Toy)

I bought this from Sam's Club. My family and I are very pleased. We watched someone playing an arcade game at Cabelas similar to this. This game only involves deer(unlike the one at Cabela's, which included rams and moose). Bonus rounds include shooting jugs, ducks, frogs, and even spaceships which are trying to steal cattle. You get extra points for accuracy and small critters on the screen. I have only owned it for a few days,but we've had no problems.
My 5 and 7 -year olds like it, too. My wife really enjoys it.
Be careful when you calibrate. The box says to stay 3-4 ft. away. 6-8 feet has worked great for us. Our TV was bought in 2001 (ours is NOT a flat screen), but it works fine. The box says it works with newer screens, too. After you calibrate a gun, whoever uses that gun should stay in roughly the same place for the best results. Also, you can go to the menu and recalibrate.
It's arcade fun for sure!
By the way, we set the sensor on top of our TV instead of below the screen, and that has worked real well for us.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great game , almost as good as the arcade version., November 25, 2009

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Mat Van Gogh - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Big Buck Hunter Electronic Game 2 Player Pro Exclusive (Toy)

I've read reviews on both the single and 2 player versions of this game,and while I assume the single player came first and has been stated to have a slight delay when you shoot targets, the 2 player game doesn't appear to have much of a delay. I cant be sure( I haven't used the single player game, only the 2 player version) but the one I have seems ok.Accuracy is very good considering.The arcade version is about as accurate( the plug-in-tv version has cross hairs that move around, whereas the arcade version does not. ) The shotguns both feel about the same as the arcade version as well.The battery life of the game is good, but not the sensor that goes by the television.If I were you, I would keep ALOT of spare AAA batteries in the house.( lucky I know how to rig an adapter to it)For me,the only CON with the product hass the sensor that goes by the TV which detects your aim runs by batteries. Hopefully the next version comes out with an AC adapter you can use .Despite this, its a really fun game.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for the price, October 28, 2009

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David Morrow (Grandview, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Big Buck Hunter Electronic Game 2 Player Pro Exclusive (Toy)

I bought this two gun version of this game at Sam's Club for $45.

Make sure you take your time when you calibrate each gun. I like to calibrate the gun to shoot slightly high, which means aim slightly lower during calibration, so I can see the cross-hairs on the screen a little better. The reason for this is because there is about 1/4 second lag from where the gun is pointing to the cross-hairs on the screen so when your swinging the gun to line up the shot, it takes about 1/4 second before the cross-hairs line up. I haven't played the arcade version but the lag in this home version should translate into improving your skills in the arcade version, in other words this would make this home version of the game slightly harder since you only get one chance to shoot each deer before they leave the screen for good.

The two players head-to-head makes this game great to compete against other players and you can play up to 4 players but in the 3 or 4 player mode you have to take turns using just one gun. The bonus rounds are very comical with different twists on each one making each one unique in its own way. I like to play the two player head-to head mode even when I play by myself because you get twice the cannon fodder which also means twice the score. Once I got 6 bucks in 6 shots for a score of 2199 playing the two player mode by myself. Playing the two player bonus rounds by yourself is grueling but fun to see if you can hit all the targets. You get bonuses for better accuracy which encourages you to make one shot kills and not waste your shots but it is fun just to pump out shots if you have the energy but watch-out for does when you do this.

The only real complaint is the battery life of the receiver unit that mounts on the top of the TV. It only lasted about 3-4 hours and after replacing them with more new batteries of a different brand, the same thing happened. The fix for this is to get a 4.5 volt wall plug-in transformer since the unit uses 3 AAA batteries connected in series (1.5 volt X 3 = 4.5 volts), I used one that had a 300mA rating and it worked fine. If your not technically savvy, you might want to get someone to do this for you. Make sure to get the positive wire connected to the positive terminal and negative wire connected to the negative terminal, my transformer had these marked. I also plan to rig up a 6 volt transformer for the gun units (it takes 4 AA in the green gun) so I don't have to keep buying batteries for the gun either. I think they are hooked up in series but I will double check before I pick which voltage of this transformer to use, if they are in series, that means 1.5 volts times 4 = you need a 6 volt transformer.

I have three girls from 8-12 and we all fight over who gets to play, you won't be disappointed.