# SDTM: Big Buck Hunter Arcade Gameplay (Raw Thrills, 2020)

**Source:** Straight Down the Middle  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2021-02-27  
**Duration:** 13m 50s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Jhn2r7HLw

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## Analysis

Zach Sharpe from Straight Down the Middle demonstrates gameplay on Raw Thrills' Big Buck: The Hunter Reloaded arcade game, showcasing its hunting mechanics, bonus rounds, and various game modes. The video serves as promotional content for Flip N Out Pinball's arcade cabinet offerings, with Sharpe explaining game objectives, difficulty progression, and encouraging viewers to purchase the machine for home use.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Big Buck: The Hunter Reloaded includes multiple licensed games such as Terminator Salvation, Duck Dynasty, and zombie/monster variants — _Zach discusses included games and describes them as bonus content with the purchase_
- [HIGH] The game's versus mode is described as 'super fun' while single-player classic mode is 'addictive' — _Direct statement by Zach comparing gameplay modes_
- [HIGH] Hitting a doe (female deer) ends the current round immediately — _Zach explains game mechanic multiple times during gameplay_
- [HIGH] One-shot kills (headshot or heart shot) on all three bucks is possible but difficult — _Zach states 'I've never done it. Insane.' indicating it's a rare achievement_
- [HIGH] Animal difficulty and point values vary by distance and animal type — _Zach explains that further away animals provide better points and some animals are progressively harder_

### Notable Quotes

> "This is the ultimate arcade game...I am obsessed with this addictive game."
> — **Zach Sharpe**, 0:45
> _Sets up the promotional intent and establishes Sharpe's personal enthusiasm for the product_

> "You don't have to go to the arcade anymore...put it in the kitchen. I don't care."
> — **Zach Sharpe**, 1:30
> _Core sales pitch emphasizing home cabinet availability and flexibility_

> "If you hit a doe, your round is over."
> — **Zach Sharpe**, 3:15
> _Explains key game mechanic that creates challenge and resets_

> "If you're really good, you can do a headshot or a heart shot for one-shot kills and do all three bucks like that. I've never done it. Insane."
> — **Zach Sharpe**, 8:30
> _Establishes mastery ceiling and skill differentiation in gameplay_

> "The further away they are, uh, the better points you get."
> — **Zach Sharpe**, 10:45
> _Explains point system and reward structure incentivizing difficult shots_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Zach Sharpe | person | Host of Straight Down the Middle, Senior Director of Marketing at Stern Pinball, operator of Flip N Out Pinball, demonstrating arcade gameplay |
| Raw Thrills | company | Arcade game manufacturer producing Big Buck: The Hunter Reloaded |
| Flip N Out Pinball | company | Arcade and pinball distribution/retail company operated by Sharpe, featured as sales contact for Big Buck cabinets |
| Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show | organization | YouTube show and podcast co-hosted by Zach Sharpe featuring arcade and pinball content |
| Big Buck: The Hunter Reloaded | product | Raw Thrills arcade cabinet with hunting gameplay, bonus rounds, and included game variants |
| Greg Bone | person | Co-host of Straight Down the Middle, briefly referenced at video end |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Arcade cabinet sales and home entertainment, Big Buck: The Hunter Reloaded gameplay mechanics
- **Secondary:** Bonus round gameplay and variety, Skill-based arcade game design
- **Mentioned:** Licensed game variants and content bundling

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.85) — Zach expresses genuine enthusiasm for the game mechanics, describes the experience as addictive and fun, though some gameplay moments show frustration at missed shots. The promotional intent is clear but delivered in an enthusiastic rather than hard-sell manner.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Content created by prominent pinball industry figure (Senior Director of Marketing at Stern) promoting adjacent arcade cabinet market (confidence: high) — Zach Sharpe's dual roles as Stern executive and Flip N Out Pinball operator creating cross-promotional content
- **[announcement]** Zach actively promotes Big Buck: The Hunter Reloaded cabinets as available for purchase through Flip N Out Pinball, emphasizing home use as alternative to arcade play (confidence: high) — Multiple calls-to-action: 'Hit up Flip N Out Pinball right there...Let's get one of these for your all's arcade or game room or living room'

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## Transcript

you hit it off with a bumper knife straighten down the middle hey guys welcome back i'm zach with straight down the middle and flipping out pinball i've got a special treat for you today i'm going to show you some gameplay video of maybe the ultimate arcade toy this is raw thrills big buck hunter reloaded now uh many of you out there love hunting i'm not one of them i'm not much of a hunter but i am obsessed with this addictive game um so we're gonna play some big buck hunter today and on subsequent videos you guys can see below down there you can watch we're gonna play terminator salvation which is included in this game uh already with your big buck hunter reloaded well we've got in case of monsters in case of zombies we've got duck dynasty there's a ton of games to play and have fun with the family at your home you don't have to go to the arcade anymore so hit up flip let's see flipping out pinball right there flipping out pinball.com eight one two four five seven nine seven one one hell email me at zac zach at flip the letter in out pinball.com let's get one of these for you all's arcade or game room or living room hell put it in the kitchen i don't care but this is my rifle there's many rifles like it let's play some big buck hunter all right big buck hunter reloaded so you can play versus battling friends uh or just classic turn-based stuff the verse is super fun for me i'm addicted to the classic one player the bow is super tough because you've got to like you've got to lead the arrows because they take longer take longer to travel so we'll go bullets here what are we going to hunt we've got bugzilla zombie deer that's impossible head shots only help kudus tough and it gets progressively easier here big horn sheep is easy let's go with right down here i like my white tail deer now trek one two three we can pick we can play all three of them um let's go with trek one a little bit easier i'm gonna get my uh let me get warmed up here all right this game is so much fun and remember you can order a big buck hunter reloaded for yourself you don't have to go to the arcade anymore you're going to set this bad boy up right in your home the object of this game here's what we're going to do each round you're gonna have the opportunity to shoot three deer uh three bucks you want to stay away from the dough if you hit a doe your round is over so we're gonna play i think five rounds it's just it's skill it's a precision shooting it's a lot of fun now i got dangerous trophy there that's random on one of the five when you get that oh get him you got now if i don't mess this up i can have a oh get out of the way now there's gonna be a wild animal coming here i gotta be fast a bear oh smoked him and a bear i mean i might as well go out in the woods i won't i better not i don't want it all right so i got some big boys there even got a critter he's worth some good points yeah all right wow 50 accuracy is pretty good a brown bear look at him took me two shots to do it but that's a respectable score and for all you expert big buck hunter hunters out there i'm still warming up still getting used to this but that first round we did good all right let's see if we can mess up here there he is right there oh one shot he's too far away oh you guys i thread the needle on that one oh my god you got pretty much get off all right this is probably the best i've ever done that was one shot two a 247 pounder right there look at that sling right now killing it [Music] oh my gosh 1791. if you're really good you can do a headshot or a heart shot for one shot kills and do all three bucks like that i've never done it insane i'll look at that one trying to climb the oh there's my baby oh i gotta let him go i didn't want to hit that doe if you hit the doe it's over ah i couldn't get it damn you got one get me pumped up though all right so i jacked that one up i knew i was gonna get cold here [Music] all right not bad ah i'm gonna make this make this round up look for the dominant male the the dominant male is that third one the third one that you guys are gonna see is the big boy [Music] oh it's a one shot kill that's a two-shotter where is he at big boy [Music] making me feel like he-man here this uh the next animal we go to i'll show you how difficult this can get but i'm going to take my performance right now i'm doing okay it's good stuff all right better accuracy equals higher points last sight it's going to be probably the trickiest of them where my area is got it one shot i love those one shot just skunk get him zach i didn't get him sir [Music] got two of them that's not bad two bucks throw them in the truck baby that's 193 pounder 185 but he was far away so i got some good points the further away they are uh the better points you get i did good that was good it's one of my better rounds bonus round now this is this is a blast at the end of every round you can do a bonus round this particular one is called duck hunt bonus and it mimics the nes duck hunt with the dog jumps over the marsh and there's your ducks but this is a hell of a lot better than that nes light gun oh where is he at oh look at me guys look at me i need to just say to hell with deer and shoot ducks oh get off come on oh oh oh oh oh no i've never tried to shoot the dog you're sicko we only missed three man i'm cleaning up for you guys tonight i love it let's keep going all right so we did damn good now we could go to trek two and then trek three to complete the entire series here uh but i'm gonna show you guys a different animal all right so that was just i didn't ask down that was good i'll show you how nasty this gets out there's the elk we'll try a uh trek three elk in browning montana or we can go to the british columbia or colorado go to good old montana shout out to all you montanians out there joe montana you idiot here we go get three bulls on each side all right it's gonna be tricky watch watch the does they're gonna be right in front of it see there's no way to get them ah see it's tough freak [Music] that don't look like a damn cow to me oh yeah shit's getting real now [Music] all right zero for the first one i told you they get tricky to get up them tracks looking behind that wood oh i did get him [Music] pretty good i'm like sweating makes me nervous i miss that one i got him though 1200 pounder right there [Music] i'll take it all right that's just the first one or the second one man it's rough there's my dangerous trophy hold on where's he at where's he at where's he at oh did you all just see that where's he where's he it was yet ah couldn't get enough kills Ed Boon oh where's it come on come on oh bear [Music] i mean right big one that was a one shot bear that was a i dead to live stream this stuff see my live stream big buck nice job 1377. where's that bear at look at that monster gave me 839 for 2216. all right so [ __ ] good good nothing great but good where you at where you at baby get out of my way get out of my way where's he at oh my god get out of my way redemption site five this is it last one where are you at where are you at oh up over that doe where yeah where y'all where are you at flop flop i couldn't get it oh [ __ ] i was right there you got one more i want to redo i want to redo it [Music] so you guys see how it can get it can get pretty difficult oh man if you guys have not played big buck hunter you've got to play it find an arcade with it once you fall in love with it hit up flipping out pinball and buy your very own just picture this thing in your game room you got pinball machines do one of these oh this is like my favorite one i love this one check out this bonus ready watch one two three get out of here this is like the funnest bonus round right here here we go oh you gotta juggle them juggling them get out oh you all get off [ __ ] me [Music] still miss six all right y'all sweating up in here that was a lot of fun now i'm gonna go play i'm going to stop this recording but check down below for subsequent videos of different games on big buck hunter reloaded also follow subscribe to flipping out pinball to straight down the middle and to roll thrills we're gonna have the funnest stuff for you guys this year so follow and subscribe watch us where's greg at greg what am i gonna kill wildebeest

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*Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: a1046860-21bd-45b1-ac47-061f24022f91*