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Cow Hunter

Cow Hunter is a point-and-click shooting game similar to many traditional hunting games with a supposedly humorous twist. Instead of targeting deer, players shoot cows, which in most cases are flying through…

31 December 1999

Cow Hunter is a shooter developed by Tuna Technologies, released 31 December 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Cow Hunter is

Cow Hunter is a shooter game developed by Tuna Technologies and released in 1999. It was published by Xicat Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Cow Hunter is a point-and-click shooting game similar to many traditional hunting games with a supposedly humorous twist. Instead of targeting deer, players shoot cows, which in most cases are flying through the air. The game features several modes where players can use weapons such as the Cowabunga Rifle. The modes are as follows: Skeet Shooting: Cows fly across the screen and the player shoots them. Bonus items such as hamburgers also appear. This mode includes three different locations. Players point and click to shoot the flying cows. Cow Tipping: The player controls a disembodied hand used to tip over sleeping cows. Some cows are not yet asleep and will fire dung at the player. This…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective.

What it launched against

Cow Hunter launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

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When did Cow Hunter come out?
Cow Hunter was released on 31 December 1999 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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