Big Buck Hunter is a hunting video game developed by Play Mechanix, Inc. Primarily developed for arcades, it centers on shooting up bucks without shooting a doe or female animal, thus ending the player's turn prematurely. The initial series of games from 2000-2004 operated on a single gun platform and allowed four players to compete round robin style through various treks and bonus stages. Big Buck Hunter Pro and Big Buck Safari introduced a two gun platform, allowing head-to-head competition in addition to a variety of new animals and critters to hunt.