Hunter Hunted (video game)
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Hunter Hunted is a side-scrolling action computer game developed by Sierra Entertainment and published on October 31, 1996. The player controls a humanoid creature (either a muscular human called Jake or a minotaur-like creature named Garathe Den) who fights enemies, completes objectives, and tries to find the hidden exit in each level. Of the two, Garathe possesses superior strength and stamina, while Jake can take advantage of more sophisticated weaponry.
The game can be played by either one or two players: it has 65 single-player missions and 35 multiplayer missions (20 head-to-head missions and 15 cooperative missions). An optional add-on provided 15 new single-player missions, two new head-to-head missions, and three more cooperative missions. In total, there are 120 missions in the game.
It was notable in that it had a third dimension despite being a side-scrolling game. There can be multiple planes that one can travel through. For example, if you were walking and you saw a window with another room in it, in Hunter Hunted you would press your up button and run through into that room. In that room, you would see a platform extending from the floor, and if you pressed your down button you would travel back into the room you came from.
[edit] Story
The game takes place in 2015, years after Earth was invaded by a race of alien warriors known as the Masters. The vast majority of humanity was exterminated, and the few that remain were enslaved and forced to fight in the ruins of Earth's cities for the entertainment of the Masters. Planet Kullrathe was also invaded by the Masters, and the Minotaur-like species there was also forced into slavery for the entertainment of the alien warriors.
Deep in the arenas are car parts which the game's two protagonists, Jake and Garathe Den, try to salvage, hoping to construct a working vehicle and escape the Masters. The nature of Garathe and Jake's relationship is unclear in the game, as in some of the game's videos it appears that Garathe is hunting Jake down, and yet they appear to escape together in the hover car when all the car parts are found.
