<s>
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
hunting	O
simulation	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
published	O
by	O
WizardWorks	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
published	O
on	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
and	O
later	O
on	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
and	O
mobile	O
phones.The	O
first	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
game	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
success	O
in	O
the	O
casual	O
game	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Southlogic	O
Studios	O
was	O
commissioned	O
by	O
WizardWorks	O
to	O
develop	O
Trophy	O
Hunter	O
2003	O
;	O
and	O
because	O
of	O
Trophy	O
Hunter	O
's	O
success	O
,	O
they	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
with	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
2004	I-Application
and	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
2005	I-Application
,	O
distributed	O
by	O
Atari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
II	I-Application
have	O
also	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
usually	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
thick	O
forest	O
or	O
meadow	B-Operating_System
during	O
different	O
seasons	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animals	O
and	O
objects	O
other	O
than	O
deer	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
while	O
playing	O
,	O
including	O
Bigfoot	B-Device
and	O
UFOs	B-Application
in	O
some	O
incarnations	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
serve	O
no	O
purpose	O
other	O
than	O
scenery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
franchise	O
's	O
main	O
line	O
games	O
are	O
:	O
1997	O
's	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
,	O
1998	O
's	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
1999	O
's	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
2001	O
's	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
2001	O
's	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
5	I-Application
,	O
2002	O
's	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
2003	O
,	O
2003	O
's	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
2004	I-Application
,	O
2004	O
's	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
2005	I-Application
,	O
and	O
2008	O
's	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
Tournament	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
Tournament	I-Application
,	O
every	O
game	O
bearing	O
the	O
franchise	O
's	O
name	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
mobile	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
a	O
full-fledged	O
game	O
since	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
versions	O
have	O
seen	O
ports	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
to	O
poor	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
released	O
in	O
1997	O
sold	O
nearly	O
64,700	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
4	I-Application
sold	O
250,000	O
copies	O
and	O
earned	O
$4.5	O
million	O
by	O
August	O
2006	O
,	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
November	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combined	O
sales	O
of	O
all	O
Deer	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
games	O
released	O
between	O
January	O
2000	O
and	O
August	O
2006	O
had	O
reached	O
1.4	O
million	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
the	O
latter	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
