7.6 /10 1 Votes
Release 1999-2000, 2004 Mode(s) Single-player | Platform Microsoft Windows | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Developer Interactive Television Entertainment Publisher Interactive Television Entertainment Similar Interactive Television Entertainment games, Platform games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hugo: Jungle Island is a defunct interactive television program that was an improved replacement to the early 1990s' original children's game show in the Hugo franchise. It was originally launched by ITE Media in Denmark as Hugo Vulkanøen in January 1999, and was promptly licensed and broadcast in many other countries.
In this scenario, the evil nemesis of the friendly troll Hugo, the witch Scylla (Afskylia in the original Danish version), has returned and moved to a jungle island where she teamed up with the local tyrant Don Croco. Scylla once again kidnapped Hugo's wife Hugolina and the children, but this time she keeps them captive in a cage in her new lair, located at a top of volcano in the center of the island. The players control Hugo, aided by the monkey Jean Paul and the toucan Ferdinand, as he needs to complete a series minigames ("hugocopter", ostrich jockey ride, liana climbing, volcano lava chase, etc.) to reach and defeat the witch and free his family.
Video games
A series of two video games based on it were released by ITE Media for the PC in 1999-2000, followed by a third game in 2004. They were released under localzied titles in various countries (such as Dschungelinsel in Germany and Tropikalna Wyspa in Poland). The Hugo: Jungle Island game series was generally well received. The first two games reached the top of PC sales charts in Turkey.
Their content was later effectively re-released as the fifth and sixth volume in the Hugo Classic series. Some of other Hugo games are also located on that island, including Hugo: Quest for the Sunstones and Hugo: Black Diamond Fever.
