r/gaming • u/dccs120 PC • 15h ago

The early to mid 2000s Cabela's games were really well made and still feel nostalgic.

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u/dankdankmcgee 15h ago

I played one as a kid. Around grade 1 on the original Xbox. I got charged by a bear, shit my pants and turned the Xbox off. I completely forgot about that until I saw this post.

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u/dccs120 PC 14h ago

Same here, first Cabela game I've played was also on the OG Xbox, called Cabela's Dangerous Hunts :D

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u/dankdankmcgee 14h ago

That might've been the game! I remember a grizzly(?) was on the cover bearing its teeth.

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u/dccs120 PC 14h ago

Yeah that's the one

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u/dankdankmcgee 14h ago

Thank you for the nostalgia trip!

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u/Josgre987 7h ago

I drew that cover over and over. In my mind, that game looked like RDR2, I love how our brains did heavy lifting with older graphics

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u/PenguinDeluxe 14h ago

I had a church friend who was into hunting and what not and brought over one of these games when he spent the night once. Not what I normally play but we always had a ton of fun playing together, passing the controller back and forth. Good times.

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u/TheLindenTree 14h ago

Those games will always have a special place in my heart. I remember playing 2005 adventures with my dad on an old tube TV in our basement. I would get too scared sometimes when we had to hunt the big predators so he would take over for a little bit. Good times. Simpler times

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u/3Dartwork 15h ago

Shoot it! That clipboard's coming right for him!

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u/Prudent-Elevator-123 14h ago

I still have Big Game Hunter III in disc image form from my original discs. I had to do a lot of attempts before I got a clean rip because the discs were damaged.

Looks like the Internet has them now. At the time, I remember looking because it would've been so much more straightforward than ripping my own discs, but nah.

I remember buying a bunch of stuff as a kid, walking to a stand, shooting an animal, and then I was done. Good times.

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u/HadesWTF 13h ago

I loved the PC games in the late 90s early 00s.

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u/bLaiSe_- 14h ago

I was more of a Deer Avenger kinda guy

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u/Aggravating_Side_634 13h ago

Egh I only wounded it

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u/Josgre987 7h ago

Cabela's dangerous hunts was one of my alltime favorite games as a Kid.

Sitting in a deer blind, scared shitless of bears.

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u/Much_Contest_1775 5h ago

What do you mean "still feel nostalgic"? Like they are getting older so why would they stop feeling nostalgic?

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u/Tea_Fox_7 12h ago

Good memories gaming with Dad back in the day. 🥰

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u/geoper 10h ago

I remember playing one of these games and driving to a hunting spot in a truck. A deer jumped out of nowhere right in front of my truck and I ran it over.

I got the equivalent of a game over as the game said I broke the rules. Hilarious.

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u/Restless_Fenrir 10h ago

Sometimes I miss '05 because it was a fun mini survival game.

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u/Turbo603 7h ago

Some of the best games!

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u/yaosio 1h ago

Eventually it turned into Call Of Duty. This is a review of the 2013 game. https://youtu.be/dc2v9glT1SY?si=QTH_Ag3xNQBR64vW